Will Capuano’s Performance Bonuses Hasten His Exit?

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• Clayton Collier August 15, 2011 at 12:47 pm

  In my interview with Andy Martino I asked him about Capuano’s possibility of being moved prior to the July 31st deadline, and he said:

  “Capuano makes sense, although there haven’t been a whole lot of rumblings there yet.”

  I’d agree with you 100% I would love to see Schwinden start in Flushing by the end of 2011. He leads Triple-A in most categories along with Julio Teheran and Mike Minor, two pitchers who have been up to the majors already this year.
  • t agee August 15, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    I think it’s more like this. Alderson got the two starting pitchers he felt were the best candidates to reestablish themselves. Signed them to one year deals hopeing that he would get a good year out of each and under the best of circumstances both pitch well enough to earn type B status as free agents.

    Then he offers arb, (it’s based off the base salary, not incentives), gets turned down and picks up two supplemental round selections in the 2012 draft.

    Now with no hope of Capuano being a type B he’ll look to see if there’s anything he can extract from a pennant contender.
    • alex68 August 15, 2011 at 1:53 pm

      I think it’s more like this. Alderson got the two starting pitchers he felt were the best candidates to reestablish themselves”

      you mean the 2 starting pitchers who were the cheapest candidates!!???? this is exactly what i said about you praising him.. this man did nothing to help a ball club that with 2 or 3 good move and no injuries will be even better than what it is now.. that’s the reality
      • t agee August 15, 2011 at 9:49 pm

        No, that’s not what I said. I said re establish themselves as in prove to everyone their healthy and can still pitch. You said cheapest. Not me, YOU.

        Secondly, YOU said I was praising Alderson. I never said that. What I did discuss was the thought process behind the signing. IE: What Alderson could potentially turn him into if he did perform (or they both did)

        I didn’t offer an opinion on whether I thought it was a good move or not and without doing so can not be accused of even being complimentary toward him, let alone be accused of praising him.

        No where in that comment was there even the slightest hint of an opinion, favorable or not, just a dispassionate remark of what I thought his thinking was in signing Capuano and Young.

        This is a good example of what a waste of time this website has become. Instead of discussing a baseball issue you have to constantly correct people from reading what THEY want your comments to say so they can start some sort of unrelated discussion.

        There was no opinion rendered in my comment one way or the other and without an opinion on the signings how could there be praise for it?

        A waste of 5 minutes.
  • Petey Pete August 15, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    “I would love to see Schwinden start in Flushing by the end of 2011. He leads Triple-A in most categories along with Julio Teheran and Mike Minor, two pitchers who have been up to the majors already this year.”

    Huh? Clayton I hate to burst your Schwinden bubble, but he’s not leading AAA in any categories at all. Can you clarify which categories you were referring to? All I could find for him is he is 14th in the International League in ERA, tied for 7th in the league in strikeouts, and 12th in WHIP. That’s not so impressive when guys like Pat Misch have similar numbers. As a matter of fact, Schwinden ain’t no Julio Teheran, or Mike Minor for that matter. He’s not even on the same planet as those two guys.
    • Clayton Collier August 15, 2011 at 7:48 pm

      Last time I checked he was among the league leaders in ERA and WHIP and close to the top in Ks. Must’ve had a few bad starts