So basically you're some 50 year old high school dropout who is incapable of comprehending anything beyond what you were told 30 years ago. That's pretty much what I thought.
From 2012-2014 Carter has 1417 PA, and carried a .799 OPS over stat stretch. Over the last month Carter has maintained a .748 OPS. Only a dumbass would ignore 3 seasons, and the last month and choose to basically cherry pick a bad few weeks as the main reason a guy should be let go. There is every reason right now to assume Carter is gonna eventually get his numbers close to his past results. Some real obnoxious D-bags have popped up on the Astros forum with our success this year.
Having said that... those three seasons include an unprecendented (based on his career) "sore thumb" of a two-month stretch (215 PAs) in '14 that increases his OPS by 32 points. Remove that and his OPS since 2012 is .767 , which would currently rank 19th among 1B. As is, he ranks 31st. Ordinarily, I'd preach patience with Carter. But the combination of adding Gattis (who's essentially a middle-class Carter) and having Singleton needing an opportunity sooner rather than later makes me less tolerant of Carter. I don't think I'm knee-jerk hating on him; I'm more appreciative of him than I think a lot of people who just see a sub-.200 BA. (He's actually a fairly decent glove, anecdotally.) But I'd much rather Singleton post a .610 OPS - with the idea he might get better - than Carter (who might also get better but, in the interim, is denying Singleton his opportunity).
All makes sense. But would you rather do that knowing that it means you'd be giving up the shot for Carter to play his way into value that becomes a tradeable asset (essentially turning Carter into a player you're likely to cut or trade for pennies)?
