Ted Lilly remains in limbo with the Los Angeles Dodgers after refusing a Minor League assignment over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Dodgers asked Lilly to continue his Minor League rehab assignment with two more starts.

He can't be sent out without his permission.

"We laid out a plan and, obviously, he just didn't like the plan," said manager Don Mattingly, who put Chris Capuano in the starting rotation, and not Lilly, to replace the injured Zack Greinke. "From a baseball standpoint, we felt he wasn't quite ready for what we want him to do, to start."

"We laid out a plan and Teddy doesn't want to be part of the plan. It's out of my hands. We didn't feel he was ready to pitch at the Major League level. For me, it's a baseball decision. It's nothing personal in any way, shape or form. We're giving him our baseball thoughts, what we think is best for him and the team."