Clayton Kershaw was back on a baseball field, playing catch a mere four days after the Los Angeles Dodgers placed him on the 10-day disabled list with a lower back strain. Manager Dave Roberts said at the time Kershaw would not pick up a baseball until he was “asymptomatic.”
“I guess he’s asymptomatic,” Roberts said Friday. “He came in and felt really good, so he obviously responded to the medication. For him to get the go-ahead to start playing catch again, I think that’s ahead of where we all anticipated. I’m going to be cautiously optimistic.”
The Dodgers, nor Kershaw have publicly revealed a timetable for his recovery.