Although it would cost him an opportunity to possibly start or so much as appear in the 2017 All-Star Game, Clayton Kershaw made the decision to put the Los Angeles Dodgers first and take the mound against the Kansas City Royals in the series and first-half finale.
“It would almost be weird if I didn’t pitch. “It being my turn to start on Sunday, it just made sense to do it,” he explained last week. Not only did Kershaw take the ball, he punctuated what was an impressive first 90 games for the Dodgers, who own the best record in the Majors at 61-29.