FACTS/FLUKES: Kemp, Putz, Victorino, Niese and Lucroy

Kemp: Spike or plateau? ... Many fantasy owners rode Matt Kemp's (OF, LA) breakout campaign to championships last season. His broad base of skills exploded in 2011, and earned him cover-boy status on several the mainstream annual publications in 2012. And even though we here at BaseballHQ.com have written recently of the danger of paying for last year's performance, Kemp is surely the exception. He'll pick right up where he left in September—right?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%    G/L/F    PX  hr/f  Spd  SBO  HR/SB
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ===  ====  ===  ===  =====
2008   606  .290  .266    7   75  36  45/23/32  114   12%  131  29%  18/35
2009   606  .297  .262    8   77  35  40/21/38  117   14%  136 ...

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