The Dodgers have nearly a dozen free agents heading into next season, but there are only three who were eligible to receive a qualifying offer. Minutes before the 2 PM deadline on Sunday, the Dodgers announced that they extended offers to two of the three. The only one who didn’t receive one? Long-time ace and face of the franchise, Clayton Kershaw.
The Dodgers did not extend a qualifying offer to Clayton Kershaw.
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Clayton just wrapped up a 3-year deal that paid him an average of $31 million per season, which made him one of baseball’s highest-paid pitchers at the time.