Not-so-coincidentally: Carpenter during this 9-10 run: .772 OPS That's definitely a more apt correlation. He was carrying the entire offense with a few kick ins from others here and there and it made them look a lot better than they were. Martinez has gone ice cold as well. Also, the first game of this 19 game run Carpenter went 4 for 5. If you count the last 18 games, his OPS is .651. One single game adds 121 points of OPS to that total. And for even more arbitrary end points, for the month of September his OPS is .559 Good luck getting that MVP now, Carp.