NEW YORK — After announcing that Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' best pitcher for the first half of the season, would miss more time than expected with a shoulder injury, manager Dave Roberts fielded a couple of follow-up queries Friday afternoon.
One was about the team's seemingly increased need for starting pitching help at the trade deadline. The other was about an equally important hope that the other starters — Julio Urías and Tony Gonsolin chief among them — could rediscover top form down the stretch.
The former, Roberts downplayed. The latter, he couldn't emphasize enough.
