This is the 10th year of Clayton Kershaw's major league career, which means that if he decided to go back home to Texas today and split the rest of his life between fatherhood and pingpong or philanthropy or other pursuits, he would be eligible for election into baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Without throwing another pitch, he would easily gain induction, and would be a candidate to become the first player to be picked unanimously, if Mariano Rivera doesn’t do it in 2019 or Derek Jeter in 2020. Because you can make a strong case that Kershaw is the best pitcher ever.