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Your intrepid reporter (that's me) is on the case!
May 8: Kemp and Yasiel Puig are lined up to be everyday outfielders for the Dodgers moving forward, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports. Kemp will play center field most days for the Dodgers, only receiving days off when manager Don Mattingly plans a built-in day of rest for him. This is essentially what the Dodgers have been going with over the past few weeks, but Mattingly making it official will finally bring a shred of consistency to the Dodgers' outfield scheme moving forward. Under this plan, it looks like Carl Crawford and Andre Ethier will share the reps in left field.
May 12: Kemp has at least one hit in seven of his last eight games after going 2 for 4 with his fifth home run of the season Saturday against San Francisco. Kemp is batting .464 over his last eight games, raising his season average from .205 to .270.
May 13: Kemp continued his hot hitting Tuesday against Miami, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
May 14: Kemp will get a rest day Wednesday against the Marlins, MLB.com's Ken Gurnick reports.
May 18: Kemp is not in the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks, getting his second day of rest this week.
May 24: Kemp is not in the lineup Saturday against the Phillies, sitting for a second straight day.
May 24: Kemp may be deployed in a platoon moving forward, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Analysis: When asked why Kemp was out of the lineup Friday, manager Don Mattingly said it was because "center field has been a situation we continue to look at." That came a day after the skipper said Kemp lacked "the burst" he had before offseason ankle surgery, and while Mattingly wouldn't say how exactly the playing time in center will be divided, Andre Ethier is starting again Saturday. Mattingly stressed that Kemp doesn't have any physical problems that would prevent him from playing.
May 25: Kemp isn't in the lineup on Sunday.
May 25: Manager Don Mattingly said that Kemp will start working out in left field, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.
May 26: Kemp is out of the Dodgers' starting lineup for the fourth straight game, and he's being groomed to play left field because the team isn't confident he can handle the defensive demands of playing center field at the moment. Manager Don Mattingly said Monday that Kemp isn't moving the way he did a couple of years ago, when he was the 2011 NL MVP runner-up. He believes Kemp isn't 100 percent physically after undergoing ankle surgery during the offseason.
May 27: Kemp is out of the Dodgers' lineup again Tuesday.
Despite being completely healthy, Kemp has been out of the lineup each of the past four days and will sit yet again Tuesday. Manager Don Mattingly has been somewhat cagey regarding the situation, but did say that Kemp will start working out in left field in order to gain some versatility. For the time being, it looks like Kemp will be deployed on the short end of a platoon in center.
Manager Donnie Baseball has refused all my requests for an interview.
May 8: Kemp and Yasiel Puig are lined up to be everyday outfielders for the Dodgers moving forward, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports. Kemp will play center field most days for the Dodgers, only receiving days off when manager Don Mattingly plans a built-in day of rest for him. This is essentially what the Dodgers have been going with over the past few weeks, but Mattingly making it official will finally bring a shred of consistency to the Dodgers' outfield scheme moving forward. Under this plan, it looks like Carl Crawford and Andre Ethier will share the reps in left field.
May 12: Kemp has at least one hit in seven of his last eight games after going 2 for 4 with his fifth home run of the season Saturday against San Francisco. Kemp is batting .464 over his last eight games, raising his season average from .205 to .270.
May 13: Kemp continued his hot hitting Tuesday against Miami, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
May 14: Kemp will get a rest day Wednesday against the Marlins, MLB.com's Ken Gurnick reports.
May 18: Kemp is not in the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks, getting his second day of rest this week.
May 24: Kemp is not in the lineup Saturday against the Phillies, sitting for a second straight day.
May 24: Kemp may be deployed in a platoon moving forward, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Analysis: When asked why Kemp was out of the lineup Friday, manager Don Mattingly said it was because "center field has been a situation we continue to look at." That came a day after the skipper said Kemp lacked "the burst" he had before offseason ankle surgery, and while Mattingly wouldn't say how exactly the playing time in center will be divided, Andre Ethier is starting again Saturday. Mattingly stressed that Kemp doesn't have any physical problems that would prevent him from playing.
May 25: Kemp isn't in the lineup on Sunday.
May 25: Manager Don Mattingly said that Kemp will start working out in left field, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.
May 26: Kemp is out of the Dodgers' starting lineup for the fourth straight game, and he's being groomed to play left field because the team isn't confident he can handle the defensive demands of playing center field at the moment. Manager Don Mattingly said Monday that Kemp isn't moving the way he did a couple of years ago, when he was the 2011 NL MVP runner-up. He believes Kemp isn't 100 percent physically after undergoing ankle surgery during the offseason.
May 27: Kemp is out of the Dodgers' lineup again Tuesday.
Despite being completely healthy, Kemp has been out of the lineup each of the past four days and will sit yet again Tuesday. Manager Don Mattingly has been somewhat cagey regarding the situation, but did say that Kemp will start working out in left field in order to gain some versatility. For the time being, it looks like Kemp will be deployed on the short end of a platoon in center.
Manager Donnie Baseball has refused all my requests for an interview.
