Overview
- The Dodgers announced on Monday that Kershaw will join play-by-play announcer Joe Davis and field reporter Kirsten Watson on SportsNet LA for Tuesday’s series opener in Atlanta with coverage beginning at 3 p.m. PT and first pitch at 4:15 p.m. PT.
- The one-game assignment has Kershaw filling the local color role normally shared by Orel Hershiser and Eric Karros, with Hershiser expected to return for the final two games of the three-game set.
- Kershaw retired after the 2025 season and now serves as a special assistant in the Dodgers’ baseball operations department while also working as an analyst for NBC Sports and appearing on Sunday Night Baseball.
- The broadcast gives fans a chance to hear the three-time Cy Young winner’s perspective in a local game feed and furthers his transition from player to part-time TV analyst.
- This appearance ties to a broader shift in Kershaw’s post-playing career by linking his front-office role with growing media work and could lead to more occasional local or national broadcasts in the future.