Chris Carpenter signs extension

[jacksonianmarch]

until 2012 worth 65 mil. WOW, that seems a little cheap for a pitcher of his caliber.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-cardinals-carpenter&prov=ap&type=lgns

[schillingouttheks]

Wow. That extension is at $13 million per year. That's a bargain for someone like him. Barry Zito will probably get somewhere around $17 million per year and he, quite frankly, can't hold Carpenter's jock strap.

[ORS]

They had him either way in '07 and '08 at $7M and $9M. So they extended him for 3 more years at $49M ($16.33M per year). Sounds about right to me for a guy who will be 36 at the end of the contract and going into his age 37 year for the option. Expect Zambrano to get extended next.

[Mr Crunchy]

barry zito cant hold chris carpenters jockstrap?

did i read that right??

 

put ole barry in the nl central and lets see what happens

chris carpenter is a good nl pitcher who couldnt make it in the american league

lets not revise history because the guy had a couple good years

 

his #s in st louis are

2006-STL 15 8 3.09 32 32 5 0 3 0 221.2 194 81 76 21 43 184 3

 

zito's

YTD 16 10 3.83 34 34 0 0 0 0 221.0 211 99 94 27 99 151 4

 

of course zito sees the american league with a dh and much more offense

carpenter sees the stro's and the cubs and the padres

 

im not a zito guy because he cant beat ny

but i'd take him all day long over

karen""rainy days and mondays get me down"" carpenter

[riverside sluggers]

comparison stats

 

Chris Carpenter

avg of 50 Walks a season

17-24 HRs a season (quite impressive that he allowed 7 last season in the new hitters park that is busch stadium

 

Barry Zito

avg of 80-100 Walks a season

25-30 HRs a season (and his home park has been what? The spacious stadium in Oakland)

 

It'll be best for Zito to land himself in the NL and as big as a ballpark he can find

[jacksonianmarch]

comparison stats

 

Chris Carpenter

avg of 50 Walks a season

17-24 HRs a season (quite impressive that he allowed 7 last season in the new hitters park that is busch stadium

 

Barry Zito

avg of 80-100 Walks a season

25-30 HRs a season (and his home park has been what? The spacious stadium in Oakland)

 

It'll be best for Zito to land himself in the NL and as big as a ballpark he can find

 

Carpenter in the AL would not be the same pitcher. Zito in the NL will be a better pitcher.

[Mr Crunchy]

ive seen chris carpenter try to pitch in the american league

it wasnt pretty

in fact he was given his outright release

 

he was a member of what i used to refer to as the 4 horseman of the apocolypse

joey hamilton

dave burba

rick helling

karen""we've only just begun"" carpenter

 

any time you'd see the above names as starters we'd bet the over line

made a fortune betting on these guys and their abilities to lite up a scoreboard..

of course carpenter has bounced back and made a good career for himself over in st louis

 

i do believe he was hurt for a spell maybe in 03??

anyways i wouldnt want him in fenway

if suppan couldnt make our rotation im not convinced this guy could either.