LOS ANGELES -- Every time Clayton Kershaw takes the mound the rest of this month -- however many times that ends up becoming -- the same question will linger in the background:
Is this it?
Kershaw can opt out of his contract at the end of the season and has yet to make a decision. If he does opt out, he will become a free agent for the first time in his career. And if that ends up being the case, he might -- might -- price his way out of a Dodgers organization that is now run by an exceedingly pragmatic group of executives.