Dodgers place pitcher Charlie Haeger on 15-day DL

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06/07/2010 -

LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Dodgers have placed right-hander Charlie Haeger on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained right big toe.

The team on Monday recalled right-hander Jon Link from Triple-A Albuquerque to fill the roster spot.

Manager Joe Torre says Haeger told him he hasn't felt comfortable on the mound since hurting his toe while rehabbing from an earlier stint on the DL.

Haeger is 0-4 with a 8.53 ERA in eight games, including five starts. The knuckleballer had plantar fasciitis that landed him on the DL from May 9-June 2. He started five games before that injury, but it's possible he won't return to that role.

Torre says Link won't be around long. The Dodgers hope to activate left-hander George Sherrill on Tuesday from the DL, where he's been since May 24 with tightness in his back.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

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