Los Angeles Dodgers Cy Young legendary left shooter Clayton Kershaw (Clayton Kershaw) after surgery is going well, head coach Dave Roberts (Dave Roberts) revealed before today's game that he will go to the minor league on the 17th to pitch a two-game rehab game.
The 37-year-old Kershaw is not ready to retire early due to injury, and this year he signed a one-year contract with Dodgers with an annual salary of $7.5 million with an incentive clause to return to Los Angeles, heading into his 18th career season, last year he started seven games and handed in 2 wins and 2 losses, with a 4.5 defense rate, but did not appear in the playoffs, and underwent left toe and left knee surgery in November after the season, and entered the 60-day injury list at the beginning of the new season, and is expected to return as soon as May this year, and he also previously expressed his hope that his career would end with the Dodgers.
Roberts said Kershaw's recent pitching rehab in Arizona has been good, with his arm condition continuing to improve, "and the ball speed has improved, and now it's just a matter of adjusting the last position of the toe after the shot." Roberts said a player like Kershaw who can be selected in the first round of Hall of Fame voting doesn't usually like to play in the minor league during his rehabilitation, "but there are no other options right now, and we want him to make a smooth comeback, and he's looking forward to it."
A three-time winner of the National League Young Award, a 10-time All-Star Game selection in his career, and a 2014 National League MVP, he has previously said that his arm is "ready", but his left hallux "has not fully recovered" after surgery.