Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw's season is over, the team announced. Retirement may be next for the veteran southpaw.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw, sidelined since late August with a toe injury, won’t pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “This is it for Clayton for 2024,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday before Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

Clayton Kershaw, who has spent the past five weeks rehabbing an ailing toe, will not pitch this postseason no matter how far the Los Angeles Dodgers advance. But the Dodgers got some immediate good news a little more than two hours before Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday,

The veteran has been dealing with a toe injury, and that will keep him off the mound for Los Angeles throughout the postseason.

The left-hander acknowledges his attempts to find a way to pitch with his toe injury have only made things worse, and offseason surgery is possible

The Dodgers have announced that pitcher Clayton Kershaw won't play in the postseason after he was left off the 26-man roster.

Before Game 1 of the NLDS, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts talked about Clayton Kershaw’s current injury and announced he won’t pitch again this season. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gives an update on Clayton Kershaw and why he's going to be out the rest of the postseason