Dodgers put Kershaw on DL will not pitch against DBacks Tuesday (5/8)

[az jam]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the 10-day disabled list with left biceps tendinitis.

The Dodgers announced the move before Sunday's game against the Padres in Monterrey, Mexico.

Kershaw has returned to Los Angeles to be examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Veteran left-hander Rich Hill will be activated from the DL to take Kershaw's spot in the rotation Tuesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Hill has been on the DL since April 18 because of a cracked fingernail.

 

[Ronin]

Ken Gurnick‏Verified account@kengurnick 1h1 hour ago

Andrew Friedman said there are no indications Clayton Kershaw's injury is anything more serious than bicep tendinitis.

 

[Ronin]

Ken Gurnick‏Verified account@kengurnick 29m29 minutes ago

Clayton Kershaw has already met with Dr. Neal ElAttrache in LA and the club is hoping for test results on his bicep tonight or tomorrow.

 

[AZ Native]

He’ll be back. Hell of a Pitcher.

 

[Ronin]

Ken Gurnick‏Verified account@kengurnick 3m3 minutes ago

Kershaw MRI confirmed bicep tendinitis. Will begin rehab tomorrow.

 

[Azlen]

After the game on Wednesday we don't play the Dodgers again until the end of August. Hopefully they'll be out of contention by then but I'm not counting on it.

 

[Shaggy]

Bicep tendinitis? Each year I hear about a different injury I have never heard of in the MLB. These guys get paid a ton and still get these small, weird injures. You got guys in the NFL that are playing with broken figures and still out there, and yet a MLB player gets tendinitis and they are out 30 days.

 

[Ronin]

Andy McCullough‏Verified account@McCulloughTimes 5m5 minutes ago

Clayton Kershaw said he was unsure how much time he will miss on the disabled list. He hoped to be cleared to play catch soon.

 

[DWKB]

Bicep tendinitis? Each year I hear about a different injury I have never heard of in the MLB. These guys get paid a ton and still get these small, weird injures. You got guys in the NFL that are playing with broken figures and still out there, and yet a MLB player gets tendinitis and they are out 30 days.

Pitching in MLB is the most consistently focused strains an athlete can put on ones body.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Pitching in MLB is the most consistently focused strains an athlete can put on ones body.

Yep... and, you would be hard-pressed to find another sport where an athlete consistently does something that the body was not made to do. The action of pitching a baseball is not a natural action. And when young men reach high school levels and continue on, the degree of that unnatural movement is amplified by their increased physical abilities...Throwing 90 MPH and above... Curveballs, Change-ups, etc... the amount of strain it places on the body, particularly all components of the throwing arm, is obscene!
If any of you have never done it, find a way to watch a major league pitcher throwing a pitch in a game, up close and in slow motion. The action on the shoulder and elbow is almost hard to watch as you just know God didn't make the arm to move that way!

 

[Shaggy]

I guess I understand pitchers having the most issues, but position players? They don't throw the ball much.

 

[BC867]

I guess I understand pitchers having the most issues, but position players? They don't throw the ball much.

Which is why Pitchers have Tommy John surgery almost exclusively. But a position player can always be an exception.

Didja ever watch Hunter Pence throw? It looks like he throws from the outfield with his elbow attached to his side.