The latest Yankees folk hero was living at a La Quinta Inn next to a Triple-A stadium less than a month ago.
Who could have imagined that this was a new beginning, not the end? Who could envision less than four weeks later, Rangers president of baseball operations Jon Daniels would admit via text: “We probably underestimated Matt’s bat short term. He’s shown in New York that he is able to hit major league pitching.”had six in 30 plate appearances
In 2013, coming off of two seasons in which he hit .222 with an 86 OPS-plus for the Angels, Vernon Wells had a brilliant first six weeks for the Yankees at age 34: .301, 10 homers and an .895 OPS in 38 games. In the next 92, he hit .199 with one homer and a .495 OPS and Wells’ career was over. The players whose playing time would have to be impacted for Carpenter to start more often — Josh Donaldson, DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo and/or Gleyber Torres — are all having fine seasons. Giancarlo Stanton can be put in the outfield more regularly with Carpenter DHing, but that weakens defense while increasing injury potential for Stanton.
“We had interest in him in the offseason [on a minor league deal] before he signed with the Rangers,” said Mike Fishman, the Yankees’ vice president/assistant GM. “In addition to his on-base skills, he was a particularly good fit for Yankee Stadium as a left-handed fly-ball pull hitter. We were aware of all the work Carpenter put in this offseason [to remake his swing] and the steps he took to make himself better, and we were seeing the results of his work in Triple-A, particularly in May [.
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