GLENDALE, Ariz. — The rainstorms passing through Arizona aren’t the only clouds hanging over Dodgers camp now.

Clayton Kershaw was given Thursday off and his throwing program has been put on hold after he told the Dodgers’ staff that he “didn’t feel right” after throwing to hitters on Monday and in a bullpen session on Wednesday.

“I’m just taking a few days right now,” Kershaw said, giving a form of that same response to multiple questions during a brief interview following Friday’s workout.

“This is a good time to take a few days. This is the time to do it. So I’m going to do it.”

Kershaw declined to explain what he meant by not feeling “right.” Asked directly if his issues were related to the back problems that have sent him to the DL each of the past three seasons, he repeated his answer.

“I’m just taking a few days,” he said. “I’m not going to be super-specific right now. But I should be playing catch in the next few days and kind of go from there. This is super early. I just want to make sure things are right.”

Kershaw said the decision to take those few days was “a group effort, yeah, for sure” among the Dodgers’ trainers, coaching staff and himself.

Manager Dave Roberts said he did not know when Kershaw would resume his throwing program or when he would throw off a mound next, calling it “sort of a day-to-day thing.”

“For us right now, Clayton doesn’t want to miss a workout but when he says he doesn’t feel right, just looking at the calendar, just to push things back is prudent and that’s what we’re doing right now,” Roberts said.

“To say when he’s going to throw his next ’pen, I can’t say right now. We’re sort of leaving that to him and the trainers to figure out when that is. But right now, to step away and give him a couple days I think that’s what we’re going to do.”

Kershaw has been on the DL with back problems each of the past three seasons and missed time with biceps tendinitis last May as well. This isn’t that, Roberts said.

“Just kind of an arm kind of thing. Not back. Not fatigue,” Roberts said when pressed for specifics. “He did great work this past winter. It’s more of just you don’t feel right, let’s kind of get back in the weight room, get treatment and kind of get back and re-set.

“I think I’m pretty good at reading players, reading Clayton and listening to the training staff. So no one’s alarmed or worried about it.”

Kershaw would not offer an estimation of his own concern level.

“Right now, I’m just going to take some time off and re-set,” he said again, estimating that he should resume his throwing program “if not by this weekend, then by the first of the week.”

“I think it’s just best if I did that,” he said. “I just feel like I’m not going to get another chance to do this during the season. Just feel like it’s a good time.”

Roberts acknowledged that pitchers often go through “a dead-arm phase” during spring training – usually later in camp – and this could “potentially” be that. The fact that the setback occurred early in camp means there is time to “re-calibrate and re-set” and still be ready for Opening Day.

“There’s plenty of time for him to get his ’pens in and get built up,” Roberts said.

Despite his recent injury issues and diminished velocity on his fastball, the Dodgers re-signed Kershaw to a three-year, $93-million contract extension last fall.

PITCHING PLANS

Rainy weather in Arizona has impacted the Dodgers’ schedule for two days, forcing them to adjust the throwing schedule for some pitchers. They were unable to take the field for live batting practice sessions Friday so left-hander Rich Hill will start Saturday’s Cactus League opener against the Chicago White Sox instead.

Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu is still scheduled to start Sunday against the Angels.

EXECUTIVE TIME

Chase Utley arrived in camp Friday and plans to spend a few days working with some of the Dodgers’ infield prospects.

Utley is expected to make a few visits this spring, staying for a few days each time. A defined front-office role has not been announced for Utley, who retired after 16 big-league seasons last fall.

“We want to give Chase as much latitude as he wants,” Roberts said.