Dodgers superstar Clayton Kershaw officially re-signed earlier this week, a bit of welcome news after a month of wondering why it was taking so long. We’ve known since early November Kersh was coming back, and we found out last week it was just a scheduling delay in his physicals holding up the process.
Kershaw was on SportsNetLA’s Access Dodgers this week, and hidden in his conversation was a frightening little tidbit: He might have retired if L.A. had won the World Series in 2022.
“I think, going into, like, the way that we’ve decided to do it, my family and I, year to year, a lot is riding on what happens in the postseason to depend on what you’re going to do next year.