Clayton Kershaw had a season unlike any other in his career in 2016.
What went right
Kershaw had the finest start to any of his nine major league seasons this year, crazily efficient and lasting deeper into games than ever before. He pitched at least seven innings in each of his first 11 starts, and through June 20 was 11-1 with a 1.57 ERA in 15 starts, leading the majors in ERA, innings and strikeouts, at the time with 141 strikeouts against only seven walks.
Through those 15 starts, Kershaw was averaging 7u2154 innings all while striking out 34% of his batters faced.