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Dodgers' Tom Koehler to start season on disabled list

The Dodgers' most significant acquisition in free agency walked into the clubhouse in a sling on Saturday. Tom Koehler will start the season on the disabled list, and the Dodgers reliever said he could miss weeks or months with a strain in his right shoulder.

Said Koehler: "I came here to help this team win a World Series. If that starts a little later in the season, so be it."

"He's a guy that we were counting on for high-leverage situations," Roberts said Friday. "To lose him for any extended period of time, yeah, that's a big blow.