Chris Capuano

Nobody really knew what to expect. How could they? They hoped rookie Matt Magill would do well, of course, but he was a 23-year-old making his major-league debut. An emergency fill-in for a depleted rotation. Magill became the Dodgers’ ninth...

At some point maybe you laugh, but forgive the Dodgers if they’re not in a particularly laughing mood. Still, the situation is so absolutely ridiculous, that might be the best medicine. The Dodgers, the team that actually started the season with...

And now for some good Dodgers health news! OK, possible good news. Right now, the Dodgers will take anything approximating positive news on the injury front. Mark Ellis, who left Friday’s game with a strained quadriceps, was not placed on the...

Shortstop Hanley Ramirez will begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment Saturday night and could be back with the Dodgers next week, nearly a month sooner than expected. Even that's not soon enough for Ramirez, though. "It hasn't been easy,...

They say these things even out over the course of a season. They say a lot of nonsense. All the Dodgers know now is that they are struggling to maintain a healthy roster. Friday night Mark Ellis joined the waiting list in the training room after...

Hanley Ramirez, wonder boy, is about to take on his next test. Ramirez continues to make strong progress from his March 22 thumb surgery, so much so that he is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Saturday with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. He was not...

And here the Dodgers were looking like they were going to bring in such a nice, little victory Wednesday. Instead of this: Allowing the Mets to tie the score with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and then watching reliever Josh Wall’s...

NEW YORK — Considering Ted Lilly hadn't pitched in more than 11 months, considering he was recovering from shoulder surgery and considering no one really knew what to expect from him, his start Wednesday marked a minor victory for the Dodgers....

That little ol' offensive fury in Baltimore on Sunday best be a sign of things to come, because right now the one rock to this Dodgers team is showing cracks. The Dodgers are not only down an entire rotation — one pitcher traded (Aaron Harang) and...

Dodgers’ optimists everywhere, how do you like Sunday’s challenge? How does anyone hear the Chad Billingsley news and not think the absolute worst? Visualize surgery and his losing the season, and parts of next season? The sword of...

BALTIMORE -- Encouraged by a power-hitting display he put on during an early batting practice session Friday, sidelined shortstop Hanley Ramirez said he hoped he could be in the Dodgers’ lineup on his April 30 bobblehead night. “I want to...

NEW YORK — Chad Billingsley will sit out the remainder of this season, as well as part of the next, as he is scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday for a partially torn ligament in his throwing elbow. The Dodgers expect Billingsley to return to...