Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that pitcher Walker Buehler will make his season debut on Monday against the Miami Marlins. Buehler, 29, will return to the majors 20 months after undergoing his second Tommy John operation.
The Los Angeles Dodgers began the 2024 season with Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May among those on the injured list. Their starting pitching depth was further cut into last mont when Bobby Miller landed on the 15-day IL due to right shoulder inflammation.
Among the biggest storylines of the 2024 MLB season thus far has been the rash of pitcher injuries, with a slew of notable arms sidelined for the foreseeable future.
Clayton Kershaw is making steady progress in his rehab process from left shoulder surgery as he hopes to join the Los Angeles Dodgers at some point during the second half of the 2024 season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed Clayton Kershaw in the offseason with the expectation that he was not going to be ready to contribute to their rotation at any point during the first half of 2024.
Several household pitchers have succumbed to elbow injuries that shut down their seasons. Spencer Strider and Shane Bieber are two of the most recent victims of Tommy John surgery.
There have been a lot of injuries to pitchers in MLB over the last year or so, which has caused some to blame the implementation of the pitch clock, but Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw said that he does not believe anyone has the answer for why.
The injury crisis affecting MLB pitching staffs shows no signs of relenting.
Despite reaching free agency for the third consecutive offseason, Clayton Kershaw found his way back to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a new one-year contract that includes a player option for 2025.
On April 1, 2013, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against the rival San Francisco Giants in an Opening Day matchup at Dodger Stadium. Clayton Kershaw took the mound, putting on a performance of a lifetime, while single-handedly sparking the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory.
After pitching through a significant left shoulder injury during the second half of the 2023 season, Clayton Kershaw underwent surgery less than three weeks after the Los Angeles Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series.
When the Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed Clayton Kershaw during the offseason to a one-year, $10 million contract that included a player option for 2025, they did so knowing that he would not be recovered from his left shoulder surgery until around the middle of the year.
Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Kenley Jansen and Craig Kimbrel are among the pitchers who could hit big statistical milestones this summer.
When the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Tyler Glasnow from the Tampa Bay Rays during the offseason, it represented a homecoming as the right-hander grew up in Southern California and as a fan of the team.
The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signing Clayton Kershaw was one of their final pieces to an otherworldly offseason for the reigning National League West champions.
His timeline for a return to the mound is up in the air after he underwent a major shoulder surgery in November of last year. He will likely be sidelined through at least the first half of next season, but is targeting a return at some point in the summer.
Clayton Kershaw really did not have that difficult of a decision.
Clayton Kershaw is staying with the Dodgers, but the 10-time All-Star will wait to make his 2024 debut.
The 17th season will be the charm for Clayton Kershaw.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are putting the finishing touches on another monster offseason.
The Dodgers have agreed to a new contract with free agent lefty Clayton Kershaw.
Kershaw turns 36 in March, but he has demonstrated that he can still perform well if healthy.
The 10-time All-Star declined to speculate on where he expects to play in 2024.
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw announced on Instagram that he underwent a surgical procedure Friday morning to repair the gleno-humeral ligaments and capsule of his left shoulder. He says that he is “hopeful to return to play at some point next summer.”
Unsurprisingly, Friedman says his top priority this offseason will be starting pitching..
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