Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been sidelined for over two weeks since leaving his August 4 start in San Francisco with lower back tightness. An MRI showed no new damage to Kershaw’s back, which has been a point of concern going all the way back to his MVP season of 2014, when he missed several weeks after his back tightened up on the flight back from their season-opening series in Sydney, Australia.
Kershaw has expressed confidence that he would return this season and be ready to contribute in October, and according to J.P. Hoornstra of the Orange County Register, we now know when that return will take place.