Matt Kemp
- #27 | CF/RF BatsR ThrowsR
- Height6-3
- Weight226
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Age25
- Experience 4 years
- Salary $4,000,000
- BirthplaceMidwest City, Oklahoma
If Torre Leaves, Who's Next?
Sons of Steve Garvey — Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com intones that if Joe Torre retires at year's end, as expected, the apparent heir Don Mattingly might not be so apparent now after all: Where do the Dodgers go from here? The Dodgers have been in the news a lot lately, what with Manny Ramirez's departure, daily McCourt divorce updates and agent Dave Stewart springing to the defense of outfielder Matt Kemp. In the meantime, they're fading in the NL West, Torre just turned 70, and best of luck finding anyone who thinks he'll be back in 2011. For two years, Don Mattingly has been perceived as the Dodgers' manager-in-wai...
Los Angeles Dodgers 23 hours agoFINAL: Phillies 5, Dodgers 1
Dodgers Blog | Riverside Press-Enterprise — Roy Oswalt took a no-hitter into the sixth, which enabled him to survive six walks, and Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley each drove in a pair of runs in Philadelphia's 5-1 victory Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. The loss pushed the Dodgers 7 1/2 games back of the wild card leading Phillies with 28 games left. Clayton Kershaw gave up leadoff homers to Rollins in the first and Shane Victorino in the second but rebounded to pitch well through the sixth. Utley doubled in a run in the seventh, and Rollins and Utley had RBI hits in the ninth. Matt Kemp probably short-circuited LA's best look at...
Los Angeles Dodgers September 1, 2010August 31 game chat
Dodgers Thoughts | ESPN Los Angeles — Phillies at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Scott Podsednik, LF Jamey Carroll, SS Andre Ethier, RF Matt Kemp, CF James Loney, 1B Casey Blake, 3B Ronnie Belliard, 2B Rod Barajas, C Carlos Monasteros, P My issues continue, and then some. Say a farewell to my cellphone, which spent a good 30 minutes in the pocket of my swimsuit today while I was juggling the kids in the pool today. At least the kids survived. It's getting near the point where I just need to call this a vacation, but I'm going to continue to try to post when I can. For your pregame enjoyment, here's Ramona Shelburne's great feature o...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 31, 2010Dodgers: No Theriot; revised Dodger lineup
Dodgers Blog | Riverside Press-Enterprise — Ryan Theriot has been scratched from the lineup originally posted by Joe Torre, feeling the aftereffects of Jayson Werth's takeout slide in Monday's game. "It's his left knee," Torre said. "Last night, it bothered him, but it didn't keep him from doing things. But after waking up this morning" it was an issue. "It's probably only going to be a day or so, with the off-day Thursday. We will hopefully have a little backup tomorrow" (when rosters expand). So here's the revised Dodger lineup: Scott Podsednik, LF (.294, 0, 6) Jamey Carroll, SS (.287, 0, 20) Andre Ethier, RF (.299, 20, 71) Matt Kemp,...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 31, 2010Dodgers-Phillies: Tuesday lineups
Dodgers Blog | Riverside Press-Enterprise — At least we no longer have to wonder if Manny Ramirez will be in the lineup ... Phillies (73-58) Jimmy Rollins, SS (.245, 6 HR, 33 RBIs) Placido Polanco, 3B (.306, 6, 43) Chase Utley, 2B (.262, 11, 41) Ryan Howard, 1B (.278, 23, 82) Jayson Werth, RF (.295, 18, 63) Ryan Ibanez, LF (.261, 12, 64) Shane Victorino, CF (.252, 15, 58) Brian Schneider, C (.206, 3, 10) Kyle Kendrick, P (8-7, 4.64 ERA) Dodgers (68-64) Scott Podsednik, LF (.294, 0, 6) Ryan Theriot, 2B (.290, 2, 29) Andre Ethier, RF (.299, 20, 71) Matt Kemp, CF (.253, 22, 74) James Loney, 1B (.274, 8, 76) Casey Blake, 3B (.257, 14, 57) J...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 31, 2010Tues. Notes, Last Day of August Edition
Sons of Steve Garvey — Chad Moriyama put emotion aside and took a cold hard look at Matt Kemp's disappointing season. Matt Kemp’s Struggles: A Statistical And Mechanical Analysis (MoKM) Attention, courtroom junkies: Get thee to Dodger Divorce (@DodgerDivorce) and follow @molly_knight. Just in time for the stretch run...to vacation! Padilla, Furcal closer to Dodgers return (Dodgers.com)
Los Angeles Dodgers August 31, 2010This is Clayton Kershaw's team now
