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Los Angeles Times
Sport
Jorge Castillo and Jack Harris

He’s staying in L.A.: Clayton Kershaw agrees to one-year deal with Dodgers

Clayton Kershaw’s days in Los Angeles aren’t over.

The Dodgers and Kershaw agreed to a one-year deal Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, to end Kershaw’s first stint as a free agent. The deal will be official once Kershaw passes a physical.

Kershaw wasn’t a guarantee to return to Los Angeles. The left-hander was also seriously considering signing with his hometown Texas Rangers, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. And yet imagining Kershaw in another uniform was always difficult.

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