Kershaw signs 7 year 215 million

[THASTUNNA]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/...dgers-agree-seven-year-deal-worth-215-million

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw have agreed on a seven-year, $215 million deal, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com.
Kershaw has an out clause after five years.
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It is the richest deal in Major League Baseball history for a pitcher, eclipsing the seven-year, $180 million deal Detroit gave Justin Verlander last winter.
But if ever a player deserved a contract such as this, it is the 25-year old Kershaw, who has won two of the last three National League Cy Young Awards and a Roberto Clemente award for his charitable work.
Kershaw went 16-9 with a 1.83 ERA and 232 strikeouts last season, his sixth with the Dodgers. The left-hander has a 2.60 career ERA and recorded at least 212 strikeouts in each of the past four seasons.
The Dodgers offered Kershaw a deal in the range of $300 million this past season, a source with knowledge of the talks told ESPN the Magazine's Buster Olney in October. Although Kershaw initially was uncertain about committing to a deal, the sides were confident that a long-term contract would be completed at some point in the offseason, according to the source.

 

[Rekkapryde]

that's fukkin ignorant to give a dude playing 1 out of every 4 to 5 games that much bread.

baseball players got it so good....

 

[FloorGeneral]

Was about to make this thread.



So he can essentially become a F/A again at the age of 30. Dude could very well be the A-Rod of pitchers (as far as contracts go).

 

[mozichrome]

get money

 

[wire28]

insert obligatory "teach your son how to play baseball, brehs" comment

 

[The War Report]

He can opt out in 5 years. :smugsteph:

 

[lepard]

He can opt out in 5 years. :smugsteph:

And he'll only be 30

 

[god shamgod]

30.7 mil a year

 

[MoneyTron]

Incredible.

You don't have to be a world reknown superstar to make big money in baseball. He's a great player but exposure wise he's a D-List athlete. You wouldn't know him if he walked up to you. And yet, he's getting paid more per year than Kobe, Bron, Peyton, Brady, Messi, Ronaldo...

 

[King Poetic]

i'm a dodgers fan so until there's a salary cap for baseball i can't argue with it.. but his ass better at least delivered 2 championships

 

[G.O.A.T]

Getting roughly $1 mil to work once a week for 8 months

 

[yseJ]

what makes the contract sick is not the final figure (which is huge, admittedly) but the full money guarantee. tons of these huge baseball contracts end up a joke in later years. of course kershaw is so young he might be worth it...but boy, if he gets a tommy johns or something....

 

[The War Report]

Incredible.

You don't have to be a world reknown superstar to make big money in baseball. He's a great player but exposure wise he's a D-List athlete. You wouldn't know him if he walked up to you. And yet, he's getting paid more per year than Kobe, Bron, Peyton, Brady, Messi, Ronaldo...

I can tell you've never seen Kershaw pitch or pick up bat. He's an exceptional athlete at his position. Pitching is one of the more specialized things you can do in sports.

 

[Regular_P]

I thought he was gonna get more.

Trout's getting $300 million when his contract talks come up.

 

[mozichrome]

what makes the contract sick is not the final figure (which is huge, admittedly) but the full money guarantee. tons of these huge baseball contracts end up a joke in later years. of course kershaw is so young he might be worth it...but boy, if he gets a tommy johns or something....

i would think tommy john surgery not the career ender it was back then with the medical advances now tho