Medical Corner: Clayton Kershaw, David Price, Jacob deGrom, and Other Injury Updates
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
For the record, Kershaw was not in my tier one of starting pitchers. I have no idea why you'd expect more than 150 innings at this point his career. Chronic back problems and the Dodgers' generous utilization of the DL are enough to bump him to the top of tier two for me.
Speaking of evaluating Dodgers injuries, it can be a bit tricky because of their ... ahem, shall we say "creative use" of the DL? So we have two very different scenarios. First, this could be DL manipulation to…