The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw will “try out” for the 2025 season.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Injured Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw plans to return for another season in 2025, he said Monday.

“I had some bad luck with my toe this year, but I want to take advantage of this surgery,” Kershaw told Fox before Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets. “I don’t want to have surgery and then cancel it. So I’ll come back next year and try it. See how it goes.”

“My shoulder and my elbow, everything, my arm feels great.”

The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner and former NL MVP will not play for the Dodgers this postseason because he suffered a bone spur in his left big toe. Kershaw, a 10-time All-Star, appeared in just seven regular-season games and went 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA after undergoing shoulder surgery following the 2023 season.

The surgery delayed Kershaw’s 2024 debut until July 25 and played a key role in his decision to return for an 18th season.

Kershaw, who turns 37 in March, ranks second on the Dodgers’ all-time wins list with 212 and is the club’s all-time leader with 2,968 strikeouts – just 32 shy of 3,000.

His contract includes a 2025 player option with a base value of $5 million and includes a number of incentives that could pay Kershaw up to an additional $20 million if fulfilled.