FACTS/ FLUKES: Kemp, Freeman, Chapman, Holliday, Alcantara

Kemp healthy and surging ... The litany of injuries that limited Matt Kemp's (OF, LA)  production in recent seasons are well-chronicled.  Now that he's supposedly healthy again, the storyline is shifting. The 2011 NL MVP runner-up slashed .325/.419/.475 in July and he already has 2 HR in August.

Year    AB   BA    xBA  ct%  h%    G/L/F    PX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB  HH%
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ==  ========  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====  ===
2011   602  .324  .295   74  39  36/23/41  187   21%  115  26%  30/40   33
2012   403  .303  .277   74  36  43/22/35  155   22%  103  11%  23/ 9   37
2013   263  .270  .237   71  36  40/25/35  103    9%   78  13%   6/ 9   36
2014   354  .282  .271   73  36  44/27/29  135   16%   99  10%  12/ 5  ...

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