Dodgers Thoughts | ESPN Los Angeles — Phillies at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Scott Podsednik, LF Ryan Theriot, 2B Andre Ethier, RF Matt Kemp, CF James Loney, 1B Casey Blake, 3B Jamey Carroll, SS Rod Barajas, C Hiroki Kuroda, P I've had a lot of thoughts about events of the past couple of days, and I'm having trouble juggling them amid the time constraints I'm facing this week. With tonight's game about to start, let me get the quickest and most meaningless of them out of the way. This is Clayton Kershaw's team now. It's his team in the way that the San Francisco Giants became Tim Lincecum's team, partly through lack of other opti...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 30, 2010Post-Game 128 Thread: Collins Finally Gets To Call A Sweep
Sons of Steve Garvey — DODGERS 7, BREWERS 1 The Collins Curse is over (maybe?)! The Dodgers get their first non-NL West road sweep since June 2008, sweeping the sub-.500 Brewers. A 1-1 tie quickly got out of hand starting with a one-run fifth inning (Scott Podsednik single scores Brad Ausmus), a two-run sixth inning (with two outs, Free James Loney walks and Casey Blake powers a HR), and a three-run seventh inning (Kenley Jansen walks, which led to Ryan Theriot and Reed Johnson RBI singles, as well as a wild pitch while Matt Kemp was at the plate getting prepared to strike out). Carlos Monasterios had a short ...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 26, 2010Faster, Monasterios! Kill! Kill!
Dodgers Thoughts | ESPN Los Angeles — Dodgers at Brewers, 11:10 a.m. Scott Podsednik, LF Ryan Theriot, 2B Andre Ethier, RF Matt Kemp, CF James Loney, 1B Casey Blake, 3B Jamey Carroll, SS Brad Ausmus, C Carlos Monasterios, P Joe Torre to reporters today on Carlos Monasterios: "We need for him to pitch at a better tempo. His stuff was good the other day, but I have a sense you get a little flat taking as much time as he was." I would expect we'll see a healthy dose of Jeff Weaver and Kenley Jansen at some point today, but everyone but Ronald Belisario is expected to be rested enough to pitch today. Manny Ramirez is on pinch...
Los Angeles Dodgers August 26, 2010Dodgers-Brewers: Thursday lineups
Dodgers Blog | Riverside Press-Enterprise — It's a glorious, roof-open 73-degree afternoon in Milwaukee, perfect for day baseball, although the design of Miller Park leads to some interesting shadows. As expected, Manny Ramirez is not in the lineup for the day game following a night game. Dodgers (65-62) Scott Podsednik, LF (.278, 0 HR, 5 RBIs) Ryan Theriot, 2B (.285, 2, 26) Andre Ethier, RF (.298, 20, 70) Matt Kemp, CF (.253, 22, 72) James Loney, 1B (.279, 8, 74) Casey Blake, 3B (.251, 12, 50) Jamey Carroll, SS (.288, 0, 20) Brad Ausmus, C (.196, 0, 2) Carlos Monasterios, P (3-4, 3.63) Brewers (59-67) Rickie Weeks, 2B (.275, 24, 74) Co...
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- Dodgers' Web musings: Thoughts now turn to next season and the need for a major bat Dodgers Blog | Los Angeles Times Things are so bad for the Dodgers these days -- hey, I’m not even talking divorce court -- they’re almost as far out of the wild-card race (eight games) as the division lead (nine). They are down and not getting up. Further evidence for the bleeding-blue faithful is offered by SI.com’s Tom Verducci, who wrote that since the formation of the eight-team playoff format, only one of baseball’s 112 teams made the postseason after starting Sept. 1 more than 3½ games out (the ’07 Rockies were five back). Which immediately turns the mind to … next season. And a pair...
- New Dodgers catcher Barajas shakes off his nerves Los Angeles Daily News MLB: Newest Dodgers catcher overcomes inauspicious start at home, becomes productive in lineup.
- Dodgers fans, you are all witnesses Los Angeles Times Text messages from press row…Frank and Jamie McCourt finally landed in court this week, but this entire season has been a trial for Dodgers fans. …
- Dodgers' Ausmus, nearing retirement, not sentimental Riverside Press-Enterprise
- New Dodgers catcher Barajas shakes off nerves Los Angeles Daily News Even dreams that come true have their rough spots. Catcher Rod Barajas, a graduate of Santa Fe High School, had one of those moments in the second inning of Monday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies.