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    Dodgers are left and will miss the entire 2024 postseason

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    LOS ANGELES – As the Los Angeles Dodgers enter the 2024 postseason in need of pitching depth, they will be without their future Hall of Fame left-hander.

    Manager Dave Roberts announced prior to Game 1 of the National League Divisional Series that Clayton Kershaw will not pitch again this season.

    “Clayton has done everything he can to move this thing forward and give himself an opportunity to participate in the postseason,” Roberts said. “But where he is now, physically, the foot and the toe, it’s just not cooperating. In fact, it’s getting worse. Yes, this is it for Clayton for 2024.”

    Kershaw hasn’t pitched since Aug. 30, when he lasted just one inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks before leaving the game due to a bone spur in his left big toe. The 36-year-old veteran had tried to stay active so he could become available for the postseason, but ultimately he won’t take the mound for the No. 1 seed in the National League.

    “It’s really not getting any better, so I can’t pitch,” Kershaw told reporters. “I had to make sure my arm would have a chance, and by doing that I probably made this worse.”

    He said surgery is “certainly in the conversation” but there are no plans yet. He said he will also only think about his future after the end of the season.

    “Right now my focus should be on beating the Padres. I’m going to try to be a good cheerleader as best I can,” Kershaw said.

    It was an injury-riddled season for the three-time Cy Young winner, who signed a one-year contract prior to the season with the team he spent his entire big league career with. He underwent surgery in November to repair a torn capsule in his left shoulder and did not make his first appearance of the season until July 25. This season, he threw 30 innings in seven starts with a 2-2 record and a 4.50 ERA. the highest of his 17-year career.

    For the Dodgers, it’s just the latest branch to be sidelined heading into the division series. Ace Tyler Glasnow hasn’t pitched since August due to an elbow injury and likely won’t pitch again this postseason. Veteran reliever Joe Kelly also left the NLDS roster with a shoulder injury.

    Jack Flaherty will pitch Game 2 on Sunday after starting Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the opener, but the Dodgers have not announced any other pitching plans for the remainder of the series.

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