Otto Kemp

Kemp is dealing with some swelling after fouling a ball off his knee during Tuesday's contest at loanDepot park. The 25-year-old rookie slugger should be ready to get back in the lineup at some point later this week. He's gotten off to a nice start at the plate, hitting .278 (10-for-36) with four RBI and one steal through 10 games since coming up earlier this month from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

The Phillies want to put Alec Bohm back at third base and disrupt his rhythm as little as possible. That means Kemp will play first base and be more directly connected to Harper's return. When the Phillies' star comes back, that likely means that Kemp, who is 3-for-14 in his four MLB games, could be sent back down.

Otto Kemp s improbable rise from undrafted Division II prospect out of Point Loma Nazarene University to signing a free-agent minor league deal with the Phillies in 2022 through four minor league stops finally brought him for the first time to Citizens Bank Park.

Otto Kemp, an undrafted Division II prospect who signed a free agent minor league deal with the Phillies in 2022, got three hits in his third game in the majors, his first at home.

Otto Kemp got everything he envisioned and then some in the Phillies' walk-off win Monday night.