If only my sister would have married Clayton Kershaw.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will make the 25-year-old left-hander the highest-paid pitcher in MLB history this Friday when he signs a seven-year, $215 million contract. That averages out to $30.7 million a season, the highest yearly total for a player at any position in the history of the game. And if for some reason those numbers don’t make you adjust your cup, maybe these will:
- Kershaw has started 33 games in each of the last three seasons. Assuming he averages the same amount of starts over the next seven years, it means he will earn $930,735.93 every time he takes the mound. That’s more than 398 players made for the entire season in 2013.
- Over the last three seasons, Kershaw has averaged 232 1/3 innings pitched. Assuming he totals that same amount over the next seven seasons, it means he will earn $132,199.22 for every inning pitched.
- Kershaw has averaged just over 236 (technically 236 1/3) strikeouts a year since 2011. Assuming he does the same thing for the next seven seasons, it means he will earn $129,961.72 for each strikeout.
- Finally, the stud has averaged almost 3,455 pitches (technically 3,454 2/3) a year since 2011. Once again, assuming he averages that same amount over the next seven seasons, it means he will earn $8,890.67 every time he throws a pitch.
And you know somewhere along the way somebody had the nerve to tell this guy to concentrate on his studies.
(via LA Times)
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