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Is that he's being compared to some truly awful DH types that are playing firstbase in AAA, such as Everidge, because the DH spot is much more commonly used by players recovering from injury in the minors than it is in the majors. So the average defensive first baseman is much worse than it is in the majors. I looked through the PCL 1st basemen and found Daric Barton ran TotalZone ratings of 14/150 and 13/150, compared to the 6.5/150 he's run in a season and a half at the major league level. If you make the same kind of adjustment for Carp, he looks a lot more like an average fielder, which is still probably better than scouts would give him credit for.