2024 Dodgers Player Pitching Stat Leaders (2024)

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Dodgers bring back Clayton Kershaw, who will miss first half of 2024 MLB season.

Yamamoto's pact with the Dodgers is 12 years and $325 million, the longest and most lucrative contract for a pitcher in major league history.

#Dodgers Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw and Bobby Miller all threw off a mound today, Dave Roberts said. Kershaw has not played in 2024 as he is recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. The Dodgers re-signed the 10-time All-Star on Feb. 9, knowing he would miss the start of the season.

Kershaw returning to Dodgers for 17th season

The Dodgers are bringing back their longtime franchise ace, agreeing on Friday to a one-year deal with a player option for 2025 with southpaw Clayton Kershaw.

There was thought that he could leave the team in free agency to join his hometown Texas Rangers or even retire if the surgery was too complicated. However, we now know that Kershaw will indeed be returning to the Dodgers for his 17th MLB season.

As of January 2024, Don Sutton leaded the ranking of the Los Angeles Dodgers all-time wins leaders, having won a total of 233 games throughout his career. Sutton was followed within this ranking by Clayton Kershaw with a total of 210 games won.

MLB Pipeline has released its annual preseason Dodgers Top-30 prospect list. Los Angeles' 2022 second-round draft pick, catcher/first baseman Dalton Rushing, is number one on the list.

More information has come out on Kershaw's contract, revealing that the 35-year-old pitcher can make up to $37.5 million from his latest contract through incentives. With incentives, Kershaw can make up to $12 million total in 2024, and another $25 million in 2025.

Following the 2023 season, Kershaw underwent shoulder surgery to fix the gleno-humeral ligaments and capsule in his left shoulder in November.

Clayton Kershaw has thrown 1 no-hitter in his career.

Who is the Japanese pitcher for $300 million dollars? ›

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's contract could reach $300 million, but is he worth the risks? NASHVILLE, Tenn. — He's 25 years old, six months younger than Adley Rutschman. He has thrown zero pitches in American professional baseball, making him a theoretical unknown.

Contributor. Shohei Ohtani's decision to defer all but $2 million of his new $70 million annual salary with the Los Angeles Dodgers enabled the team to land another coveted Japanese pitcher Thursday. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract with no deferred dollars.

Yamamoto will receive the most guaranteed dollars ever given to a pitcher, surpassing Gerrit Cole by $1 million -- though in his current nine-year, $324 million deal with the Yankees, Cole holds the edge in average annual value over Yamamoto's $27 million per year.

Christian Walker and Nolan Arenado are tied for the most career home runs against Clayton Kershaw, with 5 homers.

2019-2021 Extension. Clayton Kershaw signed a 3 year , $93,000,000 contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, including $23,000,000 signing bonus, $93,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $31,000,000.

Clayton Kershaw will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers for his 17th season in 2024. This year will mark Kershaw's 17th season with the Dodgers. So far, he has spent his entire career with the organization. Last year, Kershaw pitched in 24 games while battling injuries, but still accumulated a 2.46 ERA on the season.

SAN DIEGO — By now, there should be no question. Tyler Glasnow, the guy the Dodgers acquired last winter and then signed to a five-year, $136,562,500 contract extension, has been a bargain so far. A steal, really. He is the ace.

The Dodgers signed Clayton Kershaw to a one-year contract plus a 2025 player option that guarantees the iconic left-hander $10 million in total.

Kershaw expects to return to the mound this summer after undergoing shoulder surgery in November. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw will be together for their 17th season in 2024. Kershaw confirmed Feb. 8 that he signed a one-year contract with a player option for 2025 to remain with the Dodgers.

A few weeks later, Kershaw announced that he was undergoing shoulder surgery that would keep him off the mound until "next summer," putting a hopeful return in the middle of the 2024 season.

Why isn't Kershaw pitching? ›

Placed on 60-day IL The Dodgers placed Kershaw (shoulder) on the 60-day injured list Monday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports. Impact The move frees up a spot on the 40-man roster for the addition of Andre Lipcius. Kershaw is not expected to pitch until the season after following offseason shoulder surgery.

Cartaya has plenty of strength and leverage in his 6-foot-3 frame, as well as a quick right-handed stroke, so he still managed to slam 19 homers in 93 Double-A games. But his swing got way too long as he tried to launch every pitch he saw to his pull side, leading to disastrous results.

HIs minor league stats saw him strikeout 102 batters in 63 innings as his rising fastball was simply too much for many minor league hitters a la Joe Ryan. Sheehan did strikeout 64 major league hitters as well, but there were issues around those punchouts with 26 walks and 11 homers in those 60.1 innings.

Currently a free agent after his contract with the Dodgers expired following the 2023 season, Urias isn't yet facing discipline from Major League Baseball, though the league launched its own investigation into the Sept.