matt capps

The Twins' Bizarre Fascination With Matt Capps
Baseball Nation - 4 days, 5 hours ago
By Grant Brisbee - Editor The Twins sure have expended a lot of time and energy to make sure that Matt Capps hangs around. What's the fascination? Feb 1, 2012 - It's not unusual for teams to have logjams with their good young players.

Twins Talking Points: Matt Capps, the rotation, and Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Puckett's Pond (blog) - 3 days, 18 hours ago
The Matt Capps re-signing is not new news, but I would like to direct your attention to this piece written by Aaron Gleeman. It is the most perfect summary I have seen so far of all the reasons why the Capps deal made no sense at all.

Twins' Matt Capps decision looks even worse today than it originally did
MinnPost.com (blog) - 5 days, 4 hours ago
5, when the Twins re-signed Matt Capps, my objection to the move focused on three things. One was that he just isn't a closer-caliber pitcher. Two was that $4.75 million is far too high a price, particularly given their payroll constraints this ...

Minnesota Twins: Predicting How the Bullpen Will Shake out
Bleacher Report - 2 days, 1 hour ago
Glen Perkins appears poised for a big year, and may be the second in line for saves should Matt Capps falter. It's safe to say the bullpen was a sore spot for the Twins in 2011. The much-maligned group of hurlers were among the worst units in the bigs ...

Twins reliever Capps ready to close in 2012
FS North - 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Twins reliever Matt Capps feels he and his club are poised for a bounce-back campaign in 2012. (Jesse Johnson-US PRESSWIRE) Kevin Gorg has spent the past five years covering the Wild, Timberwolves, Twins and Golden Gophers for FOX Sports North and its ...

An Appreciation of the Organizational Glut of Catchers
McCovey Chronicles - 3 days, 21 hours ago
by Grant Brisbee on Feb 1, 2012 2:15 PM PST Earlier today, I had an article up on Baseball Nation on the bizarre fascination the Twins have with Matt Capps. It cost them one of their prized prospects in Wilson Ramos. It wasn't a big deal until Joe ...

Thursday Links – Groundhog Edition
Puckett's Pond (blog) - 3 days, 12 hours ago
Nick Nelson wonders in Ryan was took quick on the trigger when he jettisoned Kevin Slowey and signed Matt Capps. Nelson argues that Slowey's value was never lower, and after the Rockies flipped him to Cleveland that definitily appears to be the case, ...

Free Agent Signings
Winnipeg Free Press - 1 day, 18 hours ago
MINNESOTA (6) — Signed Jamey Carroll, of, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $6.5 million, two-year contract; signed Ryan Doumit, c, Pittsburgh, to a $3 million, one-year contract; re-signed Matt Capps, rhp, to a $4.75 million, one-year contract; ...