{"playerId":1879,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":17.5,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":7.7,"playerRater7DAY":6.1,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Kershaw gave up three runs (two earned) off five hits and three walks while striking out six against the Astros on Friday.","spin":"Though it, technically, wasn't his finest performance, Kershaw pitched well enough that had the Dodgers given him better run support, he could have walked away with a win. He's still sporting a 1.97 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP, but there's really only so much he can do. Perhaps Matt Kemp's imminent return will help.","date":"Sat May 26"},"fullName":"Clayton Kershaw","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"The reigning National League Cy Young award winner, Kershaw enters 2012 one of the most desirable commodities in fantasy baseball on the pitching side. Always a strikeout artist, what made the difference for the left-hander last season was continued improvement of his command; he has now lowered his walks-per-nine ratio by more than one in each of the past two seasons, to the point where his 2.08 ratio in 2011 was the 19th-best number among qualified starters. That eliminated any past criticism of his efficiency; in the past two seasons he has improved his average innings per start by more than two-thirds, meaning he averaged two additional outs per turn in 2011 than 2010, and two additional per turn in 2010 than 2009. Those are the kinds of advances you want to see made by a young ace, one forecasted a future award winner at the time of his big league debut, and with the exception of the 716 1/3 career innings he has thrown at a young age, there aren't any reasons to question his ability to repeat, or at least approach, the effort.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"playerRater30DAY":7.6,"playerRater15DAY":6.7,"positionRank":5}