Chad Billingsley Placed on Los Angeles Dodgers’ 15-Day DL

A very thin starting LA rotation is about to get thinner. The Los Angeles Dodgers placed RHP Chad Billingsley on the 15-day DL because of a groin strain—the move is retroactive to June 12th.

Billingsley has had a real up and down season in 2010. In his first six starts, the Dodger righty was 2-2 with a 5.06 ERA. Then, in his next 5 starts, Billingsley went 4-0 with a 2.45 ERA. Over his last two starts, Billingsley is 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA.

So as you can see, not everything has been roses for Billingsley in 2010.

With Billingsley hurt, the Dodgers will now have a rotation that features Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, John Ely, Carlos Monasterios, and Vincente Padilla (back on Saturday). That is mediocre at best.

Of course, the Dodgers will survive this bec...

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