Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw might not require another rehab start before returning to a big league mound, according to ESPN. Neither he nor the team are ruling out the possibility that his next start could be with the Dodgers.
Don Mattingly originally claimed Kershaw would indeed need two minor league outings to complete his recovery from a muscle tear near his left shoulder. Kershaw, however, looked sharp Friday night in giving up just one run on two hits and fanning six in a Class A performance. He did not confirm after the game another minor league start.
"I don't know yet," he said. "I'm not sure what I want to do or the team wants to do or if they align or anything like that. I'm not planning on any confusion, though."
Kershaw breezed past Arizona in his first start of the regular season in Australia, but has not pitched in a major league game since.