The Los Angeles Dodgers received some unlucky information this week that pitcher Clayton Kershaw had a setback in his rehab. Kershaw was monitoring forward of schedule in his return from surgical procedure to restore the glenohumeral ligaments and capsule in his throwing shoulder. He returned to pitching simulated video games this month, then pitched his first minor league rehab sport final Wednesday.
The beginning was a hit. Kershaw pitched three innings for the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, permitting two hits, one earned run, one stroll and 5 strikeouts. His fastball reached as much as 90 mph.
Nevertheless, Kershaw will take a break from this progress as a result of lingering soreness. He was scheduled to make his second rehab begin on Tuesday, however will now delay that begin. He’ll cease pitching for at the very least per week.
Whereas the information is disappointing, it’s not stunning to Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts, who has seen this play out earlier than with pitchers making an attempt to return from main arm accidents.
“That is a part of the method so far as anybody that goes by means of rehab, that goes by means of a surgical procedure, and is on his method again,” Roberts stated, by way of Invoice Plunkett of the O.C. Register. “It’s not stunning. It’s not excellent, but it surely’s not stunning within the truth that there’s a little little bit of a regression within the throwing course of.”
Even with the setback, there’s nonetheless room for Kershaw to make it again by late July or August — the preliminary thought again in February. The ten-time All-Star and three-time Nationwide League Cy Younger award winner went 13-5 with a 2.46 ERA final yr.
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