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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Matt Carpenter has made about $20 million from the Cardinals to this point. For close to 22 WAR.
You are bitching about a guy that, if he was given an $80 million bonus check tomorrow and then never took the field again for the team, would still have given the team millions in surplus value.
On the list of problems with the 25 on the MLB roster, he's probably #24, and yet he's the one you bitch about.
How about you just appreciate the fact that the guy is going to get on base 38% of the time and hit close to 30 homers for half of what Wainwright is making this year.
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Should make a nice centerpiece in a trade for Alex Bregman.
He's an absurdly good fit for the Astros. He's exactly what they need. His OBP and power skills in that park ahead of George Springer would get Springer even more fastballs in the 2 hole, then you have Altuve, Correa and the rest of the gang behind him.
The Cardinals have the ability to play kingmaker in the AL and they should absolutely leverage that. If you get Carpenter to the Astros, the Yankees will feel the need to respond in kind (they can absolutely win a pennant this year, IMO). Peddle Lynn to the Yankees for Blake Rutherford or Jorge Mateo. Package Rosenthal and Oh to the Nationals for a prospect package built around Juan Soto.
Hell, see if the Red Sox would send you Rafael Devers for Jedd Gyorko. Gyorko would be a horse in that park and would actually be a huge boost ofr them given their struggles at 3b.
They're gonna end up half-assing it and they'll be right here next year with a roster that's just getting older and a farm system that still has no impact players above A+, but hey, a guy can still dream.
Carpenter won't be a part of the next great Cardinal team and he still has a year of control. He'd be incredibly valuable right now - they should strike.