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Another example of a guy on a super hot streak not bothering to walk.
Catricala came up to AA and had some kind of superhuman BABIP and ripped off 42 hits in his first 28 games.  He only walked 5 times and had 22 K, so it looked like his eye ratio was slipping.
But, like Carp, he's had solid eye in the past.  In High Desert he had 33 BB/45 K.
In August, he's a little more normal (though still killing the ball), and his eye has reverted -- 14 BB/17 K in August.
So: 0.73 in Cali, 0.28 during the hot streak, 0.82 in August
I think with both Cat and Carp it's a matter of being hot and facing pitchers unfamiliar with them, and not "needing to" and "bothering to" walk.
Which may be why Churchill (his new top 30 is not behind the pay wall -- cool) has Vinnie at No. 4 ... ahead of Franklin and Campos [!].  Scouts are buying in to what the numbers are saying.