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• The Travs disabled OF Adam Greenberg and SS Hainley Statia, moving them to the 7-day DL Saturday morning. Greenberg has a strained right knee suffered running the bases on Thursday, while Statia pulled his right hamstring on the basepaths Friday night. OF Cliff Remole was shipped to Rancho, and the Travs received OF Anderson Rosario and INF Wil Ortiz from Rancho.
• Angel Berroa was in uniform during today's game but was not on the roster apparently; Terry Tiffee was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.

  The Dodgers will be responsible for only the remaining pro-rated portion of the Major League minimum salary for Berroa, not the $3.5 million remaining from his multi-year contract, as earlier reported.

  I know that a lot of people don't like BPro's Rate2 stat as a fielding metric, but it's got the advantage of being fairly well-understood and internally consistent (i.e. 100 = exactly major league average). Berroa's last three full seasons have been well under 100 ($):

        Year   G   Rate2
        ================
        2004  133   83
        2005  159   83
        2006  131   90
        

  Contrast this with Chin-Lung Hu ($), who was very close to league average (96 Rate2 in a small-sample-sized 27 games), and has every chance to improve thanks to his age. This team really makes me want to scream, and not in a good way.
• Jason Schmidt's scheduled rehab start on Sunday has been delayed because he felt "a little discomfort" in his surgically repaired shoulder according to Joe Torre.

  "It's not a setback, it's just a set aside," Torre said. "At this point, we're not ready to start the clock on him. I think we're more cautious on starting the clock because we know once we start it, you have a 30-day window. We're going to just hold off maybe for a few days, maybe a week, but depending on him."

  Sure, Joe.
• Here's an interesting BA piece on PCL park factors; unsurprisingly, the five worst offenders and their three-year averaged park factors are

        City              PF
        =====================
        Albuquerque       140
        Colorado Springs  125
        Las Vegas         124
        Salt Lake         120
        Tucson            111
        

  The Dodgers are sending their kids to Vegas regardless of the side effects:

  Dodgers assistant GM De Jon Watson said that the organization does not alter plans or instruction for its young pitchers who must brave Las Vegas which the Dodgers have called home since 2001.

  "It's about keeping the baseball on the ground and executing a pitching plan," he said. "We're making sure we're sticking to what we planned."

  Through the years, the Dodgers, like the Rockies, haven't been shy about sending their more promising arms to Vegas. Edwin Jackson, Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton all spent a summer there, as Jon Meloan is this season.

  Sticking to the script is something Watson and the Dodgers stress for their batters, too, even though Dodger Stadium is far less forgiving for them than Coors Field is for Rockies batters.

  "We're trying to get all the kids to execute and swing the bat, regardless of the park," he said. "The key is to hit those mistakes when they get them. LaRoche, (Chin-Lung) Hu, (James) Loney . . . they all were there. We want them to be consistent with their work and preparation, and that will carry over when you play in the big leagues."

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