After making offensive strides last year in Arkansas, Joe DeCarlo (@joey_DEEKS on Twitter) stands as the most intriguing catcher in the Mariners’ system.
Every year in the deserts of the American Southwest, baseball’s newest crop of twentysomethings embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery. Some hit the Arizona Fall League hoping to find the next mechanical adjustment that unlocks their swing, others hope to turn the temporary improvements of the previous season into permanence. It’s a sort of alchemy fitting for the arid, sandy landscapes that Paulo Coelho depicted 30 years ago in his famous novel about finding one’s true destiny.