Matt Kemp Signs Contract To Retire With Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are hosting Alumni Weekend from Aug. 9–11, 2024, which will conclude with Matt Kemp Day for their series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Fans in attendance will receive a Kemp bobblehead. Kemp is also signing a one-day contract to officially retire as a member of the Dodgers.

The organisation originally selected Kemp in the sixth round of the 2003 MLB Draft. He spent the first nine seasons of his big league career in Los Angeles, earning two All-Star Game selections, two Gold Gloves, and two Silver Slugger Awards, among other accolades.

Kemp was traded to the San Diego Padres at the end of the 2014 season, where he would spend parts of the next two years. He then played in parts of two seasons with the Atlanta Braves before finding his way back to the Dodgers via trade.