Clayton Kershaw Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/19/1988 (35)
- Experience
- 15
- College
- None
Clayton Kershaw Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Clayton Kershaw News
The Los Angeles Dodgers chose not to extend a $20.325 million qualifying offer to left-hander Clayton Kershaw (shoulder). It's the second time that the Dodgers haven't extended a qualifying offer to Kershaw so that they don't have to rush his free-agent decision this winter. Kershaw is also coming off left-shoulder surgery and isn't expected to make his 2024 debut until sometime in the summer. It sounds like the 35-year-old future Hall of Famer isn't ready to retire just yet, but it remains to be seen if he'll return to LA for his 17th season. The veteran southpaw is now a big injury risk at this stage of his career, but he was excellent once again in 2023 when healthy, going 13-5 with a 2.46 ERA (4.03 FIP) and 1.06 WHIP with 40 walks and 137 strikeouts in 131 2/3 innings (24 starts). The 11-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young winner will obviously be much less attractive in fantasy in 2024 given the fact that he might only pitch half the season.
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) announced on his Instagram account that he underwent left-shoulder surgery on Friday morning to fix the gleno-humeral ligaments and his shoulder capsule. Kershaw said he is "hopeful to return to play at some point next summer." The 35-year-old impending free agent is apparently not ready to retire, but he might be looking at missing the entire first half of the 2024 season after going under the knife. He's probably looking at either returning to the Dodgers or pitching for the World Series-champion Texas Rangers to close out his Hall of Fame career. When healthy in 2023, Kershaw was great, going 13-5 with a 2.46 ERA (4.03 FIP), 1.06 WHIP, 40 walks and 137 strikeouts in 131 2/3 innings over 24 starts. Kershaw is near the end of his career and has battled numerous injuries in recent years, but he still has something left to give fantasy managers when he's on the mound.
Following the Los Angeles Dodgers' early exit from the postseason via a sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series, left-hander Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) will have some more decisions to make as to whether he'll return for another season in 2024. He said he will take longer to decide this offseason and is considering undergoing an additional examination on his left shoulder, which he injured in late June. The injury led to reduced fastball velocity and diminished command in the final month of the season. The future Hall of Famer gave up six runs in just a third of an inning in Game 1 of the NLDS. He's been hurt in recent seasons, but when he's been out there, he has remained mostly effective. The 35-year-old southpaw made his 10th All-Star team this summer and had a strong 2.46 ERA in 24 regular season starts.
Clayton Kershaw Stats
Last 10 Games
Clayton Kershaw isn't the top pitcher in the game any longer, but the 35-year-old's performance is still outstanding when healthy. He went 12-3 with a 2.28 ERA across 126 IP last year largely backed by his 2.51 xERA and 2.83 xFIP. His .268 BABIP might look lucky, but his career rate of .270 suggests it's a skill. Kershaw also reduced the spin on his heater from 2,506 RPM in 2021 to 2,408 RPM last season, sacrificing whiffs (3.7 SwStr% vs. 7.4% career) to limit hitters to a .228 xBA (.303 xBA in 2021). That works well when you also feature a devastating slider with a 22.4 SwStr%, 42 Zone%, and 48% chase rate that helped Kershaw record a 27.8 K% anyway. Kershaw will again be backed by one of the strongest overall teams in the league, so wins should be plentiful as well. That also means that Kershaw will likely be rested more often than he would be on other clubs, but it's still worth banking 120 innings of ace-level production at an ADP of 133.29 and relying on waivers to fill in the missed time.
