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Today's Linkster #50 · MLB

Mookie Betts to Zack Wheeler

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Mookie Betts to Zack Wheeler in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Mookie Betts (RF, 2016–2025) Teams: Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • Zack Wheeler (SP, 2017–2025) Teams: New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

6 players solved it on the day (2 more gave up). 5 matched par. The winning run was CJones's: 2 moves in 0:08.1.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Mookie Betts
  2. Los Angeles Dodgers Max Scherzer
  3. New York Mets Zack Wheeler

No other kind of link made it any shorter.