Whether that’s Nick Green or Ramon Ortiz, I do not know. But take a look at tonight’s starting lineup from the official Dodger Twitter…
#Dodgers lineup: Furcal 6 Martin 2 Kemp 8 Ramirez 7 Loney 3 Blake 5 Paul 9 DeWitt 4 Kershaw 1
…and you’ll see Rafael Furcal is back, and Blake DeWitt is starting. So our fears that DeWitt may be getting shipped out from earlier this week can be relieved.
My guess?
Green phantom injury: 3-1
Green DFA: 4-1
Ortiz DFA: 10-1
I suppose we’ll find out soon.
Update: I couldn’t have held onto the publish button for 30 more seconds, could I? Jon Weisman with the answer:
George Sherrill to the DL with “mid-back tightness”
Well, I did say that “phantom injury” was the most likely option, so I’ll still take it as a win.
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