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• Dodgers rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu set to make debut on April 2
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – Hyun-Jin Ryu is scheduled to make his major league debut April 2 in the Dodgers' second game of the regular season.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Ryu gets nod to start second game of season
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hyun-Jin Ryu will start the second game of the season for the Dodgers, manager Don Mattingly confirmed Tuesday, with Chad Billingsley missing his first turn through the...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers option .526-hitter Puig to Double-A
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Los Angeles Dodgers have optioned Yasiel Puig to the minor leagues.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers send down OF Puig, SS Gordon
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers have sent outfielder Yasiel Puig andshortstop Dee Gordon to the minors.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Poll: Where should Yasiel Puig start the season?
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  We know what will happen. Barring something unforeseen, Yasiel Puig will be wearing a Chattanooga Lookouts uniform to begin the season. But what should happen? We've...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers send Yasiel Puig to double A
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX — Yasiel Puig won't be on the Dodgers' opening-day roster.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers option Yasiel Puig to Double-A, Dee Gordon to Triple-A.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The spring training leader in batting average won't begin the season in the majors. Or in Triple-A for that matter. The Dodgers optioned Yasiel Puig, their most...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Should Dodgers be leery about a blissful Andre Ethier?
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  I'm worried about Andre Ethier.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers option Gordon, hot-hitting Puig to Minors
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers optioned Cuban sensation Yasiel Puig to Double-A Chattanooga and Dee Gordon to Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers option outfielder Yasiel Puig to Double-A and shortstop Dee Gordon to Triple-A
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  As first reported by MLB.com beat writer Ken Gurnick, the Dodgers have optioned outfield prospect Yasiel Puig to Double-A Chattanooga and young infielder Dee Gordon to...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Something else for the Dodgers to consider about Yasiel Puig
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – In a story that ran in the Tuesday edition of The Times , I wrote about how the service time Yasiel Puig accrues this season could determine when he...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 12:35 PM
• Built to win, Dodgers put final pieces in place
  From the Web › MLB.com
  After bringing in the likes of Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez last season, the Dodgers have used this Spring Training to jell.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM
• Zack Greinke says inflamed elbow feels healthy
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Zack Greinke struggled yesterday in his first game action against big-league hitters since March 1, but more importantly the Dodgers right-hander said afterward that his...
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM
• Vernon Wells trade to New York Yankees likely to be completed Tuesday
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  By J.P. Hoornstra Staff Writer TEMPE, Ariz. - A proposed trade that would send Angels outfielder Vernon Wells to the New York Yankees still isn't complete.
  Share • March 26, 2013 at 12:35 AM
• Royals 8, Dodgers 2
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Royals 8, Dodgers 2 Royals 8, Dodgers 2
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Greinke exits return healthy, eyeing improvement
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Greinke's return to the Dodgers' working ranks lasted fewer than four innings. His departure came after he began the fourth with three straight walks, but he exited...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Mattingly earns first spring ejection
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was ejected from Monday night's 8-2 loss to the Royals by plate umpire A.J. Johnson. Said Mattingly: "He told me I was arguing balls and...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Mattingly not concerned with Kemp's struggles
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp is batting .171 with Opening Day one week away, but after the All-Star's 0-for-3 effort in Monday's 8-2 loss to the Royals, manager Don...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Zack Greinke struggles for Dodgers in return but appears healthy
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  This is what spring is for, all this getting in shape and testing out of new things. Trouble for Zack Greinke and the Dodgers is, that is supposed to happen early in...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 9:35 PM
• Greinke plans to start season on time
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke Monday night said his right elbow felt fine after pitching in his first Major League exhibition game since March 1 and he should be...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 9:35 PM
• Rangers, Pirates, Mariners and Indians scout Chris Capuano in minor league game
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Teams in need of starting pitching figure to pay close attention to the Dodgers this week. Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that the Rangers, Pirates, Mariners and Indians...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers' Carl Crawford is on track to play Opening Day. What does that mean for Yasiel Puig?
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Carl Crawford is playing his third straight game in left field tonight as the Dodgers visit the Kansas City Royals in Surprise. The Dodgers didn't want to pencil in...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Scouts evaluate Capuano as LA dangles starters
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Scouts from Seattle, Pittsburgh, Texas and Cleveland trekked to a back field on Monday to watch Chris Capuano pitch seven scoreless innings in a Minor League game as the...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Chad Billingsley throws curveballs in bullpen session
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – Chad Billingsley threw seven curveballs in his bullpen session Monday, making him increasingly optimistic that he will be able to make his first...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Billingsley is optimistic he will start April 2
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Chad Billingsley said he was optimistic about starting the second game of the year for the Dodgers after throwing what he called a "normal" bullpen session on Monday...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers release Mark Lowe, bringing camp roster to 38.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers opened camp with three experienced right-handed relievers vying to make the team as non-roster invitees: Kevin Gregg, Peter Moylan and Mark Lowe. They...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers coaches meeting tomorrow to discuss plans for pitching staff.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Don Mattingly said that the Dodgers' coaching staff will meet tomorrow to discuss plans for their pitching staff. There appear to be two spots in the bullpen up for...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• A week until opener and Dodgers still facing unanswered questions
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  One week from today, it all gets very real. These re-invented Dodgers will take the field for the first time -- remodeled stadium permitting -- to open the season...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• The Yasiel Puig excitement is palpable … but
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Call this a deep thought. And it's even one I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, so it's a recycled deep thought. But given how the heat around Yasiel Puig is rising, I...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 8:35 AM
• The World Baseball Classic to pay salaries of injured players
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  This is ... unexpected. Buster Olney reports: Players injured during the World Baseball Classic will have their salaries paid by the WBC organization while they are...
