Kershaw didn’t make his 2025 debut till Might 17 however shortly confirmed that he nonetheless has one thing left within the tank. He has been a gentle presence in a Dodgers group that has used 17 totally different beginning pitchers this season, posting a 3.53 ERA and a 1.216 WHiP over 102 innings, putting out 71 batters with 30 walks. His 20 begins this season are second on the Dodgers, trailing solely Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The 2025 season has been a becoming capstone on Kershaw’s profession. An 11-time All-Star, Kershaw was a three-time Cy Younger award winner and took residence the 2014 Nationwide League MVP. He took residence the pitching Triple Crown in 2011, one among simply 22 pitchers to perform that feat. He turned the twentieth participant, and fourth left-hander, in main league historical past to strike out 3000 batters, reaching that plateau on July 3.
For all of Kershaw’s accomplishments, there was one which had eluded the Dodgers‘ ace — a World Sequence ring. He was in a position to get that monkey off of his again in 2020 because the Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in six video games. Kershaw was his dominant self in the course of the sequence, permitting simply three runs on seven hits and three walks over 11.2 innings, putting out 14 batters because the Dodgers gained each of his begins.
Kershaw has yet another cease as soon as he hangs up his cleats for good. Cooperstown can be calling as soon as he’s on the poll, his dominance incomes the very best honor within the recreation. It is going to be a well-deserved honor for a pitcher who was the most effective of his era.
