Doesn't look like Kershaw will start Sunday

Just think of what we would be thinking if he was in the Dodgers rotation and he had a bad game which raised his ERA to only 2.21.  I definitely wouldn't be feeling too badly about it.  Everyone is going to have an off game....the starting rotation this year proves that all too well....so it shouldn't be that big of a deal.  Unless they saw something wrong with his mechanics which was causing the wild pitches, it shouldn't be anything to worry about. 

I'm still trying to make myself hold out as much as possible before I jump on the wagon of wanting Kershaw up.  Hopefully some wins over the Brewers will help ease the anxiety I'm feeling about the rotation right now.

These things happen with young pitchers. The key is for the coaches to make sure it doesn't get into his head like a Rick Ankiel moment.

Clayton Kershaw will get over this. But the Dodgers should not rush him to the bigs. Protect this guy because he's the cornerstone of the rotation for the next 10 years.

As for trying to compare his AAA ERA to the bigs, you just can't do that. Big League players know how to hit a curve ball and other breaking stuff. Make a mistake as a pitcher and you pay.

It isn't even an issue to me, big deal. I also think people need to relax on the whole, "I hope he doesn't get shelled, I wonder how he would react".  We all saw how he reacts.  Spring training, he gives up a home run to the first batter he ever faced in a big league uniform.  What does he do?  He strikes out 19 in 14 innings and doesn't allow any more runs for the rest of his time with the Dodgers.  That's how he reacts.  His confidence will not be shaken.

We can't trade Pierre,Kemp or Either becuase AJones is not delivering. So we can't get another pitcher or a third baseman. Dewitt is doing a good job

Your right Tremp, it doesn't matter nor does it show anything about tomorrow, next start, next month , next year or a career.  Were of the moment and with that a media that needs a story will blow someone up to make a deadline.  Clayton Kershaw might be something special or he might be just another player in a sea of players in the history of the game.  Baseball is all about the numbers and we as fans will value it now as if it shows a window to the future.  Some don't want Kershaw up because at 20 years old if he fails his delicate skin will turn up and he will lose all that he had before the start.  Hogwash and any other word you might want to use.  The fact is that if Kershaw is the best that we have in our organization, he should be the one to do the deed, now and forever long as he can.  He might be the cornerstone of the organization and just maybe not.  How would you know except to use him.  Wins, loses, walks, hits, strikeouts are all relative but not always a sign of how careers go.  Lets take a few examples.  Cy Young won 511 games in his career, a true mark that he I'm sure he was proud of.  What about his 316 loses.  Now I'm sure if someone told him he would lose 316 times he pitched, he might have thought himself a failure.  Walter Johnson had simular numbers with 417 wins and 270 loses.  OK, so you think that was a different time and the numbers didn't matter.  Lets take Nolan Ryan, the guy with 7 no hitters and 12 one hitters and the all time strikeout leader with 5714 in his career.  I guess the fact that he flat out walked 2795 guys and threw 277 wild pitches didn't happen the Hall of Hamers.   The fact is you win some battles and lose others and that goes for each individual batter in every single game.  I think Kershaw can survive a beating and probably better then most of us.  A hitter on the other hand fails 6 out of ever 10 times and that goes for every Hall of Famer.  Ty Cobb, The Georgia Peach had 4189 hits in his career but crap that was out of 11434 at bats.  He failed a lot in his career.  Except we know that his .366 batting ave is pretty good.  Even at that he had a .961 fielding average and made a stupid 278 errors, the bum. 

See my point?  If Clayton Kershaw is the 5th best pitcher in the Dodgers organization then use him.  Properly at first for sure but use him for sure.  If its James McDonald then use him.  He will fail and alot I'm sure and if you or I or him can't stand to fail, then don't ever get a job, because everyone learns more by failure than by success.  Go Dodgers beat the Brewers.