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It wasn’t supposed to be this way for Carson Kelly

With the 86th overall pick in the 2nd Round of the 2012 Amateur Draft, Carson Kelly became a member of the Cardinals. On Tuesday, Kelly was traded as part of the package the Cardinals sent to Arizona for Paul Goldschmidt.

My time around the Redbirds aligns for the most part with this crew that’s won back-to-back PCL titles, which included Kelly’s tenure in Memphis. So maybe I’m a little biased when it comes to Kelly, but I feel like we never got to see him at his full potential. In Memphis, Kelly put together a pretty solid .