Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that Matt Carpenter and Daniel Descalso's competition at second base is expected "to continue into the season with performance and need dictating the starter." Carpenter has proved to be a quick study at second base and should ultimately see the most starts at the position this season, but Descalso will still see his fair share of playing time and is a likely late-inning defensive replacement. For fantasy purposes, Carpenter is clearly the superior option. He batted .294/.365/.463 with six homers over 296 at-bats during his rookie season and is hitting .417/.517/.583 so far this spring.