Long-rumored to be in the market for veteran outfielders, the Marlins finally did something on that front. As first reported by Bob Nightengale of USA Today Wednesday morning, Matt Kemp has inked a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.
Kemp is best known for his tenures with the Dodgers (2006-2014, 2018). He was an eight-win player during the 2011 season—in the approximation of both FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference—and finished second in the NL MVP balloting. The then-center fielder parlayed that into an eight-year, $160 million extension (which just expired).