News: Dodgers OF Matt Kemp went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored Thursday against the Padres. He's batting .406 (13-for-32) with two home runs over his last seven games.
Analysis: Kemp surprised with 35 stolen bases this season and now has nearly 20 home runs. Might he end up a 30-30 man in the next year or two? Only time will tell. Expect to draft him as a No. 2 Fantasy OF, though
Kemp has reached base in 10 of his last 11 games, lifting his season average to .292. With a firm lock on playing time in center field, the five-tool 24-year-old looks poised to build on numbers that are already worth writing home about (91 R, 17 HR, 75 RBIs, 35 SB).
Matt Kemp had three hits and two RBI as the Dodgers' leadoff hitter Wednesday in a 12-4 defeat of the Padres. Kemp did fan once, moving him into a tie with Billy Grabarkewitz for the Dodgers' single-season strikeout lead at 149. Still, no one is going to stress out about that record with him hitting .292 for the year.
That's the fourth multi-hit effort in the last six games for Kemp, whose season average stands at a serviceable .290.
Russell Martin is hitting second tonight, with Matt Kemp occupying the leadoff spot. Martin has been in the leadoff spot lately.Martin has just one hit in his last 11 at-bats but has been walking a lot, so this was likely Joe Torre just shaking things up a bit for a team that got shut out on Sunday.
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Kemp is a superstar in the making. He is a younger Andrew Jones only better. Rumors swirl around rade to indians for C.C. will increase vaule on a better team.