Please, Daniel Descalso, won't you just go away?
The Cardinals are so close to naming Matt Carpenter their starter at second base -- with manager Mike Matheny recently saying he no longer sees him as a liability at the position -- that I'm pretty much to the point where I'm passing on every other second baseman in the draft (after Ben Zobrist goes off the board, anyway), knowing that I can grab Carpenter and his Martin Prado-like skill set late. It's just that Descalso -- that pesky little glove man who everybody knows brings almost nothing to the table offensively -- decided to hit a little himself this spring.
Both got two hits Friday against the Nationals, bringing Carpenter's batting average up to .417 and Descalso's up to .342. Again, I think it's a foregone conclusion who wins the job, but what if Carpenter slumps the last two weeks and Descalso doesn't? Would it make a difference to Matheny?
I don't know, but I'm going crazy wondering.