Matt Carpenter

New York Yankees outfielder Matt Carpenter was mean-mugging after he hit a three-run homer against the Boston Red Sox on July 16.

eventually the two sides agreed to part ways via release in mid-May. Then, the Yankees called, and the rest was history. The New York Yankees are entering the All-Star break with the best record in the American League and a lengthy lead over their rivals in the East division. They did not make big splash moves like the Yankees of old would have.

On May 19, the Texas Rangers released Matt Carpenter from their Triple-A team because they didn't see a place for him on their big-league roster.

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The New York Yankees have given Matt Carpenter's career a second wind. Carpenter has been nothing but an absolute...

The Texas Rangers signed him to a minor-league deal last March before getting released by the team in May. Carpenter finished the game going 2-for-4 at the plate, with both hits leaving the park, while also driving in seven runs. Matt Carpenter just got his first Yankee Stadium curtain call. Carpenter did it. Anthony Rizzo signaled to Carpenter to get up and give them what they wanted. The New York Yankees have given Matt Carpenter’s career a second wind.

The man just cannot stop bashing home runs, as a pair tonight took his season total to 13 through just 30 games. His seven RBI, plus a multi-homer game from ...

He blasted his second home run of the game the next inning — a two-run shot to left after DJ LeMahieu led off with a walk. Carpenter walked with the bases loaded for his seventh RBI of the night, becoming the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio in 1940 with multiple seven-RBI games in a season. The Yankees got right to work in the bottom half against a shaky looking Nick Pivetta. They loaded the bases with one out thanks to a Judge single, an Anthony Rizzo double, and a Giancarlo Stanton walk. However, I also understand getting a quality start in the books after his recent rocky stretch to carry him through the break and hopefully into the second half. Taillon took to the mound looking to halt the Yankees’ skid and turn around his own fortunes after pitching to a 8.57 ERA across his previous four outings. His seven RBI, plus a multi-homer game from Aaron Judge and a stellar bounce-back pitching performance by Jameson Taillon powered the Yankees to a comprehensive victory over the Red Sox, 14-1.

New York Yankees' Matt Carpenter celebrates after scoring on a two-run home run by Gleyber Torres during the eighth inning of the team's baseball game ...

But Bradley has made sensational plays in center since being moved back there and might have to stick at the position going forward. Rookie Kutter Crawford has done a good job of late, but the Sox rotation has fluctuated a lot over the last month, leading to a 6-13 record since June 27. Pivetta found a little bit of a groove until the fifth, when Judge hit a leadoff homer on a good slider at the bottom of the zone. Over his last three starts he’s allowed a stunning 20 earned runs over 13 1/3 innings (13.50 ERA) while walking seven batters with just 13 strikeouts. Pivetta looked like a one-pitch pitcher on Saturday. His slider was the only thing going for him, but he couldn’t get any swing-and-misses on his fastball or use his curveball effectively. It was Judge’s 32nd homer of the season.

NEW YORK -- On the afternoon Matt Carpenter walked into the Yankees' clubhouse for the first time, the veteran exchanged a brief greeting with his new ...

“I didn’t know when I was going to get a chance, if I was going to get a chance, to play again. “From his presence to the way he talks to younger guys, the way he just fit in from Day 1, there was no awkward period. There’s something within him that he loves the game and felt like there was more to get out of it, forcing him to ask some questions and work through some things.” “I said it the first day I was here: I’m just so grateful to be in the clubhouse, to be here with this group of guys and come to the ballpark every day. “Once I saw the way he works, the way he prepares, I knew he was going to do something special with us,” said Aaron Judge, who hit his Major League-leading 32nd and 33rd homers in the win. Carpenter continued his remarkable and historic resurgence with a two-homer, seven-RBI performance on Saturday evening, receiving an emotional curtain call from a sellout Yankee Stadium crowd in a 14-1 rout of the Red Sox.

NEW YORK — For a moment, it looked like Matt Carpenter was getting choked up. He had just been asked what it was like to receive a Bronx curtain call after ...

