Clayton Kershaw wants to win a World Series. Of course he does. Kershaw also has an opt-out after the 2018 season, and after the Zack Greinke debacle, people are understandably worried. Hell, I’ve been tweeting out my own nervousness over that myself. As such, it’s only understandable that Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times wrote today about how the Dodgers might be wasting Kershaw’s generational talent and risk losing him in the future.
There’s some logic to the idea, except you wonder if the team’s decision makers are looking too far ahead to recognize the opportunity right in front of them — specifically, that Clayton Kershaw is theirs for at least three more seasons.