GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw says he received’t be pitching for the US on the World Baseball Traditional and referred to as the scenario “tremendous disappointing.”
“Most likely my final likelihood to get to do it, so I actually needed to do it, nevertheless it simply didn’t work out for a lot of causes,” Kershaw told reporters Friday from the Dodgers’ spring coaching camp. “Disappointing, however that’s OK. I’ll be prepared for the season. I’ll be able to go.”
The three-time Cy Younger Award winner didn’t specify the explanations that will stop him from collaborating. A substitute was not introduced.
“There have been some components that have been making it laborious for me to play,” Kershaw stated. “I attempted to work it out alone, tried to work it out with MLB, union, the group. Everyone labored laborious to attempt to make it work. Simply wasn’t capable of.”
Kershaw, who turns 35 on March 19, added that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has been useful all through the method.
“Clearly it’s not the primary selection of any group to let their man play for any person else, however they have been nice about it,” Kershaw stated.
Kershaw signed a $20 million, one-year contract to return to the Dodgers this season. He went 12-3 with 2.28 ERA in 22 begins and had two stints on the injured record final season.
“We’d have liked to have this future Corridor of Famer on the mound for us,” U.S. normal supervisor Tony Reagins stated in a press release. “We now must pivot and switch our focus towards the subsequent man up.”
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