I see Kemp as basically a player of Michael Saunders quality at this point. He had one phenominal year...which appears to be a Figgins'-type outlier year. Alas, his injury the next year convolutes the evidence as to just what his level was oging to be. But right now, he's a RHB Michael Saunders. Or they live in the same neighborhood, anyway.
So even if LA buys down Kemp by $10M & $10.5M a year, he's still an $11M player. For 5 years. That's $55M, being the math whiz I am.
Would you pay Michael Saunders $55M over 5 years? That's a tough one.
OK, Kemp MAY have an upside that exceeds Saunders, based on his '11 and '12. In '11 he had a .380 BABIP, btw. But his career # is .352......so obviously he hits the ball hard (.352 last year, .348 this one). Well, really hard!
Which reminds us that Kemp K's with a great frequency. OK, I don't really care about that...much.
He hit 39 homers in 602 AB's in '11. He's hit 34 in 984 since.
He seems to be injury prone.
I need a heck of a subsidy if we're in on Kemp.
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