Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Clayton Kershaw remains the club’s Opening Day starter the San Francisco Giants on July 23.
Kershaw was originally named the organization’s Opening Day starter during Spring Training, although with so much uncertainty after a long layoff due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the schedule changing, Tuesday marked the first Roberts revisited the topic.
This will mark Kershaw’s franchise-record ninth Opening Day start in 10 years, with 2019 being the lone year of the past decade that he hasn’t been able to take the mound.
The Dodgers are 7-1 in Kershaw’s Opening Day starts, with their lone loss coming to the Giants in 2018.