Complex sentence: Because Griffin had to be placed on the disabled list with a broken hand the Dodgers were left with a hole at shortstop, though they had a solid replacement in the form of veteran Dave Anderson.
Split into simpler sentences: Because Griffin had to be placed on the disabled list with a broken hand the Dodgers were left with a hole at shortstop. Luckily, the Dodgers had a solid replacement at shortstop in the form of veteran Dave Anderson.