The Los Angeles Dodgers are about to leave for Japan and the Chicago Cubs for an overseas opening game in Tokyo, and it is worth mentioning that Clayton Kershaw, who is still recovering from the team, although it has been confirmed that he will not pitch on the board in these two games, but according to Japanese media, he will still go to Japan, but he will not take a charter flight with the team.

Kershaw underwent surgery last November to treat his left knee and left foot injuries, and despite becoming a free agent in the offseason, he said in an interview that he hopes he retires when he is ready, rather than hanging on spikes due to injury, and finally decided to return to his old club, signed a one-year contract with the Dodgers last month, and is still recovering from the 60-day injury list for the new season.

Talking about the off-season surgeries, Kershaw recalled: "With your shoulders, you can still walk and do a lot of things, and you can quickly return to being a normal father, but with crutches and boots, every step is painful and difficult, I don't know if I expected foot surgery to cause so much trouble, but now I'm grateful to be able to recover and I'm close to 100 percent cured."

Kershaw will start with a 60-day injury list and will be back as soon as the end of May, in other words, he has confirmed that he will not be playing on the board at the Tokyo Overseas Tournament a week later, although he said in an interview last month: "You don't have a lot of opportunities to go to Japan with Shohei Ohtani, so I think it will be a cool experience." According to Japanese media reports, Kershaw will still go to Japan, but he will not take a charter flight with other players, but plans to take other flights with his family, and the details of the flight have not been disclosed.