Torre says that they’ve done OK, considering

“I think we’re all right.”

In a nutshell, that was Manager Joe Torre’s assessment of the Dodgers after they completed the first half of the season with a 45-36 record, and before they opened the second half Monday against the Florida Marlins at Dodger Stadium.

The defending National League West champions have held up well “when you look at the people you’ve had to do without” at different times in the first half, Torre said.

Among them: “ Manny [ Ramirez] now a couple of times on the DL,” Torre said of the left fielder who went on the disabled list again last week because of a strained right hamstring. Vicente Padilla, the team’s opening-day starting pitcher, also had a stint on the DL.

So did starter Chad Billingsley, All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier and shortstop Rafael Furcal. And center fielder Matt Kemp had a June to forget, Torre noted.

“A real plus is how well [ Blake] DeWitt has played second base and how he has been able to withstand some dry spells,” Torre said.

Catcher Russell Martin “is still trying to find his way,” Torre said. “He’s been much better, much more consistent on both sides of the ball than he was a year ago.”

And for the first time this season, the Dodgers appear to have a solid five-man starting rotation, he said.

“Pitching is why we’ve been able to sort of hold our own,” he said, taking special note of Billingsley’s recent strong starts.

“Billingsley has been a huge, huge find for us,” Torre said of the right-hander who’s now 6-4 with a 4.06 earned-run average. “I don’t sense any wonder on his part now what the next [start] is going to be like.”

Manny’s status

Ramirez might play a rehabilitation game for a minor league team this weekend before returning to the Dodgers’ lineup later this month, Torre said.

Ramirez is eligible to come off the DL on July 15 when the Dodgers open a series against the Cardinals in St. Louis after the All-Star break, and Torre said, “He may go out on a rehab assignment before he comes back. . . . Toward the weekend would be my guess.

“I don’t know if he necessarily needs it, but if he’s ready to do it or wants to do it I don’t think it would hurt him.”

Ramirez was on a hot streak when he got hurt, having batted .460 with three home runs and 11 runs batted in the 15 games preceding his injury. Overall, he’s batting .322 this season, with eight homers and 39 RBIs.

If the Dodgers were in the American League and thus used the designed hitter, Ramirez, 38, might have avoided his second trip to the DL this season, Torre said.

“Chances are we probably would have hung on a little bit longer because he could have DHed,” Torre said. “It’s tough in this league to put him out in left field, have him reinjure it and maybe worse.”

Short hops

The four games in St. Louis later this month mark the only road dates for the Dodgers in an 18-game stretch that began Monday. . . . At the midway point last season, the Dodgers were 51-30.

james.peltz@latimes.com