Mike Carp
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Christopher Michael Carp (born June 30, 1986, Long Beach, California) is a professional baseball player in the New York Mets system. He played with the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League during the fall of 2007, after spending the regular season with the Binghamton Mets of the AA Eastern League. He is currently repeating the AA level with the B-Mets, with much better results.
[edit] Professional career
After attending Lakewood High School in Long Beach, California, Carp was drafted by the Mets in the ninth round of the 2004 amateur entry draft (pick number 254 overall).[1] He would hit 19 Home runs in only 313 at bats as a 19 year old playing for the Hagerstown Suns, and win the Sterling Award as Mets organization player of the year following his 2006 season with the St. Lucie Mets[2]. In that season he hit .287 (141-491) with 69 runs scored, 27 doubles, one triple, 17 home runs and 88 runs batted in. In March of 2007 he attended Major League training camp for the first time, hitting .233 in 43 at bats with the Mets.[1] His 2007 season with the Binghamton Mets would be somewhat derailed by a broken finger, which he felt affected his swing even after returning from the disabled list.[3] Carp is a mid-level talent whose poor conditioning will likely produce poor performance at the major league level. He is currently banging a member of Binghamton's "Buzz Brigade".
[edit] External links
- Carp Maintaining In His Development at Scout.com (subscription)
- Hawaii Winter Baseball Feature: Mike Carp and Blake DeWitt at Baseball America
