Pitching to Matt Carpenter Found this article interesting and of course try to determine if
any of it is useful for betting. Quite possibly could be here.
Here is the pertinent content from ESPNs Mark Simons column:
>>General Theme: Try to take advantage of his patience
Carpenter is a discerning hitter. He swung at only 37 percent of
pitches thrown to him in 2013, the second-lowest rate in the
majors (only Mike Trout was a hair lower) in 2013.
A pitcher can take advantage of that on the first pitch of
Carpenter’s at-bats. He only swung at 12 percent of first
pitches thrown to him this season, the seventh-lowest rate in baseball.
Carpenter is not afraid to take a strike. In fact, the 717 called strikes
he saw were the most in the majors … by 110 (Brian Dozier of the Twins ranked second with 607).
What makes Carpenter so good is that he can work behind in the count.
His .298 batting average when the pitcher was ahead in the count ranked
second in the majors this season, trailing only Joe Mauer’s .312.
