The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Clayton Kershaw on the 10-day injured list July 7 due to left forearm inflammation and have been without him since that point, though due to elbow soreness and a setback suffered in the initial recovery attempt.
Even with that, Kershaw and the Dodgers are in a better position than what could have been. There were many reasons to be worried as forearm injuries often lead to Tommy John surgery or similarly significant injury.
Luckily for the Dodgers and Kershaw, an MRI showed it was just inflammation with no structural damage in his arm.