Matt Kemp is gone now, traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers in a move that's been looming for a year. He's headed to the San Diego Padres with a chance to start fresh as the face-of-the-franchise star he once was in L.A.. As our Tim Brown explained in
Kemp, 30, looked rejuvenated this season after the All-Star break, hitting 17 of his 25 home runs and leading the major leagues in slugging percentage over that time period. Kemp finished second in voting for the National League MVP award in 2011, when
Last night, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports shed some light on the Dodgers' Matt Kemp trade talks with the Padres, reporting that Yasmani Grandal would likely be in any package, with money heading back to San Diego to help
Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi on Tuesday said reports of the team getting close to a trade that would send Matt Kemp to the Padres were not close.
Should the Tigers pursue Matt Kemp? How long is their "window" open? And what about Steven Moya? These questions and more in this week's mailbag!