Dodgers To Reinstate Clayton Kershaw Tyler Glasno

The Dodgers have been scrambling to fill their rotation lately but will get a couple of big reinforcements back in the coming days. Manager Dave Roberts tells reporters that right-hander and left-hander will each come off the injured list to start on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Kershaw is on the 60-day IL and will need a 40-man roster spot to be opened prior to taking the ball. Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times was among those to relay the news . Its a pretty big moment for Kershaw, who is coming back from the most significant absence of his career. The southpaw went under the knife in November to repair the gleno-humeral ligaments and capsule of his left shoulder. Though surgeries for pitchers have become quite commonplace in todays baseball landscape, this was actually the first one for the veteran. Kershaw was a workhorse earlier in his career but has had some health i sues in recent seasons. From 2010 to 2015, he logged at least 198 innings for six straight years but hasnt hit that number since. Recent years have seen him mi s time here and there, often due to back i sues, but the shoulder was the big concern in 2023. He somehow managed to to s 131 2/3 innings with a 2.55 earned run average despite his fastball velocity declining throughout the season but then was torched in his lone playoff start, only recording one out against the Diamondbacks while being charged with six earned runs. The shoulder i sue eventually require the aforementioned surgery in November and then he re-signed with the Dodgers in February. The deal is a two-year pact with the second season being a player option. Kershaw has a base salary of just $5MM in both years of the deal but with the ability to earn far more if hes healthy. He gets an extra $1MM for getting to six starts, $1.5MM each for his seventh, eighth and ninth starts and then $2MM after his tenth. The Dodgers cant get around this by using an opener, as a relief outing wherein Kershaw records at least nine outs also counts. At this point in the calendar, its still po sible for Kershaw to unlock all of those bonuses and there are similar escalators for his 2025 option. He began a rehab a signment by pitching three innings at the Single-A level on June 19. He was then shut down due to some shoulder sorene s but Roberts downplayed the significance and Kershaw restarted his rehab a signment again more recently. He to sed three innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City last Saturday and then four innings on Friday, getting up to 67 pitches in the most recent outing. Hes now set to resume a big league career that already includes 2,712 2/3 innings with a 2.48 ERA. Glasnows absence was far more mild, as he landed on the IL prior to the break due to some low back tightne s, but Jason Foley Jersey the dual returns are significant for the Dodgers as they have had plenty of rotation challenges. and are each done for the year, with likely to be in that camp as well. has a rotator cuff strain that landed him on the 60-day IL, meaning he cant return before mid-August. struggled enough to get optioned down to the minors while was ineffective before landing on the IL with a hip i sue. Amid all of those i sues, the Dodgers have been using a rotation of veteran , rookies , and , as well as occasional bullpen games. Getting Glasnow and Kershaw into that mix obviously helps, and the club will be promoting prospect soon as well. Though that group is about to be much stronger than it was heading into the All-Star break, the Dodgers are still expected to pursue rotation upgrades prior to the July 30 deadline. They have been to of the White Sox for weeks now and mentions the fit again this morning, also adding that the club has interest in of the Tigers. Though the Dodgers interest in Crochet has been known for a while, Nightengale adds that the Dodgers have discu sed a blockbuster deal that would see them also acquire outfielder and maybe even reliever as well. Thats not nece sarily a big surprise, as teams usually discu s all kinds of various trade scenarios, with many of them not coming close to fruition. But that does align with from president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, who suggested the Dodgers would be more focused on impact additions as opposed to marginal upgrades. The club has some holes but is understandably shooting for the stars at this point. They have made the playoffs in 11 straight years now and spent wildly in the offseason, adding Yamamoto and and others. Making the postseason for a 12th straight year wont really count as an accomplishment for the club or its fans, so aiming high at the deadline and trying for a World Series seems to be the play. Crochet would obviously fit the bill since hes been one of the best pitchers in the league this year with a 3.02 ERA and 35.2% strikeout rate through 20 starts. There are some concerns about his workload since hes already thrown more innings this year than in his entire profe sional career prior to this campaign, but he should be able to provide an impact even if moved to some kind of relief role down the stretch. Robert also has some durability concerns as hes only tallied 100 games in a season once, but that one occurrence was quite impre sive. He got into 145 contests for the Sox last year and hit 38 home runs, stole 20 bases and provided quality defense in center field. Injuries have been a problem before and have cropped up again this year, as he mi sed two months due to a right hip flexor strain. But hes been great in his limited time, with 11 homers and 11 steals in just 45 games. His 32.6% strikeout rate is a career high but his 10.2% walk rate is almost twice his career pace. He could fit into a Dodger outfield that has seen move to the infield and then head to the injured list. is having a good year but its flimsy apart from that. and are doing well overall but most of their damage has come against lefties. Ideally, they would be platooned with , but Heyward is also on the IL. is hitting just .153/.250/.258 on the year and was optioned to the minors for a while, only getting recalled when Heyward went on the shelf. Utility players , and have also struggled. In addition to their talents, both players would be incredibly attractive due to their financial situations. Crochet is in his first arbitration season but his injury absences have limited him to a salary of $800K this year. He has two arb seasons left after this one and will be in line for a decent raises, but from a very modest base. Robert is making $12.5MM this year, far more than Crochet but still a bargain for a player of his talents. Hell then make $15MM next year with a pair of $20MM club options after that. Each player has significant trade value in a vacuum but it would take a ma sive blockbuster haul for the Dodgers to get both. Their farm system is considered strong but whether a deal can come together or not will depend on what kind of price the Sox are asking for and what other teams are offering. But at 27-73 and with a farm system that isnt especially well regarded, it makes sense the Sox are considering trading almost anyone and it seems they are doing just that. Kopech cant match either Crochet or Robert in terms of huge appeal, but he would have some value in his own right. After some inconsistent results as a starter, the Sox have been using him as their closer this year with some interesting but mixed results. His 5.05 ERA isnt going to wow anyone and his 12.7% walk rate is concerning, but he has punched out 30.9% of batters faced. Hes only making $3MM this year and can be retained via arbitration for another season after this. As for Skubal, its understandable why the Dodgers or any other club would be interested. He is a Cy Young candidate this year with a 2.41 ERA, 30.8% strikeout rate, 4.6% walk rate and 47.4% ground ball rate. Hes making a modest $2.65MM and has two seasons of club control beyond this one. But that also makes him plenty appealing to the Tigers and its fair to wonder how available he is. The club once seemed buried in the standings but have been hot lately, winning 11 of their last 14 and climbing to within five games of a playoff spot. Getting Skubal away from Detroit was probably going to take a haul even when they were in seller position but its probably become more difficult in recent weeks. Andy Ibanez Jersey