  Share • March 25, 2013 at 3:35 AM
• Some Dodgers starters expected to be converted to relievers
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Dodgers pitching staff still carries eight starters, but that is likely to change this week.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Athletics 7, Dodgers 4
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Carl Crawford hit his first home run for Los Angeles and playedleft field for the second time since elbow surgery in the Dodgers'7-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics on...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Beckett rusty in return to Cactus League play
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In his first actual Cactus League start in almost two weeks, Josh Beckett had his worst outing of the spring on Sunday.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Crawford encouraged by throws, homer
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Carl Crawford slugged his first homer as a member of the Dodgers on Sunday and, more important, finally made some throws from left field with his rebuilt elbow.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Phenom Puig finally goes hitless on Sunday
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Cuban wunderkind Yasiel Puig, who had 10 hits in 11 at-bats prior to Sunday's game with the A's, went 0-for-2 with a pair of fly balls to center field in relief of right...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Gregg still alive in hunt for spot in Dodgers' bullpen
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers released non-roster reliever Mark Lowe on Sunday, while non-roster reliever Kevin Gregg threw another scoreless inning as he continued his longshot chase of...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Spring days dwindle and Dodgers still with eight starting pitchers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Believe it or not, spring training is actually drawing to a close. It had to happen sometime. The Dodgers have only three more games scheduled in Arizona before heading...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Spring days dwindle and Dodgers still with eight starting pitchers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Believe it or not, spring training is actually drawing to a close. It had to happen sometime. The Dodgers have only three more games scheduled in Arizona before heading...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Ethier, Crawford homer as Dodgers fall to A's
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Andre Ethier and Carl Crawford both homered for the Dodgers, but it wasn't enough, as the A's prevailed, 7-4, on Sunday.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers release right-handed reliever Mark Lowe
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dylan Henandez of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers have released righty Mark Lowe. Lowe allowed five runs - four earned - in 8 2/3 innings this spring with...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 1:35 PM
• Adrian Gonzalez out of Dodgers lineup with bruised forearm
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX — Adrian Gonzalez is being held out of the Dodgers lineup on Sunday after he was hit by a pitch in his right forearm the previous night.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 10:35 AM
• Dodgers release right-handed reliever Lowe
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers released pitcher Mark Lowe on Sunday, leaving Kevin Gregg and Peter Moylan as the remaining non-roster pitchers in camp.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 10:35 AM
• Adrian sits out with bruised right forearm
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers slugger Adrian Gonzalez was scratched from the starting lineup Sunday with a bruised right forearm, one day after being hit by a pitch.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 9:35 AM
• Dodgers' Chad Billingsley hasn't thrown curve into pitching plans
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  GLENDALE, Ariz. - How good is Chad Billingsley without his curveball? He was OK on Saturday in a Triple-A game against the Cleveland Indians at Camelback Ranch.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM
• Expect struggle with wi-fi, cellphone reception during first homestand at Dodger Stadium
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  During the first homestand of the season, cellular phone service at Dodger Stadium will be the same as it was at the end of last season - that is, not very good - team...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM
• Ryu looks destined for rotation
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Don Mattingly all but confirmed on Saturday night that Hyun-Jin Ryu has won a spot somewhere in the Dodgers' starting rotation.
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM
• Puig's emergence leaves Dodgers with tough call
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Yasiel Puig went 3-for-3, keyed two rallies, displayed superb baserunning and added stellar defense to steal the show in a game he didn't even start on Saturday night...
  Share • March 24, 2013 at 12:35 AM
• Dodgers 10, White Sox 4
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed one hit over seven innings and Andre Ethierhit a three run-double, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-4victory over the Chicago White Sox on...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers' Yasiel Puig leaps tall buildings, collects 3 more hits
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  What's a guy have to do?
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Uribe sits with a tight right hamstring
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe was scratched from Saturday night's starting lineup because of tightness in his right hamstring.
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Puig, 10 for his last 11, leads Dodgers' rout
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed only one hit in seven innings and Yasiel Puig went 3-for-3, keying a pair of big rallies as the Dodgers beat the White Sox on Saturday, 10-4, in...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Billingsley feels good after start
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley pitched 4 2-3innings in a minor league game Saturday and is confident he will beready when the season begins.
