The Book on Chris Carpenter

Prospect Info

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Chris Carpenter
Born 12/26/1985
RHP, CHC

If any prospect ever needed a nickname, it's Cubs righthander Chris J. Carpenter, one of the fastest-rising pitching prospects in baseball and part of a prospect resurgence in Chicago. A big power arm out of Kent State, Carpenter's early Tommy John surgery kept him in the shadows for awhile, and left him dangling until the Draft's third round. He's fully recovered now, and looking like a premium arm again. Carpenter, who we're now calling CJ, opened 2009 at A-level Peoria, going 4-3 with a 2.44 ERA and 1.20 WHIP, before being promoted to high-A Daytona. At the higher level, CJ went 2-1 with a 1.44 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in five starts, which was enough to punch another ticket, this time to AA Tennessee. In 27 combined starts at all three levels, he struck out 118 batters while walking only 52. While he's likely to spend all of 2010 in AA, CJ will probably get his first taste of MLB by September.

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