It's a move, but it's not a move that answers any questions you might've had about the roster. Unless your question was, "will Mike Carp get cut on March 25th?" Then it does answer a question, and the answer is, yes. Carp, who's only 23, is best known for being in that class of Mariner players who are way younger than you thought they were, along with Matt Tuiasosopo and Ryan Feierabend. There are more rings around our DH than there are around those three guys combined.
There's an interesting comparison between Mike Carp and Greg Halman:
| Carp | Halman | |
| Bats | Left | Right |
| Contact | Yes | No |
| Discipline | Yes | No |
| Power | No | Yes |
| Defense | No | Yes |
| Speed | No | Yes |
| Position | Infield | Outfield |
| American | Yes | No |
| Attractive | No | Yes? |
Now, I'm not saying the Mariners should experiment with gene splicing or cutting-edge selective lobe replacement surgery in the interest of developing a complete position player prospect, one capable of identifying strikes to hit for light tower home runs, one capable of running down liners in the gap and stealing home and modeling for magazines with feature articles about The Next Big Thing, one capable of being the greatest player - nay, person - the Pacific northwest has ever seen.
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I just hope they pick Halman's face rather than a M's bullpen painting-esque mishmash of the two.
THAT.. would haunt my dreams.
JonBBT - March 25, 2010
Yes.....a 9-assed Carpman....it just might work!
OlSalty - March 25, 2010
Could I have some hair?
Teej - March 25, 2010
I cut Mike Carp today, To see if gingers feel.
Janic - March 25, 2010
Normally a "Now I'm not saying" statement is followed with a "but" in order to prove that's not what you're saying.
SethGrandpa - March 25, 2010
Normal is boring.
Sec 108 - March 25, 2010
Normally, the two halves of a person's brain communicate with the one another.
abender20 - March 25, 2010
Like mine clearly do, as evidenced by that sentence.
abender20 - March 25, 2010
My mother says I'm normal
Jeff Sullivan - March 25, 2010
Wait a second
Jeff Sullivan - March 25, 2010
Almost there
abender20 - March 25, 2010
I had to do an images search of Greg Halman
He’s black? Wow, first Jason Heyward, and now Halman. This sure is confusing.
Snowman1025 - March 25, 2010
Wow I thought he was white also
He’s from Haarlem, Netherlands.
cedarA - March 25, 2010 via mobile
(insert Harlem joke here)
Johnny Slick - March 25, 2010
How did you miss seeing Halman in the WBC last year?
Wilder. - March 25, 2010
I was very confused finding out last year that Austin Jackson and Elvis Andrus were black, among others.
Now one of the first things I try to do when hearing about a prospect is to hit up Google Images.
JonBBT - March 25, 2010
Eh.. Insert Torii Hunter joke here.
JonBBT - March 25, 2010
Austin Jackson is black?
Dewey N - March 25, 2010
I didn't realize that either
Edgar for Pres - March 25, 2010
My mind is still blown by Jason Heyward being black.
That’s why ESPN is comparing him to Willy Mays.
Kirk - March 25, 2010
I was surprised to see Chris Carter was black.
Mariner John - March 25, 2010
Goes the other way too.
I had always assumed Ike Davis was black for some reason.
JonBBT - March 26, 2010
The name Ike makes it seem like a certainty.
Mariner John - March 26, 2010
I miss Bill Hall
Poochie - March 26, 2010
Ahhh
This is why I read LL
appleshampoo - March 25, 2010
Being openly rascist as a goof is okay. It's just a goof, guy.
BRKLN M'S - March 25, 2010
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