GLENDALE, Ariz. >> Clayton Kershaw’s back no longer pains him. Questions about his back, however, do.
“Yeah, all good,” he said dismissively Saturday when the inevitable question came up after his first outing of the spring.
Kershaw threw 12 pitches to retire the three batters he faced, striking out one of the Chicago White Sox, then he went to the bullpen to throw the equivalent of another inning.
“It was OK,” Kershaw said of his day’s work. “Fastball command wasn’t as good as I wanted it. That’s probably the most important thing first time out, getting your fastball command to be what you want it to be.