Clayton Kershaw / Dodgers: 7 years, $215 million

[Auggie]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw have agreed on a seven-year, $215 million deal, sources with knowledge of the situation said.

Kershaw has an out clause after five years.

It is the richest deal for a pitcher in Major League Baseball history, eclipsing the seven-year, $180 million contract Detroit gave Justin Verlander last winter.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/10298436/clayton-kershaw-los-angeles-dodgers-agree-seven-year-deal-worth-215-million

Keep spending, Dodgers! More! More!

[joeybee12]

1. The secret is to spend, but spend wisely...

Not saying Kershaw isn't worth it, but Satan West seems to just throw money at people without thinking through whether it's smart.

[Auggie]

2. The Dodgers' Time Warner contract: $7 billion over 25 years, or $280,000,000 annually

Keep spending. Just as Eddie DeBartolo's 49er expenditures hastened the NFL to adopt a salary cap, perhaps this will do the same for MLB. It's the only hope for small market teams.

[Upton]

3. $30.7 million a year..

and with a pitcher making roughly 30 starts, that means Kershaw is making approximately $1 million every time he takes the mound. Sometimes I wonder when it's going to end.

[Auggie]

4. One thought (a good one):

Pressure on Kershaw. You wonder what kind of mind-fuck this creates? I hope a big one.

[hughee99]

6. It will end when the fans stop showing up or watching on TV.

Until then, the there's a lot of money to be made and the players will get a good bit of it.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. 33 Starts Per Year The Last 3 Years

Skews your average a bit, but not by much. Still over 900k every game he starts.

[hughee99]

5. That's an awful long time for a pitcher.

Even though Kershaw is still young (25), 7 years is a hell of a long time to commit $30 million/year for. It sounds like the Dodgers have the cash to spare, though.

[JonLP24]

7. They have one of the richest TV contracts

You'll see more of this as we already have with teams with huge TV contracts such as Angels & Rangers. That is the state of the business of baseball.

Point is they can afford to be wrong.

[Kingofalldems]

9. That opt out clause is huge.

He's got a good agent. Boras?