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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As we watched Matt Carpenter the past couple years — in what we surely thought were the last couple years — his graceful swing was reduced to a desperate whack. A free agent this offseason, Carpenter worked and whittled down his swing as if he were one. Yet this spring, he couldn’t even crack the Texas Rangers’ roster. And so, fact that he’s even on a major league roster in 2022 is impressive and, admittedly, astounding. The fact that he has hit 10 home runs in 64 at-bats for the New York Yankees? Unbelievable. Like, this was not believable. Perhaps he’s playing on borrowed time or with house …