In his first season with the Brewers, Carter blasted 41 homers in 2016, tying for the National League lead with Colorado’s Nolan Arenado. It marked the second consecutive season that Arenado had finished tied for the NL lead in homers.
The power is the bright side that comes along with Carter’s resume. Last season, he struck out a league-leading 206 times in 644 plate appearances. That’s a whopping 32 percent. He finished the year hitting just .222 so Carter is a player who is a high-risk/high-reward candidate.
It’s also not just last season that Carter had such a high proficiency of strikeouts and low batting average.