Update on Kelly

Veteran reliever Joe Kelly was shut down temporarily early in camp with unspecified “soreness” after he started his throwing program and missed another day feeling ill. Now, Roberts says Kelly is “a ways away” from pitching in games and he would not say whether he expects Kelly to be ready for the start of the season.

“I don’t want to say that he won’t be ready for the start of the season. I don’t want to say that he will,” Roberts said Monday. “Right now, it’s kind of day to day with his throwing program. We still have to see him in major league games before we can give the green light. I think that’s what Joe would expect as well.

“That’s why I just think that right now, where his throwing program is at, when he gets into a game — things have been pushed back. But I just don’t want to put any restrictions or expectations right now as far as breaking camp with us.”

Kelly ended the 2019 season with an unspecified injury and was limited to 132/3 innings last season (10 during the regular season) due to shoulder inflammation. Kelly is in the final year of his three-year, $27 million contract with the Dodgers.