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For an athlete, being labeled a bust might be worse than being labeled as bad or underwhelming because busts fall so far short of expectations that many wonder if they will ever turn back into themselves.

Good pitching helped the Dodger edge out the Washington Nationals when they took two of three at Dodger Stadium.

Zack Greinke returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation this week, recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in five weeks, three ahead of schedule.

In apparent agreement with the old baseball axiom that says you can never have too much pitching , the Dodgers today signed Jonathan Sanchez to a minor league deal.

Those are just some of the reasons the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays are off to extremely slow starts this season.

The recurring theme in both losses to the Cubs was the pitching staff hitting a wall and the defense stumbling again.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer . He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

The Dodgers will combine Sunday celebrations for Mother's Day and Viva Los Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, while the team hosts the Marlins at 1:10 p.m. PT.

As expected, the Dodgers selected the contract of Scott Van Slyke and added him to their major-league roster Friday.

I knew it wouldn't take long for the desperation to seep in, and people to start clamoring for the call-up of Scott Van Slyke .

They shelled out the cash, tinkered with the roster and entered the 2013 season with lofty expectations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the season with lofty expectations thanks to a high-priced and star-laden roster.

While there is always someone younger ready and willing to take a veteran's place, certain players mean more to their franchise than what meets the eye.

The Dodgers had eight starting pitchers in spring training. Then they lost Zack Greinke, Chad Billingsley, and Ted Lilly to injuries and they traded Aaron Harang.

First it was the pitchers. Now the Dodgers' position players' health is unraveling like a spool of thread with Mark Ellis' quadricep, Hanley Ramirez's hamstring and Jerry Hairston Jr.'s groin all giving out within a 10-day span.

Before the season, manager Don Mattingly was handed a $216 million club with two Cy Young Award winners, more starting pitchers than he knew what to do with and a fearsome lineup featuring All-Stars at five positions.

The Dodgers could gain some much needed roster flexibility at a time when they absolutely need it with one simple move, one with minimal cost.

Greinke, 29, had his collarbone broken during a benches-clearing brawl with Carlos Quentin and the Padres on April 11.

The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to be hounded by injuries, with a hamstring ailment to shortstop Hanley Ramirez just the latest setback.

The first installment of this series provided some detail of the rebuilding effort produced by Logan White , the scouting staff and the player development staff.