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• Matt Carpenter: Announces retirement from baseball

  05/14/2025 • By RotoWire

  Carpenter announced his retirement from professional baseball Wednesday in an appearance on Sports Spectrum's "Get in the Game" podcast. Carpenter languished at the plate near the end of his 14-year MLB career, but the 39-year-old had a stretch from 2012 through 2018 in which he batted .275/.377/.471, made three All-Star teams and finished in the top-12 in National League MVP voting three times. He spent 12 of those 14 seasons in St. Louis and won his lone Silver Slugger Award with the Cardinals in 2013.

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• Matt Carpenter: At Winter Meetings seeking job

  12/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  Carpenter is attending the Winter Meetings to speak with teams about a contract for next season, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports. Carpenter, 39, slashed .234/.314/.372 with four home runs over 59 contests with the Cardinals in 2024. He would surely have to accept a minor-league contract at this stage of his career and hope to win a reserve role.

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• Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Losing DH gig to Luken Baker

  08/29/2024 • By RotoWire

  Carpenter is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Padres. After going 1-for-12 with a home run and three walks over a stretch of five starts in six games, Carpenter's time as the Cardinals' primary designated hitter looks to have come and gone. He finds himself on the bench for a third straight game Thursday, with the Cardinals having faced right-handed pitchers in each of those contests. Luken Baker now looks to be St. Louis' preferred option at DH.

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• Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Not in Wednesday's lineup

  08/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Carpenter is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Padres. Carpenter made five starts at designated hitter in a six-game stretch but has now been out of the lineup for two games in a row against righties. San Diego's starter Wednesday, Joe Musgrove, has reverse splits this season, which likely factored into Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol's decision to go with Luken Baker at DH.

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• Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Picking up starts against righties

  08/26/2024 • By RotoWire

  Carpenter will serve as the Cardinals' designated hitter and No. 8 batter in Monday's game against the Padres. Carpenter has been the main beneficiary thus far of the Cardinals' decision to demote the struggling Nolan Gorman to Triple-A Memphis last Wednesday. With Gorman out of the mix, Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson have been seeing most of their starts lately at second base and in left field, respectively, leaving the DH spot available for Carpenter. Though he'll be getting his fifth start in the Cardinals' last six matchups with right-handed pitchers, Carpenter has yet to do much with the opportunity. He's gone 0-for-11 with three walks over his last five contests.

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