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Twins’ acquire Matt Capps for Wilson Ramos in review
Two seasons ago, Joe Nathan went down in Spring Training and the Twins were forced to find a closer from within their organization. They chose Jon Rauch, and from opening day until July 30, Rauch was 21/25 on save attempts with a 3.05 ERA. Now, Rauch didn’t fit the closer mold, as he no longer [...]
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Capps' redemption comes day after blown save
MINNEAPOLIS Some closers have to wait several days before getting a chance to redeem themselves after a blown save. Matt Capps had to wait just 24 hours.
One day after blowing his first save of the year Sunday in a loss to Detroit, Capps bounced back by picking up the save Monday in Minnesota's 5-4 come-from-behind win over the visiting Oakland Athletics.
On Sunday, Capps...
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Capps regaining form after rough 2011
Twins closer Matt Capps' best pitch this season is one he didn't throw until two months ago.
Capps, in his third year with Minnesota, developed a split-finger fastball during spring training. The pitch looks like a fastball as it approaches the plate but dives off at the end. His use of it began as a suggestion from former Twins closer Eddie Guardado, who was serving as...
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13 days ago
Twins' closer Capps not getting excited by great start
Matt Capps converted his seventh save in as many opportunities in Minnesota's 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, but he's not beating his chest. At one point during a 99-loss 2011, he was booed off Target Field in four consecutive games, so he knows things can change. "Go look at my numbers at this point last year; they were pretty good," Capps...
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7 closers on DL, showing it's a high-risk job
Matt Capps made a fist and superstitiously tapped the wooden side of his locker in the Twins clubhouse. He's gotten through the opening weeks of the season unscathed.
Seven other closers haven't been so fortunate, landing on the disabled list before the end of April.
It's a painful reminder that getting those last three outs can be dangerous stuff. Between a third and...
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April 25, 2012
Gardy: 'We'll take our chances with (Capps)'
MINNEAPOLIS Matt Capps heard the boos. How could he not? He heard them on more than one occasion, raining down on him from the Minnesota Twins faithful at Target Field.
With closer Joe Nathan still recovering from 2010 Tommy John surgery, Capps was occasionally inserted into the ninth-inning role for Minnesota early in the 2011 season. But Capps struggled mightily. In a span of...
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February 10, 2012
Twins reliever Capps ready to close in 2012
Back in the summer of 2010, Matt Capps was acquired by the Twins in a trade with the Washington Nationals for catcher Wilson Ramos and pitcher Joe Testa. Through Oct. 2 of that first year in Minnesota, Capps was brilliant, converting 16 of 18 save opportunities.
Once Joe Nathan returned Capps was happy to move to the set-up role for the Twins at the start of the 2011 season. However...
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January 09, 2012
Twins bring back Matt Capps to close in 2012
When it was
announced that the Minnesota Twins
had a deal in place to bring back closer Matt Capps, the move has been met
with streams of vitriol for the obvious reasons.
The first and
foremost reason was that Capps’s 2011 season was a big bag of flaming poo.
Elevated back into the closer’s role after Joe Nathan returned prematurely from
Tommy John surgery, Capps struggled...
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December 06, 2011
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December 06, 2011
Minnesota Twins Give Matt Capps One-Year Deal, We LOL
Well, it's not so much that we laughed out loud... it was more like a disgusted groan. Out loud. Then we chuckled at the absolute stupidity of the deal, and our rash belief that Terry Ryan was going to do anything to point the Minnesota Twins in the opposite direction of bad decisions.
Those feelings were the aftermath of the news that the club has re-signed that fat, save...
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December 05, 2011
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December 05, 2011
Mets maybe interested in Matt Capps...
The Mets maybe interested in Matt Capps, Adam Rubin caught up to the agent for Capps at the GM meetings and had the following to say;Paul Kinzer sees a match between client Matt Capps and the Mets, who need a closer. And Kinzer intimated there already had been dialogue between the parties.“Yeah, I could see it,” Kinzer said about a fit with the Mets.Asked if he had seen the interest...
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November 14, 2011
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November 14, 2011
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