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Dodgers News: Don Mattingly Hopeful For Matt Kemp Return August 6

Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp is sidelined yet again with an ankle injury after not hustling last Sunday afternoon in Washington.

Kemp’s been on the DL already twice this season with a strained hamstring and shoulder as the Dodgers haven’t had their quartet of outfielder healthy at any point this season.



While manager Don Mattingly thought Kemp would avoid the DL, he was in fact disabled and according to Austin Laymance of Dodgers.com, the team is hopeful of a August 6 activation:

At this point, I’m just kind of hopeful that he’s going to be ready to roll in 15 days,” manager Don Mattingly said. “He’s still limping a little bit. Yesterday, he came in and said he felt really good.

While 2013 has been disappointing for Kemp, he looked sharp last Sunday as he had three hits, including a solo home run and 3 RBIs.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers are just fine starting Carl Crawford, Andre Ethier and Yasiel Puig in their outfield as they’re likely to keep all four past the July 31 trade deadline.

Unfortunately, Kemp hurt himself while being lazy rounding third in the ninth inning of a blowout and Mattingly hopes Kemp learns from it:

Everything you do as a player you want to learn from. You make mistakes on the field and you want guys to learn from that and get better from that. Matt doesn’t want to do that again. So, you’d like to think that makes him a little bit better.

The Dodgers have won 24 of their last 30 games and are atop the NL West standings, but getting Kemp back would make their lineup even more devastating for an opposing pitcher.

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In case you missed it, be sure to find out the latest on Matt Kemp’s ankle injury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEMv0JKINE

 

Ross Gasmer

Ross Gasmer is a Social Media Producer for @TheHerd and was a contributing writer and editor for Dodger Nation. Follow him on Twitter @Ross_Gasmer12

One Comment

  1. Tough situation to have but also great to have that type of talent for a option, we still need kemp in center for speed, carl in left, puig in right great arm and defense no one I believe has that speed in the out field no one. Andre can come in at any time any field if anyone needs a day off or against right hand pitchers he is a very good hitter most of the time, also he will help puig see some games from the bench and just make him better

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