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Billingsley makes it through minor league game
  From the Web › SI.com
  GLENDALE, Ariz. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley pitched 4 2-3 innings in a minor league game Saturday and is confident he will be ready when the season...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Billingsley feels fine after minor league outing
  From the Web › ESPN
  Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley pitched 4 2-3 innings in a minor league game Saturday and is confident he will be ready when the season...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Back with LA, Hanley in cast for three weeks
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hanley Ramirez, who had surgery to repair a torn right thumb ligament on Friday, rejoined the Dodgers on Saturday. The shortstop will be able to partially participate in...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers' Billingsley fine in minor league game
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley pitched 4 2-3innings in a minor league game Saturday and is confident he will beready when the season begins.
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Most Dodger Stadium renovations to be finished by Friday, team says
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – The majority of the renovations at Dodger Stadium will be completed by Friday for the Freeway Series exhibition against the Angels, team President Stan...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Why wouldn't Dodgers be talking to NFL about a stadium?
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Sometimes people really mean what they say, sometimes it's a flat-out lie, and sometimes it's just very carefully worded to avoid providing a definitive answer.
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodger Stadium upgrades ready for Opening Day
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers president Stan Kasten said on Saturday that the club will sell a record 31,000 season tickets for 2013 and the Dodger Stadium renovation, which will cost "north...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Chad Billingsley expects to be ready for start of regular season
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – Of the 92 pitches Chad Billingsley threw in a minor league game Saturday, none were curveballs. But Billingsley said his bruised index finger is feeling...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Billingsley feels on track for first start of season
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Chad Billingsley came out of his Minor League start Saturday saying he anticipates being ready for his first regular-season start for the Dodgers April 2.
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Mattingly no stranger to great expectations
  From the Web › MLB.com
  After spending more than a decade in the Bronx under Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, Dodgers manager Don Mattinly has plenty of experience dealing with the kind of...
  Share • March 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM
• Reds 6, Dodgers 5
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Clayton Kershaw struck out eight over six innings in the LosAngeles Dodgers' 6-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Hanley undergoes surgery on injured thumb
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez underwent surgery as planned Friday and the club reiterated he will be out eight weeks.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Kershaw continuing to improve on mound
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Opening Day starter Clayton Kershaw battled wildness, but made it through six innings on 105 pitches Friday in the Dodgers' 6-5 loss against a potent Reds...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers' lineup coming into place for Mattingly
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Already the favorite to replace the injured Hanley Ramirez at shortstop, Luis Cruz slugged a pair of home runs Friday as if he's trying to replace Ramirez as the No. 5...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers leaning toward Luis Cruz, not Dee Gordon, to start at shortstop
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  GLENDALE, Ariz. - The dominoes are beginning to fall in the Dodgers infield now that shortstop Hanley Ramirez will be sidelined at least two months with a thumb...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers owner Magic Johnson pays visit to team at Camelback Ranch
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  GLENDALE, Ariz. -- By most accounts Thursday was just another day in spring training, and with the Dodgers stay in Arizona winding down next week the general feeling is...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers' hearts stop at even thought of Yasiel Puig being injured
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  And that's how an entire organization suddenly gasps for breath. Not exactly the way Yasiel Puig did Friday, but he was very much at the center of it all.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Clayton Kershaw, Luis Cruz look good in Dodgers' 6-5 loss to Reds
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – Clayton Kershaw pitched six innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday in what figures to be his final extended start of the spring.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Cruz drills two homers, but bullpen falters vs. Reds
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Luis Cruz, the Dodgers' likely replacement for the injured Hanley Ramirez at shortstop, slugged a pair of home runs off Mike Leake and drove in four, but it wasn't...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers' Ramirez gets surgery, out 8 weeks
  From the Web › ESPN
  Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb and is expected to miss about eight weeks.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers' Yasiel Puig makes early exit with apparent injury [Update]
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX -- Down for a few minutes after attempting a diving catch in left-center field, Yasiel Puig was forced to make a fifth-inning exit from the Dodgers' game against...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Puig OK after getting wind knocked out of him
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Cuban sensation Yasiel Puig gave his growing legion of fans a scare Friday when he had the wind knocked out of him trying to make a diving catch on a Brandon Phillips...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Magic Johnson believes leader will emerge on Dodgers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – The Dodgers don't have a clear-cut leader, but Magic Johnson is certain one will emerge.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Dodgers' Carl Crawford set to return to left field on Saturday
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  PHOENIX – Carl Crawford will start in left field for the Dodgers on Saturday night against the Chicago White Sox.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Crawford to debut in left on Saturday
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Carl Crawford will play his first game in the field for the Dodgers Saturday night, manager Don Mattingly said Friday.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Feeling good, Greinke likely to pitch Monday
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke said he felt fine after throwing an impressive bullpen session Friday and will likely pitch on Monday.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Magic tells team to embrace high expectations
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Earvin "Magic" Johnson showed up in the Dodgers' camp on Friday and addressed the team not as one of its owners, but from the heart, athlete to athletes, as one of the...
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Park arrives to Dodgers camp to help Ryu
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Chan Ho Park, who blazed the trail from Korea to the Major Leagues, has been brought into camp to watch, and workout with, fellow Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu.
  Share • March 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM