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Granted, my response was more Jim Rome than I typically get ... but I don't get at all why Carp is suggested as a possible 3B candidate, but not Smoak ... or, Fielder?
In fact, I don't get why 3B is viewed as "a problem" at this point.  Seager, after a poor initial audition is posting a .749 OPS (112 OPS+) with an eye ratio better than Carp.  He's currently a doubles machine, (was all the way through college).  And MANY doubles machines turn into HR hitters as they age. 
Asdrubal Cabrera, (often invoked to point out errors of the past), at age 22 had a .713 OPS with 20-2B and only 6-HR.  This year he's at .809 with 29-2B and 21-HR with a month to play.  (Or, you can go and check out Morse, perhaps).
Cano added 10 HRs when he hit age 26.
JJ Hardy had a 22/9 ratio as a 22-year old rookie.  It morphed into 30/26 by age 24.
I dunno which kids will grow and which will fold.  But, I do know with 100% certainty, if you never let the kids play, you'll never ever actually see a kid go from a .700 doubles hitter to an .850 slugger.  Instead, you'll pay through the nose and trade away prospects to go and get the guy somebody else developed AFTER they have peaked and are preparing to plunge.