GLENDALE, Ariz. -- High atop the Washington, D.C.-area Gaylord National Harbor Hotel, where all of baseball aroused itself from its brief winter slumber below, the game’s best pitcher gave a nod to his newest subtle change.
Nothing major, Clayton Kershaw admitted. Just an adjustment to his between-seasons routine, the Los Angeles Dodgers ace said at baseball’s winter meetings. Nobody would have known the difference had it had not been asked.
Kershaw denied it was related to the back injury that interrupted his 2016. More than anything, he revealed, the alterations were done as an acknowledgement of his nine major league seasons, his 1,760 innings pitched and his approaching 29th birthday on March 19.