PT TODAY: Dodgers scramble to fill void in rotation

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Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw out 4-6 weeks
Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (back) is estimated to miss four to six weeks, but a final determination will come after he's examined by a doctor.  Source: FOXSports.com - Ken Rosenthal
 
BHQ take: The immediate projections suggest that Kershaw will return by early/mid-September at best. LA also placed Brandon McCarthy on the DL with blister issues and no immediate return prognosis. Obviously, a Dodger rotation that had used its depth to great advantage for the first 16 weeks of the season is about to scramble, though they have some immediate options. First...

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