 He was the 8th Dodger pitcher to win the award, the first since Éric Gagné in the 2003 season.On February 7, 2012, Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed on a two-year, $19 million contract.The contract was the second highest for a player in his first year of arbitration (after Tim Lincecum's $23 million 2-year contract in 2010).