In a recent article for NJ.com, Ryan Hatch asked if trading relief pitcher David Carpenter to the Washington Nationals was a mistake. After a very short, but very rough, tenure with the New York Yankees, Carpenter was designated for assignment, and later traded for a minor league second baseman. After an even shorter, albeit better, stint with the Nats, Hatch wonders if Carpenter is “the one who got away.”
Carpenter’s numbers with the Nationals are good. In a little less than a month and in six innings of work, he has posted a 1.