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Clayton Kershaw's NLDS role can add to his legendary Dodgers career

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won their first three games of the postseason, and they still haven’t had to use Clayton Kershaw. LA didn’t include the future Hall of Famer on its NLWC roster, which the Dodgers swept in two games. Notably, however, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced ahead of the NLDS that Kershaw would be added as a reliever, something to monitor closely given LA’s ongoing bullpen issues.

“(Kershaw will) be on the roster," Roberts told the media ahead of Game 1 of the NLDS. "He's going to be out of the 'pen and used as such.