The Philadelphia Phillies won’t be seeing three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw Friday after all.
Kershaw, an eight-time All-Star, was slated to pitch Friday evening for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Phillies. Instead, the Dodgers placed Kershaw on the 10-day injured list “with right SI joint inflammation,” an injury to his hip. The news was first noted by Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.
With Kershaw unavailable, Dave Roberts and company will instead turn to another lefty in Garrett Cleavinger. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Cleavinger made his major league debut with the Phillies in September of 2020 before being traded to the Dodgers in the deal that allowed the Phillies to acquire José Alvarado from the Tampa Bay Rays in December of that same year.