FACTS/FLUKES: Kershaw, Volstad, Stewart, Madson, Cuddyer

What's next for Clayton Kershaw? ... It must be daunting to be Clayton Kershaw (LHP, LA). How does he top a season where he won the pitching Triple Crown, the National League Cy Young Award and Gold Glove? We don't know, but we wouldn't suggest betting against him:

Year     W   IP  ERA   xERA  WHIP   G/L/F    Ctl  Dom  Cmd  hr/9  BPV  
====    ==  ===  ====  ====  ====  ========  ===  ===  ===  ====  ===
2008     5  108  4.26  4.07  1.50  48/21/31  4.3  8.4  1.9   0.9   59
2009     8  171  2.79  3.94  1.23  39/19/42  4.8  9.7  2.0   0.4   63
2010    13  204  2.91  3.77  1.18  40/18/42  3.6  9.3  2.6   0.6   90
2011    21  233  2.28  2.87  0.98  43/18/39  2.1  9.6  4.6   0.6  137

The Dodgers recently signed Kershaw to a 2-year, $19M...

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