Scott Elbert News

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH In recent days, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has talked about the need to "keep treading water until we get our people back and then we can get on a roll."

But Beckett acknowledged he didn't know if that day would come this season or next, as he said he could undergo a season-ending operation if rehabilitation doesn't rid him of numbness in his pitching hand.

Puig experienced the first game of failure in his three-day Major League career, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts .

Before the Dodgers took the field on Wednesday night, there was a bit of sad news announced by the team.

Dodgers left-handed relief pitcher Scott Elbert will undergo Tommy John elbow reconstruction next week and will be sidelined for 12 to 16 months, the club revealed on Wednesday.

Elbow pain after back-to-back outings have caused the left-handed reliever to get shut downa for an unidentified period of time.

The Dodgers needed a spot starter for a second straight day on Monday, with right-hander Stephen Fife recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to fill in for left-hander Chris Capuano against the Padres at Dodger Stadium.

After yet another bullpen catastrophe in the extra inning loss in Colorado on Sunday, the Dodgers worries keep compounding at an exponential rate.

Veteran reliever Peter Moylan, who had a contract "out" that could have been exercised Friday, was promoted to the Dodgers' Major League bullpen from Triple-A Albuquerque for the weekend series against the Rockies.

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp was placed on the disabled list Thursday but doesn't think his strained right hamstring will sideline him for more than 15 days.

We continue the series in 2006, when the Dodgers ranked as the best minor league system in baseball.

The latest round of the Dee Gordon Experiment came to an end Monday, as the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the athletic but unpolished shortstop to triple-A Albuquerque.

Beckett last pitched for the Dodgers on May 13, and is 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA on the season.

LHP Julio Urias, who is 16 going on 17 , made his professional debut and pitched well, Duke von Schamann has another great May start, Yasiel Puig has a solid game and Matt Wallach homers in loss Minor League Player of the Day Julio Urias LHP - Great Lakes Loons - 3 innings pitched, 2 hits, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts - to say it was a surprise when his ... (more)

Matt Magill allowed just 2 hits over 6 shutout innings on Saturday and struck out 8 as the Isotopes beat Nashville Minor League Player of the Day Matt Magill - 6 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits, 8 K's . Another strong performance for Magill who continues to rack up the K's in AAA.

Andres Santiago and three Lookouts pitchers combined for a four-hitter -- including 3.1 hitless innings by the bullpen -- and Yasiel Puig drove in all three of the Lookouts runs as they earned their fifth consecutive victory , 3-1, over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Elbert last pitched for the Dodgers on Aug. 26, 2012, one of just eight appearances after the All-Star break for the left-hander. Dodgers pitcher Scott Elbert has been on a minor league rehabilitation assignment for two weeks while recovering from a pair of offseason shoulder surgeries, but the left-handed pitcher is closer to rejoining the ... (more)

The Chattanooga Lookouts did not wait to produce walk-off magic Thursday night. Although the Lookouts were out hit by Pensacola 14-to-5, Chattanooga made the most of their hits scoring five runs.

Hanley Ramirez tested his hamstring running in the outfield, and Mattingly said the shortstop continues to make progress, although he is still probably two weeks away from playing.