Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that Mike Carp is "starting to appear on a few teams' wish lists." Cafardo thinks Carp, who is under team control through 2014, could be expendable if the Mariners are committed to Justin Smoak at first base. "He's an interesting name," said an NL scout of Carp. "He's been buried on that roster in a big ballpark, and if you take him out of there, he may break out. He's someone you'd take a chance on." Carp is batting just .216/.316/.346 in an injury-shortened season this year, but he slugged .466 for the M's last year and also mashed at Triple-A in 2010 and 2011.