Dodgers' focus on future could waste Clayton Kershaw's best years

Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws against the Chicago White Sox during a spring training game on March 19. The Dodgers rotation is starting to unravel, which should be no surprise. It's not as if a medical degree was required to predict that a group of broken-down pitchers would break down again.

This was the risk the front office assumed with its long-term plan, which is to be in 2020-something what the World Series favorite Chicago Cubs are now. That strategy explains why the pitching staff consists of primarily spare parts while tens of millions of dollars are being invested in Latin American teenagers.

There's some logic to the idea, except you wonder if the team's decision…