The Dodgers have interest in signing Clayton Kershaw to a long-term contract extension.

He experienced a hip issue late in the season, but pitched through it mostly and team doctors determined that surgery wasn't needed.

He is under contract for next year at $11 million and will be eligible for salary arbitration in 2014.

The Dodgers presumably would be able to sign Kershaw to a more cost-effective deal this winter than they would after he becomes a free agent.

"I think we'll probably sit down and talk about it once we get past this period of time, the free agent period of time," Ned Colletti said. "We signed him for another year, there's another year after that. That said, if there's a common ground on both sides, it's worth investigating."