Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Out for 2024 MLB Playoffs amid Toe Injury, Dave Roberts Says

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be without Clayton Kershaw this postseason.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told Bob Nightengale of USA Today that Kershaw is officially done for the season and that his toe injury is not improving.

"Where he's at right now, physically, the foot, the toe, just is not cooperating," Roberts said, per Nightengale. "It's actually getting worse. Yeah, this is it for Clayton for 2024.''

Kershaw had notably been kept off the NLDS roster but Roberts' revelation means that the team will be without the southpaw for the entirety of the postseason. He left his Aug. 30 start after one inning with the toe injury and had been working up to a return.

He had previously expressed hope at a return for the postseason, but now the pitching reinforcements for Los Angeles are light if another pitcher were to head to the injured list.

The team is carrying 13 pitchers on the postseason roster and will hope that Walker Buehler, Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto can have some strong performances and anchor the rotation.

Kershaw joins Tyler Glasnow, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin as major starters that are unavailable, with Gonsolin being the only one who could theoretically return. Brusdar Graterol and Brent Honeywell are notable relievers on the injured list, so the pitching depth is extremely stretched thin.

That doesn't mean all hope is lost for the 98-win Dodgers as a potent offense has carried the team all year. Los Angeles still has home field advantage throughout the postseason and the path is there for a postseason run.

The Dodgers will begin postseason play Saturday when they host the San Diego Padres.