Sandy Alderson and the New York Mets made a very shrewd move when they picked up Chris Capuano on a one year deal heading into the 2011 season. Some of Chris Capuano’s numbers make your eyes hurt – most notably his 4.55 ERA – but his performance was a little better than someone might think. His 4.04 FIP indicates that his skills were better than the surface results. Even though Chris Capuano provided the New York Mets with some solid innings, he is unlikely to come back to Queens according to Jon Heyman. Understandably, he wants a multi-year deal. At 33, I’m sure he would love a three year pact, but he might have to settle for two. The New York Mets on the other hand would prefer to just work on a one year deal for the Chris Capuano types. On one hand, I am a tiny bit disappointed about this, but on the other hand I really don’t think there will be that much of a drop off from his replacement. Furthermore, a lot of Chris Capuano’s value ca...
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