MARK CARVER

4/1/85; '08 33rd; Univ. North Carolina Wilmington
R/R; 6-2, 195

Level
BA
OBP
SA
AB
2B
3B
HR
BB
K
SB
CS
2005 NCAA
.304
.415
.506
79
2
1
4
11
24
1
0
2006 NCAA
.270
.361
.410
100
2
0
4
11
18
1
1
2007 NCAA
.314
.388
.485
204
21
1
4
19
24
4
2
2008 NCAA
.347
.466
.708
236
16
3
21
39
32
3
3

Carver had a breakout year in 2008 as a fifth-year senior, setting a school record for RBIs with 82 and nearly tripling his career HR total.  According to Baseball America, he has an average arm and below-average receiving skills, but is athletic enough to play somewhere else besides just first.  BA rated him the 20th best prospect in North Carolina.  Not surprisingly, since he's out of eligibility, Carver signed shortly after the draft.  One article that included comments from the Pirates' scout who signed Carver indicated that they'd try to keep him behind the plate.  He should at least share the catching job at State College.

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