Dodgers Extend Kershaw for 7 years, 215 Million.

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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/01/dodgers-to-extend-clayton-kershaw.html

The big lefty will earn $22MM in 2014, $18MM of which is a signing bonus and only $4MM of which is in salary. His salary then tracks as follows: $30MM (2015), $32MM (2016), $33MM (2017), $33MM (2018), $32MM (2019), and $33MM (2020).

In short, the opt-out decision facing Kershaw after the 2018 season will be a two-year, $65MM proposition. If he leaves that money on the table, the deal would end up paying him $150MM over five years, a straight $30MM AAV.

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Damn......$30-$33 million salary per season. That's just shy of $1 million a start.

Needless to say, it was only a matter of time for a pitcher to get this much, and it's fitting for the Dodgers who signed the first $100 million pitcher a decade ago in Kevin Brown. Dodgers had to make the deal.

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