The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-handed starter Clayton Kershaw on the bereavement list and activated third baseman Hanley Ramirez from the 15-day disabled list, the team announced on Monday.

The Dodgers still said they expected Kershaw to make his next turn in the rotation, which would come on Friday against the San Francisco Giants. Kershaw left the team immediately after helping to lead the Dodgers to a 2-0 victory on Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers with what the team said was a personal matter.

Under MLB rules, a player can only be placed on the bereavement list in the case of a death in a player’s immediate family. He must be on the bereavement list for a minimum of three days, and he can only remain there for a maximum of seven days.

Ramirez, meanwhile, has yet to play this season after injuring his thumb in the World Baseball Classic championship game on March 19. He played in two rehab games with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, batting 3-for-6.

#Dodgers today placed Clayton Kershaw on the bereavement list and reinstated @hanleyramirez from the 15-day disabled list.

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 30, 2013

Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said on Thursday that there is “mutual interest” between the organization and pitcher Clayton Kershaw on a potential contract extension.

Colletti said that talks between Kershaw and the organization would remain private, but that there was urgency on both sides toward getting a deal done.

“This is not going to be a daily discussion point for us publicly,” Colletti said, according to The Los Angeles Times. “But there is a mutual interest.”

Kershaw, one of the best pitchers in the majors, has one year remaining on a two-year, $19 million contract. He will be arbitration-eligible for the final time next offseason, and the Dodgers would like to get him locked up to a long-term deal.

He could be in line for a contract that exceeds the one reportedly given on Thursday to Felix Hernandez, who agreed to a contract that paid him the most ever for a pitcher.

Kershaw finished second to R.A. Dickey in Cy Young Award voting this season after winning the prize in 2011. He has a 2.79 ERA through his first five seasons, including a 2.53 ERA last season.

Could Zack Greinke’s six-year, $147 million contract only be the second-largest deal the Los Angeles Dodgers give out this season?

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Monday that the organization could begin to talk contract extension with left-handed ace Clayton Kershaw, according to The Los Angeles Times’ Dylan Hernandez.

Kershaw has one year remaining on a two-year, $19 million contract. He will be arbitration-eligible for the final time next offseason, and the Dodgers would like to get him locked up to a long-term deal.

Colletti: #Dodgers could explore Kershaw extension in coming weeks.

— Dylan Hernandez (@dylanohernandez) December 10, 2012

Any potential deal for the 24-year-old Kershaw could easily surpass both the deal the Dodgers gave to Greinke and the $161 million record contract the Yankees gave to C.C. Sabathia. Kershaw finished second to R.A. Dickey in Cy Young Award voting this season after winning the prize in 2011. He has a 2.79 ERA through his first five seasons, including a 2.53 ERA last season.

The deals for Greinke and South Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin give the Dodgers an incredible eight starting pitchers under contract for 2013 — Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Josh Beckett, Ted Lilly, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Saturday that lefthander Clayton Kershaw, the 2011 Cy Young Award winner, will miss his next scheduled start, on Sunday, because of an injury, and that he will see a hip specialist on Tuesday in New York.

Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that team officials fear that Kershaw has a torn labrum and needs season-ending surgery on his right hip. Teammate Jerry Hairston Jr. had a similar procedure on Monday and is expected to require three to six months of rehabilitation.

Rookie righthander Stephen Fife will get the start on Sunday, but manager Don Mattingly said that L.A. — also without No. 2 starter Chad Billingsley, who is out for the season with an elbow injury — will try to make do with a four-man rotation, off days permitting.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw will not have any long-term contract discussions during the regular season, according to a tweet from Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.

Colletti: No talks on long-term deal w Kershaw until winter. “Nothing will happen with us and Clayton this season,” he said. #dodgers

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) May 8, 2012

Kershaw signed a two-year, $19 million contract this offseason allowing him to avoid arbitration until he becomes a free-agent in 2014.

The 24-year-old, however, has quickly established himself as one of the top pitchers in Major League Baseball. In 2011 he won the pitching Triple Crown, by leading the National League in wins (21), ERA (2.28) and strikeouts (248).  Through six starts this season, Kershaw is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 37.2 innings pitched.

The Dodgers recently signed slugger Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160 million extension this winter. It is believed that Kershaw is looking for a similar long-term deal.

It’s been assumed that Clayton Kershaw, coming off a Cy Young-winning season with the L.A. Dodgers, would be in line to start on Opening Day. Now, according to the L.A. Times, manager Don Mattingly is confirming that Kershaw will start not only the season opener but the home opener as well.

The Dodgers open their season at San Diego on April 5. Then, after a day off, they return home to face the Pittsburgh Pirates in their first game at Dodger Stadium, on April 10. Mattingly said the scheduling works perfectly for Kershaw to start both games.

“It’s a nice little thing to happen,” the manager said.

Kershaw had a breakout season for the Dodgers last year, going 21-5 with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts in 233.1 innings. He won Cy Young honors nearly unanimously, receiving 27 out of 32 first-place votes.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a two-year, $19 million deal with Clayton Kershaw, according to MLB’s official Twitter account.

BREAKING: @Dodgers and LHP Clayton Kershaw avoid arbitration with 2-year, $19 million deal.

—
  (@MLB) February 07, 2012

The move will help the two sides avoid arbitration for at least the next two seasons. The 23-year-old starter had a breakout season in 2011, earning the National League Cy Young award as well as his first All-Star appearance.

Kershaw also became the first National League pitcher to win the pitching triple crown since Jake Peavey in 2007. The left-handed hurler posted a league leading 21 wins, with a 2.28 ERA, and 248 strikeouts in 2011.

Kershaw has not posted an ERA above 2.91 since 2008, his rookie year.

The Baseball Writers Association of America announced that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is the winner of the National League Cy Young Award. The 23-year-old beat out Phildelphia Phillies hurlers Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee.

The southpaw won the pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins (21), ERA (2.28), and strikeouts (248) much like American League Cy Young winner Justin Verlander.  This is just the fifth time in MLB history that a pair of pitchers accomplished this feat in the same year; the last time being in 1924 when Dazzy Vance and Walter Johnson achieved the feat.

Kershaw is the eighth Dodger player to win the award but the first since Eric Gagne took home the trophy in 2003.  The All-Star is also the youngest NL honoree since Dwight Gooden won in 1985 at the age of 20.