Clayton Kershaw’s 2021 season ended abruptly and with great uncertainty. When he walked off the mound with an elbow injury on October 1, there was a very real possibility it would be his last time on the field in a Dodger uniform. He was in the last year of his contract, his health was suddenly a huge question mark, and his hometown Rangers were likely to pursue him in the offseason.
Some Dodger fans might have been a bit overdramatic about it.
Luckily, Kershaw healed up well and shot down the Rangers, re-signing with Los Angeles shortly after the lockout ended in early March.