Brilliant goal! Kershaw 3000K, Verlander 3500 innings, Scherzer 3500K Cy Young Award All three HOF candidates have won
Feb 12, 2025
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ESPN said on the 12th (Korea Standard Time) 'Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed on a new contract, and Kershaw, who shines three times, will be in his 18th season with the Dodgers.'" According to sources, the contract will be officially confirmed when it passes through the physical field. The guarantees range from $5 million to $10 million, and like previous contracts, bonuses based on performance would have been included,' he said.
Kershaw appeared at Glendale Camelback Ranch in Arizona, where training took place on the first day of spring training, and warmed up with his teammates. The contract has not been official, but he took a strong first step this season as a Dodgers player.
At the World Series victory ceremony on November 2 last year, Kershaw officially declared that he will remain a Dodgers player for life.
Since then, Kershaw, who gave up his player option worth $10 million this year and underwent knee and foot surgery as an FA, has started rehabilitation with the goal of returning in July.
Kershaw, a native of Arlington, Texas, joined the Dodgers in the first round of the 2006 draft and continued his relationship for 20 years. It is highly likely that he will remain the only living legend among the trio. Earlier, Justin Verlander signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the San Francisco Giants and Max Scherzer signed a one-year, $15.5 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays to build a new nest side by side.
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So what are Verlander and Scherzer's remaining career goals. In the case of Verlander, he has 262 wins and 147 losses with a 3.30 ERA and 3416 strikeouts in his 19 years in the big league. 300 wins, which can only be reached by adding 38 wins, is physically impossible right now. I have to throw for at least another three seasons. However, 3,500 strikeouts are in sight. You just need to add 84 pieces. In addition, Verlander, who pitched 3,415 ⅔ innings, can go through 3,500 innings if he adds 84 ⅓ innings.
Verlander is 10th in the strikeout list. If he can play the full-time rotation this year, he will be able to beat ninth-ranked Walter Johnson (3509), eighth-ranked Gailod Perry (3534), and seventh-ranked Don Sutton (3574). In the total pitching innings category, if you throw more than 100 innings, you can jump from 83rd place to within 70th place.
Scherzer is 216-112 with a 3.16 ERA and 3407 strikeouts in his 17-year career. Scherzer has 93 more strikeouts to reach 3,500. The competition for strikeouts between the two players is also an interesting point to watch this year, as they are 11th, nine behind Verlander in this category. However, Scherzer's pitching innings are 2,878 innings, and his goal may be to throw 122 more innings this season to fill 3,000 innings.
Among active pitchers, multiple wins, pitching innings and post-trivial Verlander are all first, while Scherzer and Kershaw are second and third, respectively. They do not mention the timing of their retirement. However, it is two to three years at the most. We don't know when it will be, but if we wear one more World Series championship ring by then, we may make our retirement official.
Coincidentally, the three pitchers won the World Series twice and won the Cy Young Award three times side by side.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
