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Thank you for giving up on Matt Carpenter.
Sincerely,
NY Yankees Fans
You guys had young Tommy Edman and traded for Nolan Arenado. Where was Carpenter going to play, SS?Screw him. He was too lazy to improve himself with us. Good luck if you decide to re-sign him long term.
You guys had young Tommy Edman and traded for Nolan Arenado. Where was Carpenter going to play, SS?
Lazy? The guy who traveled around the country working with hitting gurus in California, Oklahoma and Louisiana to straighten out his swing. That lazy guy? Then he signed a triple A contract with Texas. Sure as hell doesn't sound like lazy to me.
BTW, that was a smart move by St. Louis. Carpenter was getting old. But just like what happens to some guys when they put on the pinstripes, he's rejuvenated. 30 GP, 13 HR, 31 RBI, .364 avg. Certainly not the 18 HR, 59 RBI and .293 for Arenado but like Dieter said, "thank you".
He'll be 37 at years end, very doubtful they'll offer him much if anything, other than maybe a WS trophy....Good for the Yankees that they're getting the most out of Carpenter. If they sign him to another contract, particularly one with more than one year, they'll regret it like we did.
Unsuccessful = lazy?he was lazy and didn't want to improve himself then, and he was lazy and didn't want to improve himself with us in his final years with us.
I won the beerbelly FBB league one year with Carp on my team, a WS would be a great double down!Unsuccessful = lazy?
What exactly do you attribute to him being called "lazy"? Where are the reports he didn't attempt to improve? Like Dieter said, he was one of the Cardinals best players for a number of years. He's not a .300 hitter, he's a .270 hitter with a .373 OB%. And he can play multiple positions. Why the Cardinals never tried him in the outfield is their loss.