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Dodgers Activate Clayton Kershaw

By Steve Adams | May 31, 2018 at 3:15pm CDT

The Dodgers announced that they’ve reinstated left-hander Clayton Kershaw from the disabled list and created a roster spot by optioning switch-pitcher Pat Venditte to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Kershaw, who’s been out since May 1 due to biceps tendinitis in his left arm, will start tonight’s game against the visiting Phillies.

The three-time NL Cy Young winner and five-time NL ERA leader will return to the Dodgers’ rotation just one day after right-hander Kenta Maeda landed on the disabled list with a right hip strain. It’s been an ongoing struggle for the Dodgers to keep their starting staff healthy so far this season, as Maeda is joined on the disabled list by lefties Rich Hill and Hyun-Jin Ryu. Fortunately for the Dodgers, Kershaw’s absence proved to be shorter than his DL trips for back injuries in each of the past two seasons.

Kershaw will step back into the starting mix alongside Alex Wood, rookie sensation Walker Buehler and the breakout righty Ross Stripling. While that may not be a rotation mix the Dodgers anticipated having to lean upon in 2018, the quality of that group serves as a testament to the depth that the Dodgers seem to have a knack for cultivating on a yearly basis.

While the Dodgers’ early struggles garnered plenty of national media attention, they’ve quieted the narrative that their season was on the brink of being lost by rattling off 10 wins in their past 13 contests. Los Angeles is still three games south of the .500 mark, but the collapse of the former NL West-leading Diamondbacks has opened a door for the Dodgers, who now sit 3.5 games back from the Rockies, who suddenly find themselves in first place.

A healthy Kershaw will go a long way toward continuing their recent success, though there are clearly some longer-term implications here for both Kershaw and the team. Kershaw has the ability to opt out of the remaining two years of his contract at season’s end, and he’s all but certain to do so. While the Dodgers clearly possess the financial firepower to match or top virtually any offer another team can make to Kershaw, the price of a new contract with the Dodgers or another club will be impacted in no small part by his ability to put this injury behind him and return to his status as one of the game’s elite arms.

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  1. BlueSkyLA

    3 years ago

    Tonight’s game is actually this afternoon.

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    • theroyal19

      3 years ago

      Depends on where you live.

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      • BlueSkyLA

        3 years ago

        No, it doesn’t depend on where you live. The game starts at 4:30 PDT, which is afternoon in the place where it is actually being played. That would be 1:30 AM if you’re in Barcelona.

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      • Senioreditor

        3 years ago

        It’s actually a day game no matter where you live. It’s being played during daylight even though you may live in a different time zone.

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  2. mets2424

    3 years ago

    Don’t ever draft him on your fantasy team. Guy gets hurt 2 times a year.

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    • Yelsnit

      3 years ago

      You gonna be ok?

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    • Ironman_4life

      3 years ago

      This why every year he’s ranked in the top five fantasy players picked?

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      • xabial

        3 years ago

        He legitimately had a chance to win Cy Young 2017, until he got hurt, and was out for extended time. was rooting for him to win it that year. It was dead-set going to be him or Scherzer. I wanted him to win his 4th Cy Young.

        Scherzer won it, but we got to witness someone win back-to-back Cy Young awards. Also pretty cool.

        Maybe Scherzer wins his 3rd one in a row now.^ Clayton Kershaw is top-5 pitcher in fantasy sport and in RL. The 2 years he got sidelined, he was in the middle of Cy Young worthy campaigns.

        Don’t understand the hate this guy gets.

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    • Senioreditor

      3 years ago

      EVERYBODY gets hurt two times a year now.

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    • braves25

      3 years ago

      …but when he does pitch he is a CY Young caliber pitcher…I will take him on my fantasy team every year

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    • forwhomjoshbelltolls

      3 years ago

      I just traded for him today, is that OK?

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  3. xabial

    3 years ago

    Great timing. Dodgers are 26-29 and only 3.5 games behind the Dbacks and COL. They’ve also won 7 games in their last 10 games. They got him back in the nick of time.

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  4. mets2424

    3 years ago

    He shouldn’t be.

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    • Kenleyfornia74

      3 years ago

      Are you finished?

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  5. CubsFanForLife

    3 years ago

    I think the real story is Pat Venditte – free the switch pitcher!

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