DODGERS The KERSHAW Thread

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  1. BleedBlue

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    http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/s...rs-source-says

    Two things:

    1) Why the fuck is the FO offering him that much money?!?!
    2) Why the fuck did Kersh not jump on that deal?!?!
     
    BleedBlue, Oct 19, 2013
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  2. darth550

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    Because he's the "Anti-Greink"?
     
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    If it goes until he's age 35, when he's probably not going to be great at all anymore...that'll be $30M per year...gay.
     
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    What a horrific deal. Trade him, sorry but the dude completely shit the bed in the biggest game of his career, not worth 300M.

    300M or trade him, trade him every time.
     
    BigDaddyKaine, Oct 19, 2013
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    I don't mind the dollars per year, but I would never give a pitcher 10 years on a contract. Hell, I think it is a bad idea for most position players, save for maybe Trout if you could lock him up right now
     
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    best pitcher in the game
    by far
    give him whatever he wants
    or someone else will swoop him up
     
    irish, Oct 19, 2013
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    I was going to say the same thing...but thought I might want to let the pain of last night subside and then see how I felt.
     
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    If a bunch of it is incentive based, and should he achieve those, then he gets $300M. I would have no problem with it, that seems to be what they are implying with the A-Rod comp. I can't imagine what the incentives would be though, maybe an extra few mil each year he wins the Cy Young, it's not like he can become the all-time leader in wins or K's, like A-Roid was thought to have a shot at the HR record.
     
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    I heard somewhere that a lot of the money will go to charity.
     
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    I read that too.
     
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    so if a bunch goes to charity why wouldn't you hit the biggest number and give whatever percentage you wanted?
     
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    Not really buying it. First, why would we offer that much? Second, why didn't he jump on it right away?
     
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    Kershaw is on record as saying no negotiations during the season and the offer was made during the season. With all due respect to the trade Kershaw people. ARE YOU NUTS????????????????
     
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    300M, ARE YOU NUTS?????????????????????????
     
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    It would be interesting to read the fine print to see who would actually be writing the endowment checks, if Kershaw is just forcing Guggenheim to be benevolent, taking the whole write-off or their sharing it with them? You never can tell, he is a saint, you know..... :)

    Either way, it's a far cry from FUCKFACE forcing Manny to give a million dollars back to his own ATM, errr Dream Foundation though....
     
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    Ain't our money. Let's go nuts.
     
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    That's way too nuts.
     
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  18. chris

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    Who cares if he's the best pitcher in baseball and pitches his ass off the entire fucking season. Sorry but I can't blame him. He had an off day and the wrong time. It doesn't mean he's not a big game pitcher, I'll debate you until death if you want to argue that

    That said, 300 M is pretty insane but I'd probably give him whatever he wants. Not sure why we'd bid against ourselves though
     
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    Not my money and it's still speculation. You don't trade a franchise changer like Kershaw just because you think 300 is alot of money. To Guggs it's chump change.
     
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    Dodgers offered Clayton Kershaw $300 million contract, per report
    By Alex Hall | SB Nation -- Oct 19 2013 7:00pm

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    The left-hander is expected to receive the largest deal ever given to a pitcher, if not the largest deal in MLB history.

    Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is expected to receive his second Cy Young award next month. He may also receive something else: The largest contract in major league history, according to ESPN's Buster Olney. The two sides had been discussing a seven-year, $210 million deal in August, but that number during negotiations got as high as $300 million, or "an A-Rod deal," reports Olney. The 25-year-old southpaw is entering his final year of arbitration, and could become a free agent after the 2014 season.

    Regardless of what Kershaw ends up receiving, it seems to be a foregone conclusion that he will end up with the largest deal ever given to a pitcher. Detroit's Justin Verlander currently holds that distinction after extending his contract to a seven-year, $180 million package, and Seattle's Felix Hernandez (7yr/$175M) and New York's C.C. Sabathia (7yr/$161M) have deals similar to Verlander's. Alex Rodriguez owns the largest contract in MLB history at 10 years, $275 million, but that number could increase to $305 million if he hits his incentives.

    It makes sense for Kershaw to be the highest-paid pitcher in the game. He posted a 1.83 ERA in 236 innings in 2013 and is only the third pitcher in history to lead the majors in ERA in three straight seasons (Lefty Grove, 1929-31; Greg Maddux, 1993-95). Kershaw won the NL Cy Young in 2011, finished as the runner-up to R.A. Dickey in 2012, and is a virtual lock to win the award again this year. He also made three sterling postseason starts this month before stumbling in Game 6 of the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals. Overall, he struck out 28 hitters in 23 postseason innings against the Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves, and posted a 0.69 ERA in two NLDS starts against Atlanta.

    The Kershaw contract saga has been going on all season long. Kershaw stated last spring that he didn't want to discuss an extension during the season, but nevertheless, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported in June that the two sides were nearing an agreement. Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times later reported that Kershaw became upset that the contract talks had leaked, though, and accused the team of publicizing them intentionally. This is also not the first time that numbers like $250 million and $300 million have been tossed around in these negotiations, according to the story by Rosenthal.

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