Kershaw, Dodgers agree to 2 years, $19M (AP)

NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing next week, agreeing to a $19 million, two-year contract. Tuesday’s deal for the 23-year-old left-hander calls for a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $7.5 million this year and $11 million in 2013.

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Kershaw, Dodgers agree to 2 years, $19M (AP)