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Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, above working out at Camelback Ranch during spring training, made his first rehab start in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Clayton Kershaw took the next step to a return from the 60-day injured list, making his first rehabilitation appearance in triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The longest-tenured Dodger tossed three scoreless innings in a start against the Tacoma Rainiers in a rare Wednesday morning contest, giving up two hits, striking out two and walking none on 30 pitches (22 for strikes).
Kershaw underwent left-knee and left-foot surgery — to repair his left big toe — during the offseason. He missed the 2024 postseason because of his toe injury. "I think anytime with rehab you want to feel healthy, which I do feel good today," Kershaw, 37, told reporters after the game at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
"Then you want to see your stuff — obviously — play. There's some things that I need to work on still, but for the first [rehab appearance] overall, it was a good step forward." Advertisement The future Hall of Fame southpaw's fastball velocity averaged 87.
5 mph and topped out at 88.8 mph — more than a full mile per hour down from the 89.9 he averaged in 2024.
He threw 12 sliders, 10 fastballs, four curveballs and four change-ups, generating five swings and misses. Kershaw, entering his 18th season with the Dodgers, has struggled to reach the velocity of his younger days when he'd turn up his fastball to the mid-to-low 90s, turning toward increased slider usage and continuing to toy with a fourth pitch: a..
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