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Mothers are always right.Fighting solves nothing and unfortunately for the Los Angeles Dodgers, they are learning that the hard way. Although Carlos Quentin is already slated to return to the San Diego Padres lineup following his suspension for charging Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke, the Dodgers are still reeling from the affects.  Greinke broke his collarbone in a collision with Quentin and is currently on the 15-day disabled list.As if the loss of Greinke wasn't bad enough, fellow starter Chris Capuano was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday, and Major League Baseball reported that his injuries were also a result of the bench-clearing brawl with the Dads.Apparently things really do happen in threes...hours ago, news broke that Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley will require Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the season.However, Dodgers fans should not be cancelling October quite yet.  Although it is true that April has been ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped a half game behind the crippled San Francisco Giants with a gut-wrenching home game loss yesterday. The loss came despite another brilliant performance by Clayton Kershaw in which he only allowed six hits over eight innings with two earned runs and 10 strikeouts. However, in spite of blowing a chance at putting some distance between themselves and San Fran—with a pitch outing that the Dodgers' hitters should have taken advantage of—the boys in blue will still win the NL West and make a run through the postseason.The new-look Dodgers have already excited fans in the L.A. area by acquiring several solid pieces before the trade deadline, all which have shown up in games. Hanley Ramirez has been particularly good and is showing he just needed a change of scenery, and Shane Victorino has made his veteran presence at the top felt. Randy Choate and Brandon League ...

Nineteen-year-old Bryce Harper will make his Major League debut today against the Dodgers' right-handed hurler, Chad Billingsley.Billingsley enters the game with a 2-1 record, 3.04 ERA and 0.930 WHIP.While there has been a lot of hype surrounding Bryce Harper and what he will mean to the Washington Nationals and the game of baseball in general, the fact of the matter is this: he is only batting .250 in AAA for the Syracuse Chiefs.Is that any indicator of the type of player he will become? Of course not.However, it should give a signal as to how he will fare in his first few major league at-bats.Granted, in AAA this season facing right-handed pitchers, Harper posts a solid batting line of .275/.362/.431/.793 in 51 at-bats. I'm not prepared to classify that as crushing the opposition, but it is respectable.Billingsley, on the other hand, performs adequately against left-handed batters. In his career, left-hand bats put ...

First of all, the Dodgers finished fourth in the NL West last season, so let's not kid ourselves...this isn't about Dodgers versus Giants. But what can the Dodgers do to win the division?On paper, the team is good. But how can they separate themselves from the Giants and Rockies? All three have a legitimate ace. All three have offensive holes. So what's the difference? Begin Slideshow

As we know, the injury of Adam Wainwright has put the St. Louis Cardinals in a really tough position. What was looking to be a promising 2011 season is now looking to be one of disappointment. Adam Wainwright has been the Cy Young runner-up in the National League the past two seasons. According to the Wins Above Replacement statistic, Wainwright was worth 5.7 and 6.1 wins in 2009 and 2010 respectively. If that's not bad enough, Albert Pujols, the team's franchise player and the best hitter in all of baseball, said that he will test the free agent market this coming offseason. Although things aren't looking great at this moment, don't fret, Cards GM John Mozeliak. You're in luck, because I have a trade that will solve all of your problems. I propose the Cardinals trade Albert Pujols to the Dodgers for Andre Ethier and Chad Billingsley.   Albert Pujols Those of you who are ...

When thinking of pitching rotations with a lot of depth, the Phillies, Red Sox and Giants are—rightfully so—the first teams to come to mind. However, one could argue that the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation is underrated and belongs in that discussion. The biggest distinction between the Dodgers and the other three teams may be the perceived lack of a true ace. We all know that the Phillies have two premier aces in Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, the Sox have Jon Lester, and the Giants have Tim Lincecum, but the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw has not yet achieved that true “ace” perception. Is it time he should? There is no doubt that Kershaw is an elite strikeout pitcher. In his first two full seasons, he struck out well over a batter per inning. His ability to miss that many bats (combined with a nice home ballpark for pitchers) has also helped him post an ERA ...

After a very successful first four and a half years to start his major league career, Los Angeles Dodgers’ closer Jonathan Broxton had a miserable second half in 2010. Broxton was an All-Star in 2010, putting up great first half numbers with an ERA of 2.11, as well as 19 saves in 21 chances.   However, after the All-Star break Broxton proceeded to post an ERA of 7.13 with just three saves in eight opportunities, and Broxton had more walks than strikeouts. By mid-August, the Dodgers were falling out of contention and essentially went with a closer by committee over the last month and a half of the season, with Broxton, Hong-Chi Kuo and Kenley Jansen splitting the closer duty, Broxton’s struggles came as quite a shock, considering he had done so well prior to the second half of 2010. He still has a career ERA of 3.11 and a great strikeout to walk ratio ...

As we start another offseason of Dodger baseball, this one seems to have a much bigger impact on the landscape of the franchise than most. With the McCourt’s fighting over the control of the team, free agency questions looming, and deciding on weather to hold on to or cut ties with some of the young faces that have helped mold the franchise. And all this while the Dodgers are breaking in a new manager, Don Mattingly. The McCourt ownership in Los Angeles seems to have been built on a very unstable foundation to begin with. In 2004, Frank McCourt’s purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers was financed mainly by debt. So maybe this all shouldn’t come to us as such a shock. Questions have always loomed regarding the allocation of the teams profits. So are the McCourts just interested in living the lavish billionaire lifestyle? Their many multimillion dollar homes located around Southern California ...

Many words may be used to characterize the ups and downs of the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2010 season, but from the standpoint of the fans, the best fitting description would be nothing short of "disappointing." Normally, most teams who don't achieve the goals and ambitions that were set in spring training have the entire offseason to rebuild and regain focus, but in the case of the Dodgers, there are numerous off-field situations that seemingly need resolving before the team can move forward. The decision regarding current manager Joe Torre's future in Dodger Blue may be coming in the next week or two once Los Angeles is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs; however, all signs are pointing to the fact that the organization is still undecided on Joe's replacement if he does indeed decide to pack his bags. Unless Frank and Jamie McCourt reach a settlement before their divorce trial resumes on September 20, the court's ruling regarding future ownership of ...

It's that time of year when it becomes apparent certain teams have players remaining on their rosters that don't really belong.The Los Angeles Dodgers are no exception, and they have several pitchers that should be on their own, or at the very least in the minor league system. Here are five pitchers the Dodgers could do without, and why.Begin Slideshow