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Dodgers Ace Clayton Kershaw Signs 1-Year Deal For $500,000

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed pitcher Clayton Kershaw to a one-year deal worth $500,000.

The left-hander has been named the opening day starter against the San Francisco Giants on March 31.

Kershaw earned $440,000 last season, when he went 13-10 with a 2.91 ERA and 212 strikeouts in 204 1-3 innings.

Also on Wednesday, the Dodgers signed 17 other players to one-year deals.

Right-handed reliever Ronald Belisario was placed on the restricted list. He has failed to appear at spring training, apparently because of passport problems in his native Venezuela. He reported a month late last season.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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