Oakland A’s: Why Chris Carter Will Have a Huge Breakout Season 2013

Baseball is a funny sport in that you never really know for sure if a player will ever live up to their promise. Guys like Todd Van Poppel and Brien Taylor were phenoms that never amounted to much as professional pitchers. 

On the flip side, you have players like Mike Piazza, who was famously drafted in the 62nd round in 1988 as a favor from his godfather, then-Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda. All he did was become the best offensive catcher in the game's history and a surefire Hall of Famer. There's also the best active hitter in the game,...

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