LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers elected to tender a 2015 contract to catcher A.J. Ellis, the team announced Tuesday night.Ellis batted .191 last season, but the Dodgers value his ability to work with their pitchers, particularly with the National League's reigning Cy Young and MVP winner Clayton Kershaw, a close friend. Kershaw had made his feelings about Ellis' future clear in a series of interviews following the Dodgers' elimination at the hands of the St.