{"playerId":1879,"percentChange":-5.4,"averageDraftPosition":13.6,"percentOwned":94.6,"playerRaterSEASON":13.2,"playerRater7DAY":5,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Making his final start of the regular season, Kershaw earned his 16th win after he tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts against the Rockies on Friday.","spin":"Kershaw is the odds-on favorite for the NL Cy Young Award once again, as he finishes the year with a 1.83 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 232 strikeouts over 236 innings. The left-hander joined Houston's Roger Clemens (1.87) and Boston's Pedro Martinez (1.74) as the only qualifying pitchers since 2000 to post an ERA under 2.00. Kershaw is the first Dodgers pitcher to do so since Sandy Koufax had a 1.73 ERA in 1966. Yeah, we think he's pretty good.","date":"Sat Sep 28"},"fullName":"Clayton Kershaw","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Let's face it: After the kind of two-year run Kershaw had in 2011-12, he might be the unquestioned No. 1 starting pitcher if not for a hip injury that sidetracked him briefly last September. So let's allay those concerns: He avoided surgery, and his statistics in the four starts he made after the injury popped up (3-for-4 in quality starts, 0.64 ERA) weren't any less superb than those he had accrued in his 29 starts before it. The Dodgers have maintained Kershaw's workload splendidly -- he's a 25-year-old who on only three occasions in 98 starts combined from 2010 to '12 threw 120-plus pitches -- and he ranks among the top five in baseball the past three seasons combined in the following: WHIP (1.06, fourth), FIP (2.81, second), K's per nine (9.32, third), K rate (25.9 percent, first) and quality start percentage (74.5, fourth). And perhaps best of all, no one has induced weaker contact during that time, his .151 well-hit average allowed is lowest in the game. Unless publicly addressed injuries like Kershaw's hip bother you -- remember that every pitcher to a degree comes with some wear and tear -- there's little reason not to consider him as one of, if not the, first pitchers off the board.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":5.2,"playerRater15DAY":6.8,"positionRank":1}