So we finally know who we’ll be getting in exchange for letting Theo head out to Chicago… Chris Carpenter, Cubs pitcher. Our new Chris Carpenter even has the same middle name (John) as the other Chris Carpenter, but ours is ten years younger.
Hopefully he can live up to the other Chris Carpenter in time – he seems to have had a promising start. Just twenty-six years old, Carpenter broke into the bigs at the end of last season, and tossed 9.2 innings over ten games, recording a 2.79 ERA, 7 walks, and 8 strikeouts.
Unsurprisingly, he does not have an entry in the 2012 Bill James Handbook, and he’s yet another righthanded option for the bullpen.
The Red Sox and Cubs will each owe the other a player to be named later as part of the compensation deal.
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