There are big plans in the Philadelphia Phillies organization for Otto Kemp.

The Phillies know what the rookie went through over the course of his first big league season, more than just the trials and tribulations of learning how to play in the major leagues.

Kemp played with a fractured left kneecap that occurred when he fouled off a pitch there in mid-June, CBS Philadelphia has learned. He played through the injury for the rest of the season, hiding the pain and continuing to grind out at bats. He'll have surgery this offseason.

"He is a tough player. He is tough," Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski said Thursday. "I'm not sure that a lot of players, a lot of people, period, played with some of the things that he had. And I'm sure it affected him to some exte

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