Inside Matt Carpenter’s Revival With the Yankees

By Stephanie Apstein Two months ago, he was ready to say goodbye to the game. Now he’s a key piece on the best team in baseball. View the original article to see embedded media. Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. NEW YORK — A month before he became a multiposition sensation for the Yankees, Matt Carpenter planned his retirement tour. He had told himself before the season began that if after a month with the Rangers’ Triple A affiliate, the Round Rock Express, he had n…

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