Comments on: Twins Overpay for Matt Capps http://puckettspond.com/2010/07/29/twins-overpay-for-matt-capps/ A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Matt Capps and the Bullpen | Twinkie Talk | A Minnesota Twins Blog http://puckettspond.com/2010/07/29/twins-overpay-for-matt-capps/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Matt Capps and the Bullpen | Twinkie Talk | A Minnesota Twins Blog Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:02:50 +0000 http://twinkietalk.com/?p=2077#comment-1023 [...] the Twins’ big move at the trading deadline was to shore up their bullpen. Fetch already weighed in with his opinion, and I agree that trading away a top prospect (especially a catching prospect) for what amounts to [...] [...] the Twins’ big move at the trading deadline was to shore up their bullpen. Fetch already weighed in with his opinion, and I agree that trading away a top prospect (especially a catching prospect) for what amounts to [...]

]]> By: Fetch http://puckettspond.com/2010/07/29/twins-overpay-for-matt-capps/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Fetch Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:43:45 +0000 http://twinkietalk.com/?p=2077#comment-1020 I agree with you about feeling uneasy when Rauch was in there. But I felt uneasy with Nathan a lot too and the guy was one of the best in the game. Even the best scouts in baseball get fooled when they rely only on their eyes and feelings. I do think Capps will end up being probably the best reliever in the pen, but this is still too high of a price. And since every team needs to be represented in the ASG and the number of guys who back out every year, saying someone is an All-Star isn't saying too much. I agree with you about feeling uneasy when Rauch was in there. But I felt uneasy with Nathan a lot too and the guy was one of the best in the game. Even the best scouts in baseball get fooled when they rely only on their eyes and feelings.

I do think Capps will end up being probably the best reliever in the pen, but this is still too high of a price. And since every team needs to be represented in the ASG and the number of guys who back out every year, saying someone is an All-Star isn’t saying too much.

]]> By: jimbo92107 http://puckettspond.com/2010/07/29/twins-overpay-for-matt-capps/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 jimbo92107 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:44:21 +0000 http://twinkietalk.com/?p=2077#comment-1018 I agree that the price was too high, but Capps was a closer in the All Star game. You really think Rauch was as good as that? If the Twins were leading by one run going into the ninth inning, did you feel confident that Jon Rauch would slam the door? I didn't. I always felt the team was dancing on thin ice with Rauch at closer. His surprisingly positive results were in large part due to luck - guys hitting line drives right to the outfielders. I'm assuming Matt Capps isn't that chancy. I agree that the price was too high, but Capps was a closer in the All Star game. You really think Rauch was as good as that? If the Twins were leading by one run going into the ninth inning, did you feel confident that Jon Rauch would slam the door? I didn’t. I always felt the team was dancing on thin ice with Rauch at closer. His surprisingly positive results were in large part due to luck – guys hitting line drives right to the outfielders. I’m assuming Matt Capps isn’t that chancy.

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