Breaking news: Gregor Blanco is not Melky Cabrera

By Aaron GleemanOct 17, 2012, 1:50 PM EST
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Some dispatches from the Giants’ pregame media session:

Clayton Kershaw shut down with “an arm kind of thing”

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By Craig CalcaterraFeb 22, 2019, 4:35 PM EST
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Spring training is just underway but Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is already being shut down indefinitely.

Kershaw threw two bullpen sessions this week and, as the Los Angeles Times reports, he “didn’t feel right” afterward. Manager Dave Roberts said it was “arm kind of thing,” which, viva specificity. Roberts did allow that it might be so-called “dead arm” but it’s too soon to know. For now he’ll be working out as usual but not throwing.

Kershaw has had an increasing number of nagging injuries and ailments over the past several seasons, limiting him to 26 starts last year, 27 the year before and 21 in 2016. Whether this is something serious or not is unknown, but at least he’s experiencing it now instead of the middle of the season.