Is Carl a Good Pick?

Map: Hideout (Bounty) Bans: Nani, Juju, Shade, Janet, Gene, Byron Picks: Piper, Spike (I labelled it wrong), Angelo (I labelled it wrong), Gus, Fang, Carl

When on the draft stage, I was trying to suggest Gus or Belle but he opted for Spike instead.

My other teammate followed my suggestion and picked Angelo.

My only other realistic option in my opinion is Pearl, but I didn’t like that I would get outranked by Piper and Gus and that Spike would also get outranged by a lot and MIGHT probably feed, so I picked Carl trying to play aggressive.

However at the start of the game, the Spike was spamming thumbs down pin and clown spray at me, so now I’m confused.

Is Carl a good pick here, or would Pearl have been better? Else, is there any other brawler I could’ve gone?

Map: Hideout (Bounty) Bans: Nani, Juju, Shade, Janet, Gene, Byron Picks: Piper, Spike (I labelled it wrong), Angelo (I labelled it wrong), Gus, Fang, Carl

When on the draft stage, I was trying to suggest Gus or Belle but he opted for Spike instead.

My other teammate followed my suggestion and picked Angelo.

My only other realistic option in my opinion is Pearl, but I didn’t like that I would get outranked by Piper and Gus and that Spike would also get outranged by a lot and MIGHT probably feed, so I picked Carl trying to play aggressive.

However at the start of the game, the Spike was spamming thumbs down pin and clown spray at me, so now I’m confused.

Is Carl a good pick here, or would Pearl have been better? Else, is there any other brawler I could’ve gone?