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As much as the Dodgers have wanted to
land an everyday shortstop to take over for the
injured Rafael Furcal, general manager Ned Colletti so far has found the price prohibitive.
With leading hitter Rafael Furcal and opening day
starter Brad Penny already on the disabled list, the
Dodgers learned Tuesday that they will be without closer Takashi Saito until at least late August. Saito, 38, was diagnosed by team physician Dr. ...
David Ortiz continues to rehab his left wrist,
and earlier this past week took his first swings
off a tee while team Doctors monitored the situation. This was his first attempt of swinging a bat since his injury and having been immobilized in ...
Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Nomar Garciaparra ready to begin rehab assignments - Los Angeles ...
, Andruw Jones and Nomar Garciaparra are scheduled
to begin minor league rehab assignments with triple-A Las
Vegas on Monday, with Furcal and Garciaparra saying they could be back in the Dodgers' lineup next weekend in San Francisco. Jones, who ...
The weekend started positively for the Los Angeles
Dodgers with the announcement that the trio of Rafael
Furcal , Nomar Garciaparra and Andruw Jones were scheduled to report to Triple-A Las Vegas to begin their rehab assignments. On Saturday, both Hiroki Kuroda and Brad Penny tossed bullpen sessions with signs of good progress. Even Jason Schmidt took a step in the right ...
The weekend started positively for the Los Angeles
Dodgers with the announcement that the trio of Rafael
Furcal , Nomar Garciaparra and Andruw Jones were scheduled to report to Triple-A Las Vegas to begin their rehab assignments. On Saturday, both Hiroki Kuroda and Brad Penny tossed bullpen sessions with signs of good progress. Even Jason Schmidt took a step in the right ...
Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus speculates that surgery
is now an option for Furcal. "Just when it
seemed like Furcal was getting close to returning, he suffered a setback. His back seized up again after activity, precisely the wrong thing to have happen at this stage in his recovery. The trouble is that his disc problem hasn't responded well to the normal conservative therapies, and...
Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Nomar Garciaparra ready to begin rehab assignments - Los Angeles ...
, Andruw Jones and Nomar Garciaparra are scheduled
to begin minor league rehab assignments with triple-A Las
Vegas on Monday, with Furcal and Garciaparra saying they could be back in the Dodgers' lineup next weekend in San Francisco. Jones, who ...
HOUSTON -- Rafael Furcal is hurting again. One
game into his injury rehabilitation at Triple-A Las Vegas,
the shortstop was sent back to Los Angeles for a medical evaluation after experiencing discomfort in his lower back when he awoke on Tuesday. ...
Shortstop and leadoff hitter Rafael Furcal will undergo
back surgery tomorrow and miss about another eight weeks.
The microdiscectomy operation will involve removing a part of a bulging disk in his lower left back in order to reliever pressure. "It's...
Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodger starting pitcher covering first
on a ground ball, reaches to make the play
during the first inning Wednesday in Houston.
HOUSTON -- Injured Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal waved
the white flag Wednesday when it was announced he
would undergo surgery Thursday for a bulging disc. Dr. Robert Watkins will perform a microdiscectomy, a minimally invasive surgical procedure ...
My dad had severe back problems a few
years back that made surgery seem inevitable. He worked
his way through without having it, but then again, he wasn't trying to play shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers have announced that Rafael Furcal will
have back surgery. The procedure, a microdiscectomy, all but
ends his season since the recovery time will have him out until at least early September, raising questions about whether he could get ...
The Brewers aren’t the only team pushing hard
for Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia. The Dodgers also are
heavily in the mix, according to major-league sources. However, the Dodgers’ bid for Sabathia is complicated by their pursuit of Pirates ...
According to Ken Rosenthal , the Dodgers have
jumped into the fray for C.C. Sabathia . They
don't have a Matt LaPorta -caliber prospect, but they could make a substantial three-player offer. The Dodgers, being a big market club, could ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The loss of Rafael Furcal
to back surgery this week might lead Dodgers general
manager Ned Colletti to a trade involving at least one of his prized young core players. > "We're more open-minded to who we may have to move than we were ...
Ken Rosenthal : [T]he Dodgers' bid for [C.C.]
Sabathia is complicated by their pursuit of Pirates shortstop
Jack Wilson as a replacement for the injured Rafael Furcal, sources say. To get Wilson, the Dodgers would need to trade the Pirates ...
Hiroki Kuroda, the Dodger starting pitcher covering first
on a ground ball, reaches to make the play
during the first inning Wednesday in Houston.












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