The return of Matt Carpenter has left me feeling a bit off. Why? Because I genuinely enjoy Matt Carpenter, in contrast to a lot of other people on the internet. He was a very remarkable tale! Rarely does a late-blooming, spray-hitting third baseman turn into a serious candidate for multiple season MVP and eventual team Hall of Famer.
Indeed, he will go down in franchise history as a Hall of Famer! Put your anger aside and have a look at his stats if you don’t think he is. And the numbers of a few additional players who the team currently awards a red jacket to.
Matt Carpenter was ambulatory. By walk, I mean. and made a power hit. would engage in games whenever he was invited. I mentioned that he was free to play wherever he was invited. I didn’t claim he was a good player there.)
Carpenter was an assembly line worker. So far in his career, Carpenter has accrued 32.6 fWAR. With the Cardinals, he has 30.6 fWAR and still has room to grow.
That already exceeds Scott Rolen’s tenure with the team. Holliday Matt. Schoendienst Red. Joe Torre. William White. Hafey Chick. McGwire, Mark. Paul Goldschmidt. McGee Willie. McCraver, Tim.
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