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There isn't much that Kemp can't do for the Dodgers

MLB.com is running a front story on Kemp and how awesome of a baseball player is. It's worth checking out if for nothing else than to support Dodger's articles.

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SS 60 Hu $405,000*
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SP 58 Billingsley $3,850,000
SP 18 Kuroda $14,100,000
SP 44 Padilla $4,025,000
SP 50 Stults $405,000*
CL 51 Broxton $4,000,000
LHP 52 Sherrill $4,500,000
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RHP 67 Troncoso $425,000*
RHP 54 Belisario $425,000*
RHP 31 McDonald $425,000*
RHP 68 Monasterios $460,000*
Pierre $4,000,000
Andruw $3,600,000
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Wolf $2,000,000
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C 9 Ellis  
C 71 May  
SS 87 DeJesus  
OF 75 Paul
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