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I love Carp. Have from the moment the M's acquired him. He can hit. Again, he probably won't hit .310...but he's going to ring up a whole bunch of .280-.360 years. I thought he should have been the fulltime DH last year...and the 1B before Smoak came on board. The Kotchman deal was absurd considering you already had a much better bat (WAY better) in Carp. Z was in love with a glove, on that deal. Imagine, in love with a 1B glove.
The guy is a pro, and when needed, he modified his swing and bombed away last year...and still had that nice eye.
Some have said that he plays a passable LF, too. Well...not abysmal. Holy cow, Willie Stargell played LF. Carp can manage out there.
Consider: Saunders bat doesn't turn up. Milton's control button doesn't either. Could you live with shakey routes but a .280-.360-.460 & 18 homers in left field? Man, I could. I think Carp has that.
The guy can hit, I say. And if the worst offensive team on the planet can't find a place for a guy who can hit, then everybody in the organization is fielding % drunk!
Earl Weaver would let Carp marry is daughter. And give him 450 PA's. Well if he hadn't had the Boog and Eddie, he would have.
Free Carp!
moe
I've said before that he is Cust light (no pun intended...well, mostly not intended). I've even said that signing Cust for only one year was stupid because you already had Cust light.
This guy can hit. 120+ OPS Doc? Right on!