“Thrilled to be able to play like I’m playing and the way our team’s playing on a nightly basis. “I’m just so grateful to be in the clubhouse, to be in here with this group of guys that come to the ballpark every day just thrilled to be a part of this,” he said. “It’s a testament to him and wanting to squeeze everything out of his career,” manager Aaron Boone said to reporters about Carpenter, who played 11 years with the Cardinals and made three All-Star teams. I come to the ballpark every day overwhelmed with joy and gratitude and, man, it’s just been a lot of fun.” “You never know when the last time you’re going to put this uniform is or on what day that is and I felt like I might have had that a couple of times this year. Obviously, there’s something within him that loves the game and felt like there was more to get out of it.”

New York Yankees slugger Matt Carpenter made more history with another two home runs and a curtain call at Yankee Stadium in a win over the Boston Red Sox.

A player with an eight-figure salary that's earned MVP votes and trips to the All-Star Game can suddenly fall flat, declining in the blink of an eye. He's done well in this game from a contractual standpoint, but obviously, there's something within him that loves the game and felt like there was more to get out of it. "I really don't know where to pitch him right now if I were on the other team," Yankees starter Jameson Taillon explained with a grin. I come to the ballpark every day just thrilled to be a part of this and to be able to play like I'm playing and the way our team is playing on a nightly basis is a lot of fun." He's proven over these last several weeks that he can hit any pitch in any spot out of the ballpark, using a compact and powerful swing to make his at-bats extremely tough for opposing pitchers to navigate. It's just been a lot of quality at-bats, just a guy that's been great in the clubhouse, has fit in perfectly."

Carpenter went 2-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, three total runs and seven total RBI in Saturday's 14-1 rout over the Red Sox.

- Yankees' Matt Carpenter: Slugs two homers Saturday - Yankees' Matt Carpenter: Slugs 11th homer The veteran connected on another three-run shot in the fifth, and he closed his ledger by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the eighth.

It all reached a crescendo for Matt Carpenter in his magical run with the Yankees, driving in seven runs against the rival Red Sox.

In a New York Yankees roster loaded with power-hitting giants, Matt Carpenter has managed to stand out. For them to pick up Matt Carpenter, a three-time All-Star and former top five MVP finisher, playing the best baseball of his life at 36 years old – that’s just an embarrassment of riches. To be here, and to be playing for this team, in this city, for this franchise, I don’t take it for granted.

Carpenter received a standing ovation from many of the nearly 48000 fans in the stands at the Yankees' 14-1 defeat of the Red Sox.

One Yankees fan, Emily Nyman, has taken to repurposing this proverb in moments when Carpenter slams a home run: It’s not the tools, it’s the Carpenter. But obviously, there’s something within him — he loves the game and felt like there was more to get out of it. A guy with his track record and experience, the kind of career he’s had, just a willingness to kind of do whatever has been asked. The Yankees were the only team that reached out to him once he became a free agent in May, Carpenter has said. “It’s a testament to him wanting to squeeze everything out of his career,” Boone said. He was tasked with manning left field at Fenway Park. His breakout has allowed the Yankees to reduce outfielder Joey Gallo’s playing time without sacrificing a left-handed bat. “Half of it was making sure I could mechanically do what I wanted to do,” he said. They already shuffle playing time and move DJ LeMahieu from position to position to accommodate a carousel of everyday players who have, for the most part, stayed healthy and on the field all year. His breakout, along with Nestor Cortes Jr., Clay Holmes and Jose Trevino establishing themselves as providing more on-field value than prior performance would indicate, creates a nice little club of feel-good stories for the Yankees. He took on the risk of rebuilding himself, an endeavor that typically leaves players uncertain about the results of their efforts until they take them for a spin in live games. He waited at home in Fort Worth for another opportunity, which came a week later when the Yankees signed him to a major-league deal. Carpenter’s season started in Triple A with the Texas Rangers, who signed him a few days into spring training.