A couple of minutes before 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Clayton Kershaw walked onto the outfield grass of Dodger Stadium. He conducted core exercises with Dodgers strength and conditioning coach Brandon McDaniel. He ran laps along the warning track. He chatted with former teammate Dan Haren, now a member of Arizona's front office.
It looked like an average workout between starts for Kershaw. Except it was not. Kershaw was only two days removed from an examination of his left shoulder and a stint on the disabled list caused by biceps tendinitis. The date of his return to the Dodgers was unclear.