Dodgers' opening day: Clayton Kershaw ($33 million) vs. Padres ($28 million) When Clayton Kershaw faces the San Diego Padres, his salary will be greater than all of the Padres put together.

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw defies his playoff history in a 1-0 win over the Cubs A heavy October workload for Kershaw is nothing new. But there is still the specter of concern about his back.

LEADING OFF: Kershaw tries again, Cubs launch into playoffs A look at what's happening all around the majors Friday: ___ KERSHAW'S PITCH Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw starts the NL Division Series opener in Washington against Max Scherzer. The LA lefty has dominated hitters in recent…

LEADING OFF: Kershaw back vs Fernandez, Porcello goes for 20 A look at what's happening all around the majors Friday: ___ KERSHAW RETURNS Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (11-2, 1.79) will return from the disabled list to face Jose Fernandez (13-8, 3.30) and the Marlins. It will be Kershaw's…

Dodgers fall 4-3 in rare Kershaw poor performance Unable to support Clayton Kershaw as he struggled through a rare scattershot performance, the Dodgers lost for the third day in a row to the Pirates , dropping a 4-3 defeat wrought by one unfortunate inning from Kershaw.

Clayton Kershaw brilliant once again in 1-0 Dodgers win A polite ovation greeted Clayton Kershaw as he loped to the mound for the ninth inning in Monday’s 1-0 victory over Cincinnati. The crowd at Dodger Stadium had been shown little to applaud all evening. Kershaw’s teammates had not provided much, b Read more ... ut they did score a run. That was enough.

Clayton Kershaw Is An Apex Predator Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is on one of those runs that has baseball writers banging down the door of Elias Sports and plumbing the depths of Baseball Reference, all in an attempt to put whatever the hell it is he’s doing in context. K Read more ... ershaw struck out 11 Angels in eight innings last ni...

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw needs to avoid fatigue factor It was 91 steamy degrees when the Dodgers ' Clayton Kershaw threw his first curveball against the Angels on Tuesday night, and he spent the next couple of hours fighting through a pitching puddle.

Don Mattingly hopeful Dodgers will respond to Clayton Kershaw Two days after Clayton Kershaw said he wanted the Dodgers to play with a greater sense of urgency , Manager Don Mattingly sounded hopeful the team would respond to the words of the three-time Cy Young Award winner.

Clayton Kershaw is struggling this season, but it isn’t entirely his fault Clayton Kershaw is 5-5 with a 3.33 ERA in 15 starts.