Dodgers: 3 reasons Clayton Kershaw holds keys to 2020 team success

Always a key piece for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the challenges associated with a potential 2020 season make Clayton Kershaw more important than ever.

The Los Angeles Dodgers roster is pretty stacked heading into the 2020 season, whenever it gets here (and hopefully it does soon).

Saying one player holds the keys to the team’s success seems a bit much considering the overwhelming amount of talent available to manager Dave Roberts every night.

While one player might not dictate whether the Dodgers make the playoffs or not, there could be an individual star who proves the difference between suffering another disappointing ending to the season versus winning a championship.

And Clayton Kershaw is the difference maker on a Dodgers team primed to compete for a World Series title this season.

Kershaw remains the Ace of a starting rotation that has some question marks in the back-end. He provides crucial leadership during what will certainly be a challenging season in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. And he will hopefully shake off his playoff ghosts to lead the team to their first World Series title since the days of Gibson and Hershiser.

Let’s discuss why Kershaw is so important to the Dodgers’ success in more detail.