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With Clayton Kershaw discussing a contract extension, Dan Szymborski calculates what he's actually worth. Considering the lefty has the best projection in the history of the ZiPS projection system, he's easily deserving of more than $200 million.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2013

Clayton Kershaw says having to discuss ongoing contract negotiations has become a distraction after it was reported over the weekend that he was making progress on a landmark contract.

Dodgers 5, Pirates 3(11)

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We're about a month out from the All-Star Game at Citi Field in New York, so it's a good time to take stock of how the All-Star rosters might be shaping up -- after all, the debate of who goes to the game is usually much more interesting than the gam...

We're two-fifths of the way through the regular season and boy, are my arms tired. Over the first 60-plus games, a whole host of new names has popped up on our radar for our attention while old standbys have fallen off. Nowhere is that more true than...

Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano and Clayton Kershaw are on the short list of players whose contract situations will be fascinating to watch.

In case you were out looking for a shooting star to wish on, but finding only derelict satellites, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday: It took two overtimes and 53 saves from Tuukka Rask, but the Boston Bruins took a 3-0 lead in the E...

The Los Angeles Dodgers recovered from a ninth-inning blown save and scored two runs off Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt in the top of the 10th to beat slumping Colorado 7-5 Friday night.

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Unlike home runs and stolen bases and most offensive statistics, for that matter, pitcher wins are not a good gauge of a player's true ability. They just aren't. We could compare myriad sets of pitchers in this space with similar statistics in ERA, W...

Blog | May 30, 2013

Don Mattingly is hoping his public shaming of the Dodgers will save the season, but other execs aren't so sure the team has the character to turn things around. Jayson Stark explains.

Matt Carpenter drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single and Pete Kozma hit a three-run double against Clayton Kershaw, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in the rubber game of their series.

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In honor of the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee coming up this Wednesday and Thursday, you will find one of the winning words from the last 10 years of competition in each entry. When they don't fit naturally — which will be always, if my ...

Major league baseball is so deep in quality starting pitching that you could probably make the case for nine or 10 different combinations as the best pair going right now. Here are my top five: 1. Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners Thi...