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Jeff, like you and others rightly said, DH is a position and it needs more than a has been slugger hitting .225 with a ton of strikeouts. So Carp feeling "comfortable" would be huge, especially in the reality that his strength is holding a bat rather than a glove. The M's have tinkered with too many retreads there. Fill that hole for years to come? I think that is huge.
I agree with you about dropping off at DH. Edgar was mentally strong enough to excel at everything he did. He was the Ben Hogan with a different cap. I think the default is to lose the edge between the ears with "just" being a DH. The M's have needed bats. Carp has carried a big one all of a sudden this year. You have to love that about baseball when it finally clicks.