Dodgers Sign Cy Young Award Winner Kershaw to Two-Year Contract
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Clayton Kershaw, winner of the 2011 Cy Young Award as the National League’s best pitcher, avoided salary arbitration by signing a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Left-handed Kershaw, 23, the youngest pitcher to take the NL honor since 20-year-old Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets in 1985, led the league with a 2.28 earned run average and 248 strikeouts and tied for the lead with 21 wins last season.