Clayton Kershaw believes the abundance of no-hitters in Major League Baseball this season is bad for the sport.

There have already been six no-hitter this season, not including Madison Bumgarner's seven-inning no-hitter. The record for a single season is seven. Kershaw blames the new deadened baseball.

"Well, its not good. I'll tell you that," the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher told The Athletic.

"I think whatever the intention was with the new ball or whatever it may be, it really hasn't done anything. There might be less home runs, which I guess they want, but I don't know the stats on all that. But I do know that strikeouts are the same. I think I saw some stats for April that it was the worst hitting month in the history of something. No-hitters are cool. I have all the respect in the world for Corey Kluber and Bum and all those guys that have thrown no-hitters. But to have one happen every night, it seems like it's probably not good for the game. Fans want to see some hits, I get that and some action, and not many people striking out. I appreciate the attempt that MLB has tried to do but I think it seems like they missed the mark so far. We'll see. I don't know."