Troncoso Demoted, But It's All About Mechanics

From Dodgers.com, the explanation for Ramon Troncoso's demotion is to have him work on his mechanics: PHOENIX -- Reliever Ramon Troncoso was sent down to Triple-A Albuquerque before Saturday's game with the D-backs. Rookie Travis Schlichting was called up from Albuquerque to replace him. Troncoso has struggled for much of this season. He has a 5.15 ERA while allowing six home runs in 36 2/3 innings, compared to just three for all of last year. Tronscoso's prior two appearances have been scoreless, including two perfect innings Friday night. The move caught Troncoso by surprise, but he handled it like a pro. "I know it's going to make me be better," Troncoso said. "Everybody wants to be here. I'll go there and throw more innings." Although Hiroki Kuroda's 1 2/3-inning start Friday night required Dodgers manager Joe Torre to burn through his bullpen -- and Troncoso was the only middle reliever that had options remaining -- Torre said th...