Dodgers sign Clayton Kershaw for another year for $17 million

After weeks of uncertainty both in the future of the 2022 season of the Big leaguesas well as the launcher Clayton Kershaweverything has been clarified, with the campaign saved and the announcement of Los Angeles Dodgers They have reached an agreement for one more year with the left-handed pitcher, for 17 million dollars.

Kershaw will thus return to his fifteenth season in the Major League Baseball (MLB), having played all of them for the Dodgers, a team with which he became a legend, and has won absolutely everything.

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan report, Kershaw could also earn an extra $5 million in performance bonuses.

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Kershaw himself shared a photo of himself in a Dodgers uniform with a clenched fist pointing up, with the caption “We’re back,” on his Instagram account.

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Last season was tough for both Kershaw and the Dodgers, as the star struggled with sore left elbow and forearm, missing much of the second half of the season as well as the playoffs.

Clayton Kershaw is a true Major League legend, having 3 premios Cy Young, 8 All-Sta selectionsr, one-time Triple Crown winner, one Gold Glove winner, 2-time NL wins leader, 5-time ERA leader, 3-time strikeout leader, one-time NL MVP, and champion of the World Series in 2020.

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Returning to the Dodgers, the Los Angeles team will have a solid pitching rotation, led by Kershaw himself, the Mexican Julio Urias who was the leader in games won in the National League last season, Walker Buehler, Tony Gonsolin, David Price and Andrew Heaney, while awaiting the resolution of the case of Trevo Bauer, who is dealing with off-field issues, for which he has a license administrative.

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