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Matt Carpenter and the End of Optimism

I like to think I’m an optimistic person. Sure, analytics and projections are my things and those types of stats lend themselves to realism. The computers spit out raw numbers devoid of any feeling. I’m the one who surrounds them with 1300 words that I want to write and you want to read.

That’s where optimism comes in. In these articles, I try to provide the relevant numbers for you, while not shying away from the challenges and issues those numbers present for a player so fans can set reasonable expectations and better evaluate the roster. I don’t leave it there, though.