Dodgers option Dee Gordon to Triple-A Albuquerque, activate Jerry Hairston Jr. from disabled list.

Dee Gordon

The Dodgers activated utility player Jerry Hairston Jr. from the disabled list Monday afternoon as expected. He’ll be in the starting lineup against the Angels, batting seventh and playing left field.

To make room for Hairston on the active roster, the Dodgers optioned shortstop Dee Gordon to Triple-A Albuquerque.

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Dodgers prospect Julio Urias, 16, throws three scoreless innings for Great Lakes Loons.

Sixteen-year-old pitcher Julio Urias has already impressed the Dodgers organization enough to be promoted to the Great Lakes Loons, their affiliate in the Low-A Midwest League.

Urias took the next step on Sunday by throwing three scoreless innings and striking out six batters in his debut. The youngest player in the Loons’ seven-year history allowed two singles, walked a batter and struck out six.

Some on the scene were impressed:

The Dodgers signed Urias out of Culiacan, Sinaloa last August.

Dodgers outfielder Scott Van Slyke has a stiff neck, but unlikely to go on disabled list.

The Dodgers will have to make room for Jerry Hairston Jr. on the active roster tomorrow somehow.

Hairston played back to back games for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Friday and Saturday, and Don Mattingly wanted to give Hairston the day off Sunday, but he’s expected to come off the disabled list in time for Monday’s game against the Angels. Hairston was placed on the DL on May 6 with a strained left groin.

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Dodgers’ Josh Beckett is on the mend.

Josh BeckettJosh Beckett threw 15 pitches off the bullpen mound Saturday and will throw at least that many tomorrow or Tuesday as he attempts to return from a strained left groin.

The right-hander said he is “getting better” and “progressing every day” after he was forced to shut down his throwing program while the Dodgers were on a road trip to Atlanta.

“I was really sore [last Saturday] in Atlanta,” Beckett said. “I didn’t know what you push through. I had to learn that in Atlanta.”

After taking two days off, Beckett resumed throwing off a mound in Milwuakee and has been ramping up the intensity ever since. He’s also lifting weights and running.

Beckett was placed on the disabled list May 14. He is 0-5 with a 5.19 earned-run average this season.