Kershaw to return to Dodgers

NATIONAL LEAGUE
 

Los Angeles Dodgers
NEWS:  The Dodgers signed free agent LHP Clayton Kershaw to a 1-year contract with a player option for a second year.  Financial terms have not been released and won't become official until Kershaw passes a physical.
IMPACT: High
BHQ SPIN: Kershaw underwent surgery on his left shoulder in November and, despite starting a throwing program the last week of January, isn’t expected to be back before the second half of the 2024 season.  Kershaw joins RHP Dustin May, RHP Walker Buehler, and RHP Tyler Glasnow on a long list of starting pitchers whose innings the Dodgers will carefully manage over the course of the season.  We have allocated about 90 IP to Kershaw, but a significant amount of uncertainty...

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