The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced on Twitter that the team and Cy Young winner, Clayton Kershaw have agreed to a two-year $19mm deal which avoids an arbitration hearing for both sides.
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times adds that Kershaw will receive a $500,000 signing bonus with salaries of $7.5 million 2012 and $11 million in [...]
02/08/12
Congratulations to Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw who won the 2011 NL CY Young in a landslide. Kershaw won the N.L. pitching triple crown in 2011, tying for the league lead in victories with 21, and leading it with 248 strikeouts and a 2.28 ERA. He also is the eighth Dodger to win the award, [...]
11/17/11
Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt has told GM Ned Colletti that he will have the resources needed to lock up key players like Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier to long-term deals and to compete in the free agent market according to T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times.
“Do we have the number solidified yet? [...]
09/27/11
Recently, I was watching the Giants and Dodger battle each other with Tim Lincecum and Clayton Kershaw facing each other.
Lincecum went 8 innings while allowing six hits and a run while striking out six. He was saddled with a ND (no decision) as Kershaw picked up the victory going 8 innings while allowing three hits [...]
09/14/11
Last night the Dodgers moved into .500 territory (72-72) for the first time since May 2nd. But for the Dodgers and their fans, the season is over as they are 12 games back of Arizona with only 17 (including today) left to play. This means a very important offseason awaits the Dodgers who have now [...]
09/11/11
The New York Yankees have the best record in the American League, but as Joel Sherman of the New York Post points out, they have the worst against the Boston Red Sox. The Bronx Bombers are 1-8 against the Red Sox this season, and with the chances of them meeting in the ALCS really high, the [...]
06/28/11
Yesterday, Mark DeRosa re-injured his wrist as he was cocking his bat for a pitch from Clayton Kershaw. Although he’s day-to-day manager Bruce Bochy said “It looks like he’s going to be out for a while.” (Via Chris Haft of MLB.com).
With Pablo Sandoval also on the Disabled List, the Giants will probably use Miguel Tejada [...]
05/19/11
The Dodgers had many question marks leading up to the season opener. Clayton Kershaw silenced the critics and all seemed well at Chavez Ravine (except for Jonathan Broxton allowing a solo shot to Pat Burrell) as the Dodgers beat the defending champs 2-1.
Then the game ended and that’s when everything went from good to bad. [...]
04/01/11
In a Tweet from the Los Angeles Dodgers’ official Twitter account, the team has announced that they officially signed Vicente Padilla to a one-year deal, pending a physical. The deal has a base salary of $2 million plus incentives
From an outside observer it’s odd that the Dodgers are adding an additional starter since the team [...]
12/10/10
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman says the Los Angles Dodgers are looking for another starter. He says that free agent Vicente Padilla is on top of the team’s list.
Heyman later added that that the Dodgers are in talks with Padilla to return him to the team’s rotation.
Last week, we heard the Dodgers were in negotiations to [...]
12/07/10