Dodgers' Alex Wood: Agrees to $2.8 million settlement with Dodgers to avoid arbitration

Wood and the Dodgers avoided arbitration Friday with a one-year, $2.8 million deal, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

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Wood was in the middle of a notable uptick in strikeouts as a starter before an elbow injury knocked him out for most of the season. He eventually managed to return and pitch out of the bullpen in September and the playoffs. He'll likely enter 2017 as a starter though, given that manager Dave Roberts said that the reason Wood returned as a reliever was he simply didn't have enough time to build his stamina back up.