Cardinals would-be second baseman Matt Carpenter has been drawing praise from his coaches for the work he's done at second base in the offseason. "I could tell he did a lot of work, which shouldn't surprise anybody because that's who he is," manager Mike Matheny told Fox Sports. "He looks smooth, he doesn't look uncomfortable and that's just the result of hard work. … A lot of things yet to be seen but so far he looks great."