Clayton Kershaw sounded resigned Friday to being carried out for the 2021 season.

The Dodgers left-hander stated it is “not wanting nice for October” after he needed to depart his begin vs. the Brewers within the second inning due to forearm discomfort. He missed two-plus months from early July via mid-September with an identical ailment.

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“Simply felt one thing there in my elbow within the second inning,” Kershaw stated. “Forearm, elbow, I do not know what it’s. Sort of the identical factor I have been coping with.”

He hinted at how severe the newest harm is by all however ruling himself out of the playoffs. Los Angeles’ postseason will start subsequent week within the Nationwide League wild-card recreation or one of many NL Division Sequence. LA trails the Giants by two video games within the NL West with two video games to play, however it has already clinched no less than a wild-card berth,

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“I do know that we will do one thing particular this 12 months and I wished to be part of that. That is the toughest half for me proper now could be simply understanding that, likelihood is, it is not wanting nice for October proper now. General it may be enjoyable to look at,” Kershaw stated.

He stated he shall be examined in “the following couple of days.” MLB.com reported Kershaw will endure testing Saturday.

Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated the workforce is “simply not too optimistic proper now” about Kershaw given how a lot time is left within the season.

“I do not need to learn an excessive amount of into it proper now, however definitely coming off the mound, it wasn’t a superb feeling for anybody,” he stated.

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Kershaw, 33, was restricted to 22 begins and 121 2/3 innings this 12 months due to accidents. He posted a 3.55 ERA and 10.65 strikeouts per 9 innings.

As severe as dropping Kershaw is, Los Angeles’ rotation is deep sufficient to no less than get via a wild-card recreation and a five-game NLDS. Max Scherzer (1.98 ERA), Walker Buehler (2.49 ERA) and Julio Urias (3.01 ERA) are the highest three starters, and Tony Gonsolin (3.23 ERA) can fill in as a No. 4. David Worth was within the rotation from across the All-Star break via late August earlier than returning to the bullpen.

The Dodgers have pieced collectively about 20 bullpen video games this 12 months, however that is probably not a superb choice within the playoffs. Tighter roster restrictions within the postseason will make it troublesome for the entrance workplace to control pitching workers spots prefer it does within the common season. A participant who’s taken off the energetic roster throughout a playoff spherical is ineligible for the rest of that spherical and all the subsequent spherical.