The Current State of the Dodgers Starting Rotation

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When taking a cursory glance at the current starting rotation of the Los Angeles Dodgers, many who follow the club closely couldn’t be happier with the performance over the first five weeks of the 2017 campaign, despite the frequent shuffling of a few players because of several minor injuries.

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Monday Musings: Is Cody Bellinger in the Majors to Stay?

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If you followed any of my posts last year here at TBPC, you’ll know that most of them were titled to match a song that struck me as being relevant to whatever was happening that week in Dodgers baseball. While I haven’t continued with that this season, a song keeps popping into my head about this situation with Cody Bellinger, Adrian Gonzalez, and aging players being replaced by younger ones — Its Sad To Belong by England Dan and John Ford Coley. You know the one — “Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.”

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Dodgers Injury Notes: Gutierrez, Forsythe, Ryu, Segedin & More

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While many fans of the Dodgers were hoping that the team’s general bill of health would begin to improve heading into the first full week of May, the injury report continues to be a revolving door of wounded players. With a bit of luck, though, a few may conceivably return relatively soon as the club hopes to avoid yet another week of double digits on the disabled list.

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Dodgers Reinstate Joc Pederson, Place Adrián González on Disabled List

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The Dodgers made it official on Friday — Adrian Gonzalez will be going to the DL for the first time in his 14-year major league career. He had the big league record among active players for most games played without going on the disabled list, going 1,774 games since 2006. He had never missed more than six games in a season in that time frame.

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Dodgers Hope to Gain Momentum in San Diego Series

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Today could very well turn out to be an interesting day for the Dodgers. It appears as though a couple of roster changes will be made, including one that has never happened before. Up until now, Adrian Gonzalez has never gone on the disabled list in his entire major league career. Will that change today? Also, will Kenta Maeda be able to build on his success from his last game?

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Would Dodgers Benefit by Sending Adrián González to Disabled List?

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In case you missed it amid a steady stream of other injury-related reports on Wednesday, it was revealed that Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is suffering from a mild herniated disc in his back, and may still be dealing with complications from elbow tendinitis that bothered him for much of 2017 spring training.

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Dodgers Roster: Making Cases for Cody Bellinger and Chris Taylor

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While many would think the news of Joc Pederson and Logan Forsythe returning from the disabled list would spotlight the majority current headlines in Los Angeles, most fans of the Dodgers appear to be more intrigued by the impending moves that are necessary to create the space on the 25-man roster.

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More Roster Changes Ahead for Dodgers

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By the time the Dodgers head into San Diego this weekend for a three-game divisional series, the team’s 25-man roster may have a bit of a different look, most specifically with the return of three position players — Franklin Gutierrez, Joc Pederson and Logan Forsythe.

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Dodgers Place Hyun-Jin Ryu on Disabled List, Recall Josh Fields

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The Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday placed left-handed pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-day disabled list with a left hip contusion and recalled right-handed pitcher Josh Fields from Triple-A Oklahoma City.

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Dodgers Hope to Ride Momentum Wave Through Current Homestand

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We are now fully one month into the Dodgers‘ season, and it ended up a little better than some might have thought a week ago. A four game winning streak, including one pretty epic comeback victory to end the month, will do that for you. The Dodgers sit at 14-12, third in the NL West, two games out of first. Not bad, considering.

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