Jayne Kamin-Oncea/US PresswireMatt Kemp is happy.Did you feel that earthquake?An eight-year, $160 million contract is about to be closed between Matt Kemp and the Dodgers, sources indicate, that would give Los Angeles the rights to see him play through the end of the decade. Here's the breaking news story.And here's some supplemental information I prepared Sunday:The deal is the largest in franchise history, surpassing the seven-year, $105 million contract pitcher Kevin Brown signed with the team as a free agent in December 1998, and effectively matches Manny Ramirez's deal signed with Boston in 2001 for the seventh-largest contract in total value major-league history.
Kemp is here to stay: Extension to keep star in Dodger outfield through 2019
Published November 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM
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