Heading into the offseason one of the more pressing situations the Los Angeles Dodgers faced was with Clayton Kershaw. Within three days of the World Series concluding, Kershaw was due to decide on whether or not he would opt out of the two years and $65 million on his contract.
It was part of a seven-year extension he’d previously signed with the Dodgers, bypassing free agency. Rather than potentially make a rushed decision, Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed to push the deadline back two days.
That appeared to signal the sides were working on a contract extension, and that later became a reality when the three-time Cy Young Award winner agreed to a three-year, $93 million contract.