It's time to look at one of the new additions to the Dodgers rotation and which pitchers around the majors have a similar skill set as him. Chris Capuano was signed as a free-agent after leaving the New York Mets. Capuano does have peripherals that compare to some pretty good pitchers like Ian Kennedy and Matt Garza. Capuano did put up much better stats at home than on the road but I am looking at three skill stats in which park factors do not play a big role in. Below are Capuano's closest comparables (using 2010 and 2011 stats, min of 150 IP).
RankNameK/9BB/9GB/FB Chris Capuano7.882.611.05 1Ian Kennedy7.922.70.91 2Matt Garza7.772.81.04 3Homer Bailey7.692.731.07 4Josh Beckett8.172.721.09 5Jake Peavy7.592.430.99 6Colby Lewis8.192.710.77 7Scott Baker7.992.240.8 8Max Scherzer8.252.91.02 9James Shields8.212.291.18 10CC Sabathia8.092.561.51 11Madison Bumgarner7.92.051.3 12Anibal Sanchez8.263.081.21 13Tommy Hanson8.522.760.99 14Shaun Marcum7.342.270.88 15Ted Lilly7.552.210...
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December 19, 2011
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Over the weekend Matt Kemp decided to head on down to the “Sayer’s Club” located in Los Angeles to check out his buddy Common’s preview party for his new album titled “The Dreamer, The Believer”. Kemp along with other industry professionals and fans were treated to an impromptu performance/jam session from Common…...
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December 20, 2011
Former Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda is close to signing a contract with an unnamed team that is not expected to be the Yankees, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports.
Rumor is that Kuroda is looking for a $12-$13 million deal this offseason and he was open to a deal with the Yankees. However, Brown said that when he contacted the Yankees to see if they were the team that was supposedly...
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December 21, 2011
28-year old righty reliever Ronald Belisario missed the entire 2011 season due to visa problems but he has finally been cleared to return to the states. He will now have to serve a 25-game suspension when the 2012 season due to a MLB suspension. He last pitched in the majors in 2010 with the Dodgers. Belisario has pitched in 128 games (0 starts) in his first two years with the...
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December 19, 2011
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly decided to take a swing ... at acting.
The six-time All-Star took the stage during an Evansville (Ind.) ballet performance of "The Nutcracker."
Mattingly played Mother Ginger, who is a giant female character who's skirt and petticoats hide more than six children.
After the kids make their way out of the skirt, they dance...
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December 19, 2011
The Dodgers signed veteran left-handed reliever and local product John Grabow today to a minor-league deal. Well, the announcement was today, but this news was broken on Saturday by John Scanlan, a Dodger fan, on Twitter."#Dodgers sign LHP John Grabow. Terms not known."Scanlan coached Grabow in high school, which is how he heard about this news before any media reported...
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December 18, 2011
LA Dodgers star Matt Kemp was in attendance on Friday at Power 106′s Cali Christmas concert. Matt also introduced the night’s headliner, Drake. That’s funny right?
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December 19, 2011
Frank McCourt's sales pitch advises that the Dodgers' average ticket price last season ranked 10th in the major leagues, even though the team plays in the second-largest market in the majors.Frank McCourt's sales pitch landed on the desks of prospective Dodgers bidders Monday, and the ideas on how to make money from the team included this one: Raise ticket prices.
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December 19, 2011
Supporters of the arts in Evansville, Illinois are receiving a little something extra in (their) stockings this year thanks to Lori Mattingly. The wife of the Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, she managed to convince her once famously mustachioed husband to participate in the annual Nutcracker ballet. Appearing on stage as Mother Ginger, complete with giant hoop skirt and...
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December 20, 2011
The Colorado Rockies signed free-agent third baseman Casey Blake to a one-year, $2 million contract.
The deal, announced Tuesday, is pending a physical.
The 38-year-old Blake was limited to only 63 games last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers because of injuries.
Blake is a .264 career hitter with 167 home runs and 616 RBIs.
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December 19, 2011
Today, The Dodgers signed left-hander John Grabow to a minor-league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. (Speaking of those invitiations, do you think there is a formal printed invitation? "The Los Angeles Dodgers request the honor of your presence at their Spring Training camp in beautiful Glendale, Arizona. Please select meat, fish, or vegetarian and RSVP by February...
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December 18, 2011
LA Times' Dylan Hernandez enticed my inner-masochist tonight with the headline, Dodgers are just about done with shopping. Hernandez breaks down the load of poop that Ned is leaving under the tree this year for us.
This pretty much sums it up:
Mentioning the well-documented financial restraints imposed on the Dodgers and New York Mets' front offices, [Agent Scott] Boras...
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December 19, 2011
The Dodgers have signed veteran left-handed reliever John Grabow to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.
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December 19, 2011
The Dodgers signed lefty reliever John Grabow to a minor league deal, tweeted John Scanlan on Saturday. This morning, MLBTR confirmed the transaction.
Grabow, 33, was acquired by the Cubs from the Pirates in July of '09. He signed a two-year, $7.5MM extension four months later. Over those two seasons Grabow posted a 5.52 ERA, 5.9 K/9, 4.2 BB/9, and 1.4 HR/9 in 88 innings...
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