There’s a difference between flexibility and vagueness, and the Dodgers have drifted into the latter with Clayton Kershaw. When a franchise icon is reduced to a shrug, “we’ll see, he’ll be available for whatever” — that doesn’t sound like a strategy; that’s stalling.
Kershaw isn’t a September call-up you stash for vibes. He is the best pitcher in modern Dodgers history, the face of a generation, and a competitor who has earned something better than ambiguous bullpen purgatory. If Los Angeles believes he can help, say how. If they don’t, say that, too. The limbo is the insult.