Matt Kemp will try to get the MVP Award that he should have got in 2011 in 2012 for the L.A. Dodgers
27-year old righty swinging Matt Kemp got rooked last year for the N.L. MVP Award, when it was given to Ryan Braun. Kemp played in 161 games for the Dodgers last year and he was 195 of 602 (.324 avg, .986 OPS) with 115 runs scored, 39 homers, 126 RBIs and 40 stolen bases. He has now played in 787 games in his first six years in the majors and he is 840 of 2,862 (.294 avg, .846 OPS) with 464 runs scored, 128 homers, 457 RBIs and 144 stolen bases. Kemp played in 159 games in CF for the Dodgers last year and he had 11 assists and 5 errors but he showed poor range there.
32-year old lefty swinging Cory Sullivan will try to get back to the majors in 2012 with the Dodgers. Sullivan played in 36 games in AAA-ball for the Phillies last year and he was 21 of 100 (.210 avg, .586 OPS) with 15 runs scored, 0 homers, 14 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. He last played in the majors back in 2010 with the Astros. Sullivan has played in 476 games in his first six years in the majors and he is 305 of 1,127 (.271 avg, .708 OPS) with 156 runs scored, 10 homers, 97 RBIs and 32 stolen bases.
26-year old lefty swinging Matt Angle played in 31 games for the Orioles last year in his first taste of the majors and he was 14 of 79 (.177 avg, .559 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 1 homer, 7 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He also played in 108 games in AAA-ball last year and he was 115 of 424 (.271 avg, .692 OPS) with 67 runs scored, 4 homers, 33 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. Angle played in 16 games in CF last year and he didn’t have any errors while showing off excellent range.
Chris Gwynn can also handle playing CF for the Dodgers if needed. He played in 12 games in CF for the Dodgers last year and he had 1 assist and 0 errors while showing out of this world range.
PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE CF IN 2012: A+