FACTS/FLUKES: Carpenter, Teheran, Howard, Morton, B. Crawford

Contact rate keeping Carpenter from repeat ... Matt Carpenter (3B, STL) found himself in some MVP discussions near the end of 2013 due to an excellent .318 BA and 126 runs scored last season. He's been able to carry some of that over to 2014, though he's well off last season's pace. Which version of Carpenter are we most likely to see moving forward?

Year    AB  HR    BA   xBA  bb%  ct%  h%  HctX    G/L/F    PX  xPX  hr/f  SB  Spd
====   ===  ==  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ====  ========  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===
2011*  449   8  .228  .178   12   81  27   ---   ------    80  ---    --   3   84
2012   296   6  .294  .268   10   79  36   118  40/24/36  116  114    7%   1  104
2013   626  11  .318  .293   10   84  36   116  39/27/34  116 ...

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