Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly will monitor Clayton Kershaw- MLB News
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly knows that this time around he has a perfect combination of line-up and starting rotation which can be lethal for all other MLB competing teams.
He also knows that the Dodgers have not only checked all their potential players for the next Major League Baseball season in Arizona, but they have also given them great confidence in Cactus League, a part of 2012 Spring Training. Don Mattingly, who is known as great strategist, certainly putting some extra responsibility on his senior players.
Recently in a press conference back home, he talked about his senior starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw as he will be monitoring his game this Major League season.
Mattingly told the reporters especially about Kershaw’s latest stats during the Spring Training and related to his future performances with his latest stats. He also explained about his recent form as well as how he is lately feeling regarding his pitching and late slow arm curve throws.
Mattingly said in detail, “Clayton could actually go out and pitch just as good or better and maybe win 15 games where if things don’t go his way or he doesn’t get the runs, I played with a guy in New York, and I won’t mention his name, but he won 16 games one year and he had no business winning 8. He had 8-10 runs every time he pitched and he shouldn’t have won 8 but he did.”
He added, “Clayton could play as well as he did last year and we might not play as well and he might not do as well.”
Mattingly is quite sure as what kind of performance Kershaw will be displaying in the next season. Throughout the past four years, he has been around guiding him on every step when he was only 20 years old.
Mattingly is considered one of those managers, who take responsibility in everything. While this is also true that the Dodgers manager truly has brought some kind of solid growth in the team’s successes and its consistency since he started coaching and later took as manger.
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