[SBR Drew]

signed now ... staying in LAD.

[jimmy007oc]

3 more years of choking.

[krk1030]

Wow that's a lot for a guy that is clearly not what he once was.

But they had to keep him and makes sense to overpay for a 3 year deal than to give him a longer contract.

[d2bets]

So 2/70 became 3/93? Interesting. Kershaw added 1/23? Seems kinda dumb from his standpoint.

[209 Life]

MadBum > Kerchoke

[rain_e]

So 2/70 became 3/93? Interesting. Kershaw added 1/23? Seems kinda dumb from his standpoint.

2/65 became 3/93. So he is making $31/million a year instead of $32.5/million a year. He added a another year of making 30 million +. Seems like a win from his point of view.

[krk1030]

So 2/70 became 3/93? Interesting. Kershaw added 1/23? Seems kinda dumb from his standpoint.

The way he's declining id lock in 23 mil for a year 3 years from now.

Odds of him being worth that are slim.

[cincinnatikid513]

kind of surprising he didn't go for a longer deal with more money like 6 and 150 million he will have trouble getting a big contract in 3 years

[2daBank]

kind of surprising he didn't go for a longer deal with more money like 6 and 150 million he will have trouble getting a big contract in 3 years

Might have had trouble trying to get 5 or 6 years now. Gm have to be crazy considering how much his velo declined recently. 3 years kinda a stretch, no way he earning that money the 3rd year, hell they be lucky to get 2 years of 200 quality innings out his fragile ass!!

[ikid2groove415]

3 more added years? So that’s 5 years total - he’s still a good regular season pitcher

[ikid2groove415]

MadBum > Kerchoke

Madbum never got paid what he’s worth lol- giants hustle that contract

[444]

He already had 2 on his deal. Dodgers gave him an extra 1/28mill essentially. It's a steal for the Dodgers. Even with the clear decline and struggles Kershaw could have destroyed the open market. If he learns to adjust to his declining velocity he will once again be the undisputed GOAT. Solid guy for staying in LA.

[444]

Might have had trouble trying to get 5 or 6 years now. Gm have to be crazy considering how much his velo declined recently. 3 years kinda a stretch, no way he earning that money the 3rd year, hell they be lucky to get 2 years of 200 quality innings out his fragile ass!!

Jake ARrieta got 3/75 last year on the market and he's trash. Even though Kershaw is not what he used to be he's still one of the top pitchers in this league.

[d2bets]

2/65 became 3/93. So he is making $31/million a year instead of $32.5/million a year. He added a another year of making 30 million +. Seems like a win from his point of view.

I read that it was 70 for the next 2. But even if it was 65, that would make the extension year at 28, which I do know is not more than 30.

If in fact the extra year added 31 to the contract, then yeah, that's different. 31 is a lot different from 23.

[d2bets]

The way he's declining id lock in 23 mil for a year 3 years from now.

Odds of him being worth that are slim.

Seriously? So if he hit the open market 2 seasons from now, you think he'd get less than 23 million total??? Or just less than 23 aav? With contract inflation and the like, he'd have to decline pretty bad to not get that.

[2daBank]

He already had 2 on his deal. Dodgers gave him an extra 1/28mill essentially. It's a steal for the Dodgers. Even with the clear decline and struggles Kershaw could have destroyed the open market. If he learns to adjust to his declining velocity he will once again be the undisputed GOAT. Solid guy for staying in LA.

He has never been the undisputed goat, unless you don’t care about playoffs (most would say that when it counts!). Some pitchers do well making adjustments to declining skills, some don’t. I’d hardly consider paying him upwards of 30 mil a season a steal and damn sure don’t think he some stand up guy for staying in la, not like he took a discount.

[Snowball]

It's not that Kershaw isn't great, it's that the '18 Red Sox can hit any pitcher that ever played.

[d2bets]

I guess it was 2/65 that he had left, so he did add the one year for 28. Not as bad as I thought at 23, but still surprised he took that. 3 seasons from now entering 2022 he'll be washed up at 34, if he isn't before.

[ikid2groove415]

It's not that Kershaw isn't great, it's that the '18 Red Sox can hit any pitcher that ever played.

Auctually Kershaw is one of the reason the Dodgers haven’t got a World Series the last 2 years- everyone saw what bumgarner did in 2014 World Series ? -
1 pitcher can almost win the World Series alone
- case closed

[Snowball]

1 pitcher can almost single handed win the World Series
- case closed

Not against the '18 Red Sox.
have a nice weekend.

[daneblazer]

Bad signing

[ikid2groove415]

Not against the '18 Red Sox.
have a nice weekend.

Blah good pitching always beat hitting

[SharpAngles]

Clayton is terrified of the Dodgers winning it when he leaves. Probably smacking him around in the playoffs at some point. He weaseled another 20+ mil out of them so good for him, hate the game not the player

[JMobile]

Let's go Kershaw. Guaranteed wins for 2019.

[pavyracer]

They should put a fineprint in the contract that half the money would be returned to the Dodgers if he chokes in playoffs.

[jjgold]

wow waste of money

dead arm

[thechaoz]

He already had 2 on his deal. Dodgers gave him an extra 1/28mill essentially. It's a steal for the Dodgers. Even with the clear decline and struggles Kershaw could have destroyed the open market. If he learns to adjust to his declining velocity he will once again be the undisputed GOAT. Solid guy for staying in LA.

If he's about money it's a stupid deal. Appears he might just ride it out with LA

[2daBank]

If he's about money it's a stupid deal. Appears he might just ride it out with LA

You think he really wants some other fan base pissed off he can’t get it done when it counts? Doyers faithful seem to give him a pass, somewhere else signs him to huge deal and he comes up small I doubt the fans be as forgiving!!

[Mr KLC]

Clayton Kershaw made more money in the time it took to write this sentence than the entire faculty at my son's middle school makes in a year.

[VeggieDog]

Clayton Kershaw made more money in the time it took to write this sentence than the entire faculty at my son's middle school makes in a year.

[jjgold]

Dodgers can only go down not up

Terrible move

Just a name

[clockwise1965]

Lost a lot of velocity on his fastball. Has never been good in the playoffs. Overall a bad move.

[DwightShrute]

He will make about 1 million USD everytime he makes a start. give or take

about 192K per inning. give or take

13,000 every time he throws a pitch. give or take

[packerd_00]

kind of surprising he didn't go for a longer deal with more money like 6 and 150 million he will have trouble getting a big contract in 3 years

He might have tried to make that deal happen,and the Dodgers told him no chance.

[krk1030]

In baseball everything it relative though. If they are willing to spend the money it does not matter. Its unlikely ot prevents them from signing another player.