Billingsley goes to DL with groin injury
By Tony Jackson
ESPNLosAngeles.com
CINCINNATI -- Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre said on Tuesday that right-hander Chad Billingsley will go on the 15-day disabled list with an injured groin.
Torre said Billingsley injured the groin in his last start Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. The decision to put him on the DL was made before Tuesday's game against the Cincinnati Reds, after Billingsley attempted to throw in the bullpen.
Billinsgley was scheduled to start in Thursday's series finale.
The Dodgers' starting rotation already is in a state of flux with right-hander Vicente Padilla expected to come off the disabled list this weekend, although Padilla said through an interpreter that Torre gave no indication of whether that would happen when Padilla met with the manager and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt on Tuesday.
Rookie Carlos Monasterios was expected to return to the bullpen after starting on Sunday against the Angels, but Billingsley's situation could result in the right-hander staying in the starting rotation for now.