For the third consecutive season, Clayton Kershaw has as soon as once more agreed to a take care of the Dodgers, returning for his seventeenth season with the group.
Kershaw received't have the ability to take the sphere till the summer season as he's nonetheless recovering from shoulder surgical procedure, nevertheless, his presence within the clubhouse and his expertise is an additional benefit to assist the group collectively, particularly the new-look rotation.
The final time Kershaw took the mound was arguably the worst begin of his illustrious profession, and he doesn't need that to be the final reminiscence followers have of him.
Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Occasions writes about Kershaw's return to the Dodgers, and the way the group's president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman wished Kershaw to complete his profession with the identical group he began it with.
“We now have lots of respect for Clayton and [his wife] Ellen's choice and gave her the time and area to make one of the best choice for her household.” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman he stated in the beginning of the offseason. “However selfishly, we hope it's for him to proceed and end his profession in Dodger blue.”
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Miguel Rojas is most excited to have Shohei Ohtani as a teammate, and is keen to study extra about him. Rojas sat down with Chris Rose on the Chris Rose Rotation podcast, saying he'd relatively study the whole lot there’s to learn about Ohtani, relatively than obtain his personal wage.
“We need to know tales – how they turned nice main league gamers, and the way it began in Japan and issues like that … I'm telling you now … that every one I care about is a narrative about Ohtani on the bus.”
Former Dodgers catcher Russell Martin he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fameturning into the primary former Dodger to earn induction since Roland Gladu and Jean-Pierre Roy have been chosen in 2021.
In six seasons mixed throughout two stints with the Dodgers, Martin amassed a mixed slash line of .268/.362/.391 with a mixed 60 house runs, 320 RBI and 67 stolen bases.
