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Adopted - Mike Carp

MFS62 Sep 26 2006 10:24 AM

The 20 year old first baseman seems to be on the rise. Individual Batting Stats Pos AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB GIDP HBP 1B .287 137 491 69 141 27 1 17 88 51 107 2 1 .379 .450 .829 0 6 5 13 25 Those 25 HBP intrigue me. Sounds like a hard nosed kid who will "Take one for the team". I'm just going to have to be careful when I spell his last name. Later

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2006 08:05 AM

Carp set to play for the 'North Shore Honu' in the newly revived 'Hawaii Winter League' which starts up this weekend. The league features 4 teams playing a 40-game sked in two different stadiums and is comprised of both MLB and JPL (Japan) prospects in a roughly 60/40 split.

Kong76 Oct 03 2006 07:59 PM

Got the hard copy of BA today, it's the top ten prospect issue of each league kinda thingy. Carp won #8 of the Florida State League and got a nice little blurb of a write-up and it said no one on the list of ten boosted his stock more than he did this year. I came here to adopt him, but I see I'm a week late. Take good care of him.

MFS62 Oct 04 2006 07:19 AM

Thanks, KC. I'll try. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 23 2006 02:26 PM

[u:uz8r82o2]Baseball Prospectus[/u:uz8r82o2] checks out some Hawaii League progress: 1B Mike Carp, North Shore Honu (Hawaii Winter League, Mets) Carp had a very good year in the High-A Florida State League, batting .287/.379/.450 for St. Lucie. Not eye-popping numbers, but after considering the league, scout appreciation for his size and pretty swing, the fact that Carp just turned 20 at the end of June, and his hitting ten home runs in his final 41 games, things start to look a little rosier. Carp's winter season in Hawaii started with a 0-for-10 run, but he's batting .400 since, and .286/.405/.457 overall. Making it as a first baseman is the toughest road for any position player prospect, as there's no flexibility defensively if things turn sour, but Carp is on roll--one he hopes to continue next year in Double-A.

MFS62 Nov 11 2006 07:26 AM

Hawaii Winter Baseball Feature: Mike Carp and Blake DeWitt By Stacy Kaneshiro November 10, 2006 HONOLULU--Players in Hawaii Winter Baseball still can't believe their good fortune to be assigned to play in paradise. With two days off a week most weeks, players have found a lot of down time for hitting the beach or sightseeing. "It's tough playing baseball in Hawaii," joked New York Mets farmhand Mike Carp with a smile. Recently, Carp has had a lot to smile about. In a league where the top five pitchers in earned run average is under 2.00, Carp is fifth in the league in batting at .283 (as of Nov. . After starting off trying to pull the ball, the North Shore Honu's lefthanded hitting first baseman reverted to what made him hit .287/.379/.450 with high Class A St. Lucie: going the other way. "He tried to pull everything," Hono hitting coach Mike Lum said. "Now he has a better idea of what to do." Carp went hitless in four of the Honu's first six games. He got his first hit in the seventh game of the season to start a modest six-game hitting streak. Lum said some of Carp's biggest hits in HWB have come when tried to use the whole field. "Mike Lum really knows his hitting," said the 20-year-old Carp, a ninth-round pick by the Mets in 2004 out of Lakewood (Calif.) High. "He's helped me out when I struggled when I started off." Carp hopes to improve on what his best pro season. His batting average at St. Lucie was a career-high, as were his 27 doubles and 88 RBIs. His 17 home runs were one shy of what he hit at low Class A Hagerstown in 2005. His performance got him ranked as the eighth-highest prospect in the Florida State League by Baseball America. "I just want to improve on what I did, using the whole field and getting more at-bats," he said. Although the pitching in the league has made it hard on the hitters, Carp likes the challenge. "The better the pitching (you face), the better chance you have of moving up the next year," Carp said. Later

Mex17 May 30 2008 05:11 AM

Looking good at Binghamton. Hopefully he will get a mid-season call up to AAA and maybe the big club in 2009 if everything breaks right.