Matt Kemp needs your help to get to the All-Star game in St. Louis.
Click here to pick Kemp in the MLB Final Vote
Voting runs through Thursday at 1pm, and you can vote as often as you like. I'll keep this link at the top of the page all week, so be sure to vote early and often, to see The Bison in St. Louis.
UPDATE: You can also vote via text message. In the U.S., voting is open to Sprint, Nextel, and Boost mobile customers. Simply text "N2" to 1122 to vote for Kemp. In Canada, you can text "N2" to 88555.
The Dodgers are launching a full court marketing press for Kemp, including this:
The club already launched a "Meet Matt" contest on dodgers.com where fans who vote up to 25 times are entered into a sweepstakes to meet the outfielder before a game.
Thanks to Fangraphs, we can take a look at the leaders in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) among these Final Vote contestants:
- Matt Kemp - 3.6 WAR (5th in all of MLB)
- Pablo Sandoval - 2.7 WAR
- Mark Reynolds - 2.4 WAR
- Shane Victorino - 1.6 WAR
- Cristian Guzman - 0.7 WAR