Report: Seattle Mariners looking for cleanup hitter, could target Matt Kemp.

According to CBSsports.com, the Seattle Mariners are one team who could put together a trade proposal for a very available Matt Kemp.

From Jon Heyman:

The Dodgers are looking to deal an outfielder, or possibly two, and the assumption had been that Carl Crawford and/or Adnre Ethier were most likely to be dealt, but Matt Kemp‘s name is clearly out on the trade market, too.

Word is, there is some interest in Kemp after his nice second half in L.A. last year, so he could be the righthanded middle-of-the-order bat several teams need.

The Mariners could use the help on offense — and move Kemp to his preferred position — after they got an MLB-low .556 OPS from their center fielders in 2014.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.