Kershaw established himself as the franchise ace for the Dodgers in 2014, when he signed a seven-year, $215 million deal. He then took a three-year contract to stay in 2018 and has agreed to one- or two-year pacts since then.

Here's a list of each MLB team's longest-tenured player who spent his whole career with that franchise in that city.

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington stated he had a different expectation leading into his team's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw in Saturday night's game.