Dodgers' Kershaw not a fan of December baseball

With the current work stoppage in the MLB, there have been many proposed ideas floating around on how the season should be played out. One idea presented by super agent Scott Boras was to extend the season with the World Series being played in December.

Kershaw told AM 570 LA Sports on Thursday, "I think once you start getting into playing longer in the year, that starts affecting next year." "I think you get a little risky the further you go in the season.

The 32-year-old lefty continued, "I think expanding it maybe a couple weeks on the back end, but if you go any further than that, you start talking about Thanksgiving and December for a World Series, that gets a little iffy, in my opinion."

He also shared his disagreement with Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro, who voiced his opinion last week that he believed it would take at least four weeks for teams to ramp up again before starting a new season.

"We are all pretty built up," Kershaw said. "Especially for hitters, I think that if you talk to any hitter, they don't need four weeks to get ready. It's really just the starting pitchers.

"So I think that if all starting pitchers came back with the mindset that we have the ability to throw three innings right out of the gate, you would only need 20 days and that gets you four starts ... and then you would be ready for the season."

As it currently stands, the very earliest the new MLB season could begin is in mid-May, following CDC recommendations regarding mass gatherings.

Source: The Score

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