 The average annual value of $30.7 million was also the largest ever for a baseball player, beating the $28 million Roger Clemens received in 2007 and the 10-year, $275 million contract that Alex Rodriguez signed that same year.Kershaw made his fourth straight opening day start for the Dodgers in 2014, only the fourth Dodger ever to do so.This season the game was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia.