Scott Elbert

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Amidst a seemingly unrelenting string of setbacks, the Dodgers did get some good news on the injury front. Zack Greinke appears to be well ahead of schedule in his recovery from...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH You could choose your metaphors wandering around the Dodgers clubhouse during their weekend series in San Francisco, which ended with Los Angeles falling to the Giants 4-3 Sunday....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers right hander Chad Billingsley admits, "I thought I was in the clear," when he got through spring training without any return of the elbow pain that was diagnosed as a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Less than three weeks after surgery to repair a fractured clavicle, Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke has begun a throwing program, giving reason for optimism about his return to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The story of the Dodgers' pitching has become part soap opera, part medical drama. The latest twists and turns involve left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Ted Lilly. Kershaw was...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig was the star of the Dodgers' spring training, batting .517 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in preseason games. But his unpolished skills on the field...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Offensive production from the left side of the Dodgers' infield has been non-existent. But help might be on the way. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez began a minor-league injury-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Journeyman infielder Luis Cruz was the feel-good story of summer 2012 for the Dodgers. He became a quick fan favorite while breaking through with a .297 average, six home runs and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH If the Dodgers' best-laid plans had come true, veteran lefty Ted Lilly would never have found his way back into their starting rotation. But injuries have sent three starting...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The perception had become such accepted baseball wisdom that Dodgers manager Don Mattingly felt he needed to bring it up when he went to visit Carl Crawford in Houston last winter....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Chad Billingsley was able to postpone Tommy John surgery -- but not avoid it. Billingsley will undergo the ligament-replacement procedure Wednesday in Los Angeles...

All the roster intrigue may have been eliminated after the Dodgers completed their exhibition season Saturday night, but it finally became official Sunday afternoon. And there never was a spring trade of any of those extra starters, which doesn’...