Manny Ramirez, Vicente Padilla to Disabled List: Injuries Mount For L.A. Dodgers

Posted: 25th April 2010 by Todd Boldizsar in MLB
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Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Manny Ramirez is back on the disabled list, this time with a strained right calf. Ramirez hasn't officially been on the DL since 2002, but the calf strain is just another injury in a string of complications experienced by the slugger over the past several seasons. As the season moves in to full swing, the pace set by Manny seems to mimic last season's pre-suspension trend. Ramirez has now missed five of the Dodgers' 18 games, and when he is not in the lineup, the numbers certainly reflect his absence. The tandem of back-ups Reed Johnson and Garret Anderson have combined for 57 at-bats with just 12 hits, a .210 batting average. Thus far in his limited action, Manny is carrying a .415 batting average, .500 on-base percentage, and 12 RBI (Johnson and Anderso ...

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