How Baseball Has Changed

Chris Carter had 41 homeruns last year for the Milwaukee Brewers. He tied for the league lead.

The Brewers CUT him yesterday to make way for Eric Thames, an American who played in Korea the last three years because he wasn't good enough to play in the majors.

Why do you simply cut the league leader in home runs? That's a good question, but it shows how  much baseball has changed in the last decade. Carter led the league with 206 strikeouts, too. And that wasn't even his worse year. He whiffed 212 times in 2013.

His batting average was .222 last season, which was a career best. He's a .218 career hitter. He literally is an all or nothing type of hitter. And His fielding? Let's just say he reminds people a lot of Arcia with a little bit of Sano thrown in.

His overall WAR rating shows he's one of the worst players in baseball despite his 41 home runs.  Saber mathematics  is changing the way the front office looks at players. And you now know that even 41 home runs won't save you if that's all you have to offer.

That's something Twins fans should think about when it's time to re-sign Sano. I'm not saying Sano is as bad as Carter, I'm saying he should be on the watch list. He's still young, but there's more to baseball than potential power. Arcia found that out the hard way. And so did Carter.