The Dodgers nearly signed starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw to a massive extension, as FoxSports.com reported Saturday. Kershaw and the Dodgers were close on a seven year extension worth $210 million earlier in the season, before the Dodgers backed away.
Talks are not expected to resume until the offseason, with Kershaw looking likely to win his second Cy Young award in three seasons. Kershaw is eligible for free agency in 2014. He leads the league in ERA at 1.72, the third season in a row he has been at the top of the leaderboard.