Tag Archives: Matt Capps
Pirates offered Capps for J.J. Hardy
The Milwaukee Brewers traded J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins last week for center field prospect Carlos Gomez. Today, Dejan Kovacevic reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates offered closer Matt Capps… Read more
Positional Breakdowns: Relief Pitcher
The 2009 season wasn’t exactly a good one for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ bullpen. Pirates’ relievers combined for a 4.61 ERA, ranking 26th in the majors. Their .259 BAA ranked 23rd… Read more
No 100 Here
A batter hitting 30 homers in a season is great, but 29 homers is also good. A batter hitting no homers in a year signifies no power, and one homer… Read more
Matt Capps and his 2009 struggles
Matt Capps has decided that the best way to bounce back in 2010 is to throw more fastballs. I’ve tried a lot of different pitches this year, the slider, the… Read more
Trade Deadline: What's left?
I have to say this: with every move, I’m loving the apparent plan by Neal Huntington more and more. It’s obvious that he’s blowing up the team and starting from… Read more
Rockies to trade for a RH reliever today…Capps?
UPDATE 3:49 PM: The Rockies acquired Rafael Betancourt from the Indians. The good news is that it doesn’t look like Eric Young Jr. is a part of the deal, so… Read more
Jam Packed Pirates Trade Market Preview
At the start of the season I did a trade preview, asking whether the Pirates should trade guys like Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, and Adam LaRoche. The main argument against… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Back to the Futures
The MLB Futures Game is tomorrow at 2 PM EST. Pedro Alvarez and Brad Lincoln will be representing the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Alvarez batting fifth as the DH in the… Read more
Thursday Trade Rumors
UPDATE 8:36 PM: Luis Cruz will get the call, according to Scott McCauley. You could look at this two ways: either the Pirates are going to trade Freddy Sanchez soon,… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Could Garrett Jones be part of the future?
One thing that always frustrates me as a Pittsburgh Pirates fan is the fact that we never seem to stumble on to the “where did that come from” major league… Read more
