Fittingly, Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher in baseball, has received the richest contract ever given out to a pitcher. The deal is worth 215 million for 7 years, which is nearly 31 million per year. Kershaw, who is just 25 years old, would have become a free agent after the 2015 season. In 2013, Kershaw won the NL Cy Young award for the second time with a 16-9 record, a ridiculous 1.83 ERA, and 232 k’s in 236 innings pitched. Just so you know how amazing that ERA is, no pitcher in baseball has ever  recorded an ERA that low since Boston’s Pedro Martinez with a 1.74 ERA in 2000. Also the 1.83 ERA is the lowest by an NL southpaw since, who else, the Dodgers Sandy Koufax in 1966 with 1.73. Kershaw and Koufax are now the only two Dodger pitchers ever in their long history to win multiple Cy Young Awards.