Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers have signed a new contract to retain the three-time winner of Cy Young in Los Angeles

Left-hander Clayton Kershaw will stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw, who could have used the opt-out of his contract to become a free agent, instead agreed to a new deal with Los Angeles. If Kershaw had simply subscribed to the last two years of his contract, he would have received about $ 65 million over the next two seasons. Instead of Kershaw according to several reports will receive $ 93 million over three years, plus incentives. In summary, Kershaw has an additional year and $ 28 million, plus the ability to add to the total value through bonuses.

Kershaw, who will turn 31 in March, has just finished a 2018 season in which he recorded a ratio of 2.73 ERA / 142 ERA + and a ratio of 5.34 K / BB in 26 starts and 161 1 / 3 sleeves. For his career, he has a total of 159 ERA + over 11 major league seasons, all with the Dodgers. Kershaw has seven appearances in the All-Star, three Cy Young Awards, one MVP, 153 wins and a career WAR of 62.1. Despite the panic that made his career in the playoffs (4.22% in 152 playoff games), Kershaw looks quite like a future Hall of Fame.

As for its short-term prospects, its apogee seems to have passed. This is particularly the case in terms of durability – thanks to a series of injuries, Kershaw has not exceeded 200 innings in a season since 2015. In addition, he also lost a lot of his speed.

That said, thanks to Kershaw's complete repertoire and command and control skills, he is very helpful when he is healthy in the medium and medium term. In addition, he has just one year to start the NL leadership position in ERA +. With regards to the playoff playoff, worries are somewhat relieved by Kershaw's long-standing willingness to take a quick rest and get out of the paddock, that is, do everything his team needs to do in October.

Kershaw was originally to make his decision before 23:59. AND Wednesday night, but it has reached an agreement with the Dodgers for postpone this delay until Friday afternoon. Both parties used the extra time needed to develop a new contract.

Kershaw was a Dodger shortly after sending him out of Highland Park High School in Dallas with the seventh pick in the MLB draft in 2006. Whatever happens in the years to come, Kershaw will be rightly considered as a legend of the franchise, even though his new normal is inferior to his.