When Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Brandon Gomes met with the media on Tuesday, there were plenty of questions they didn’t yet have an answer for. Being thrust into the offseason much sooner than anticipated, they haven’t yet spent much time thinking about the futures of Cody Bellinger, who could be non-tendered, and Justin Turner, who has a $16 million team option and is coming off his worst season with L.A.
One thing Friedman did have an easy answer for was Clayton Kershaw:
“My strong hope is that Clayton Kershaw is pitching here next year.