Matt Kemp will remain in the middle of the Dodgers lineup for another eight years.But if he's going to get any protection around him, at least for 2012, it will need to come from the players on last year's roster.As owner Frank McCourt puts the Dodgers up for sale, Kemp's (soon-to-be official) eight-year, $160 million contract will keep the team's biggest star in town for a long time and therefore boosts the value of the franchise for the next owner.General manager Ned Colletti went into the offseason hopeful of adding another stud hitter to the lineup, the obvious target being free agent Prince Fielder. Colletti's budget isn't as big as he once thought, because of the sale of the team, so Fielder or Albert Pujols won't be wearing Dodger Blue. "As far as...
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Published November 18, 2011 at 12:35 AM
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