CHICAGO -- Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw will be shut down from throwing for a week to address “lingering soreness” in his surgically repaired left shoulder, manager Dave Roberts said on Monday.

Kershaw was slated to make a second start on his Minor League rehab assignment on Tuesday. He will now rest before continuing his rehab progression.

“This is part of the process, as far as anyone that goes through rehab, that goes through surgery, on their way back,” Roberts said prior to the Dodgers’ series opener against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. “This is what he's going through right now, the soreness.

“So at this moment in time, we're gonna hold off on the throwing and give it some time. … A week is not long enough to worry about cutting into the buildup that he's already had. But I think it's a way to kind of get us back to get the soreness out.”

Roberts said Kershaw underwent an MRI exam in response to the soreness he’s experiencing that showed “no new incidents” in the shoulder, which was a positive sign for the team. Kershaw had left shoulder surgery on Nov. 3 over the offseason to repair his glenohumeral ligaments and capsule.

Kershaw threw three innings on Wednesday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga in the first outing of his rehab assignment, allowing one run on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He was slated to throw four innings on Tuesday in his progression following the first surgery of his career.

Roberts suggested Kershaw will likely need to throw two bullpen sessions after he resumes playing catch before he then heads back out on a rehab assignment. That, of course, will be based on how he is feeling and conversations with the training staff.

“You go through surgery, you go through rehab, you start throwing, you ramp up velocity, workload, and there is bound to be some soreness,” Roberts said. “And that's where we're at. So then you do the scan to see if there's a new incident, which there wasn't. That's why we feel very comfortable and confident that this is just a blip.”