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Matt Carpenter’s face is mesmerizing, derpy

Derp.

by Grant Brisbee
Dilip Vishwanat

The good folks at Productive Outs are pioneers in the field of derpology, coming up with 20-to-80 scouting grades for the best derp faces in baseball.

Gentlemen, I think we’ve found our first 80 since the debut of Jeff Karstens. Behold, Matt Carpenter:

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Those might be dentures. I can’t tell if those are dentures. Does Matt Carpenter have dentures? Matt Carpenter has dentures, everyone.

He also has excellent, 80-grade derp when he wants to.

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