Ronald Belisario

The Dodgers' bullpen issues go beyond their muddied closer situation. Manager Don Mattingly has thought about replacing Brandon League with Kenley Jansen for the ninth-inning job. Now he's got an equally undesirable problem with set-up man Ronald...

On the list of things not going well for the Dodgers, the back end of the bullpen might not rate at the top, but it is unexpectedly in contention. Five of the Dodgers’ eight consecutive losses have been by one run. Games go late and tight, and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The fact that right-hander Brandon League gave up a game-winning home run to Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth inning of Tuesday's game doesn't make League...

Derek Dietrich crushed a three-run home run, Jose Fernandez rebounded from giving one up himself early, and the Marlins overcame their largest deficit of the season to rally past the spiraling Dodgers 5-4 on Friday night. Chris Coghlan's pinch-hit...

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 important game was supposed to be at Dodger Stadium, though it was hard not think what was going on down a couple of freeways wasn’t more significant. Maybe the Dodgers best hope it was. Back at Chavez Ravine Friday things grew only darker,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Marlins 5, Dodgers 4 Marlins 5, Dodgers 4: Derek Dietrich hit a three-run homer in his second major league game and visiting Miami handed Los Angeles its eighth straight loss. Juan Pierre added two hits and an RBI for the...

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 new Dodgers owners, it turns out, jazzed up every corner of Dodger Stadium but one. The concourses are brighter, the restrooms cleaner, the entertainment snappier. There's still one area, however, that feels wholly unfinished, an inherited...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH When the new ownership decided not to exercise the option year in manager Don Mattingly's contract before the start of the season, it created an inevitable situation. As soon as the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH When shortstop Hanley Ramirez tore a ligament in his thumb diving for a ground ball in the final game of the World Baseball Classic this spring, the Dodgers decided very quickly...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH It was a random act of kindness that went viral. Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp woke up Tuesday morning to find his phone "blowing up." "I was like, 'Uh-oh, what'd I do now?'"...