When Clayton Kershaw says he isn’t excited to be playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers Single-A affiliate in Rancho Cucamonga, it’s nothing against the Quakes. He just doesn’t like rehab starts.
“I’m definitely not excited — I don’t think anybody gets excited about rehab starts,” Kershaw told Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times after throwing to hitters in a three-inning, 45-pitch simulated game Thursday in Dodger Stadium. “But it’s a necessary evil. It’s something you gotta do.
“This is good. You get your work in. But you gotta get in a game setting, get in that atmosphere.