Clayton Kershaw wanted an unobstructed view, so he marched over to join a group clustered near home plate, a few feet away from the catcher Thursday at Camelback Ranch. At the other end, as rain sprinkled the grounds, Julio Urias stood on a mound for his first bullpen session of the spring.
Other pitchers worked alongside Urias, but all eyes fixated on the 22-year-old left-hander as he peppered the mitt. Kershaw stood facing him directly, the Dodgers’ ace lefty for the past decade attentively watching what the Dodgers hope is the future.
“I didn’t notice him there,” Urias said, speaking in Spanish, after the Dodgers’ rain-abbreviated workouts.