You follow the daily boxscores. You talk with his manager. The data and reports are strong, consistently.
You shift to those 2022 raw numbers on Double-A Erie outfielder Kerry Carpenter:
He has 19 homers — in 46 games. He is batting .333, with huge on-base (.396) and slugging (.720) percentages that craft an OPS of 1.116. This is gaudy stuff.
He is only 24 years old. He bats left-handed. He is 6-foot-2, 220 pounds. He plays either corner outfield tract, or first base. As for splits, he’s batting .320 against right-handed pitching, and even better —.