Nov
17
2011

Alderson Meets With Reps For RHP Matt Capps

An article by Hojo's Mojo

As I posted last night, Newsday’s Ken Davidoff confirmed that the Mets met with the representatives for free agent RHP Frank Francisco.

Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger is reporting that Sandy Alderson also met with the representative for reliever Matt Capps.

Last season with the Minnesota Twins, relief pitcher Matt Capps went 4-7 with 15 saves and a 4.25 ERA.

The Mets GM has made revamping of the bullpen one of his top priorities this offseason after seeing the bullpen fall apart after the trade of closer Francisco Rodriguez.

“One of the reasons it didn’t go well the last couple of months is that nobody really stepped in for Frankie when he left,” Alderson said.

Carig says that “the Mets intend to cast a wide net in their search for bullpen help”, and Alderson feels confident that “things are starting to take some shape.”

He did not dismiss the possibility that he could take another chance on Jason Isringhausen, “he’s a possibility,” Alderson said.

“You look at our pen from last year, we didn’t have an abundance of really good arms. We need to develop more of those guys out of the system. We have some that are coming.”

It looks like most of the spending this offseason will be in the bullpen aside from the Reyes situation. Alderson wants two veteran arms that are solid and reliable.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with strategy?

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9 Comments + Add Comment

Metsie November 17, 2011 at 8:24 am

Is signing another 4+ ERA relief pitcher really what we need to be doing?
Don’t we have enough of those already?
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown November 17, 2011 at 12:47 pm
  
  None that has had Capps previous success.
Metfan Lou November 17, 2011 at 8:51 am

I think he is going after the best available arms on a tight budget. He is doing the right thing to try and hold the team together and play a respectable brand of professional baseball unti the farm system develops the talent we need and this is a budget conscious way of doing that.
Original Mets Fan November 17, 2011 at 10:07 am

10 homers in 66 innings, 4.5 K/9 and he gives up more hits than innings pitched, what’s the allure? We already have that on the team, where is the upgrade?
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown November 17, 2011 at 12:46 pm
  
  Well part of the allure is he was very successful in the national league prior to last year(which was a down).Capps goes after hitters and throws strikes doesnt walk hitters at all. His stock is down because he’s coming off of a down year, still a young pick up at 28yrs old. And if he pitches well for the mets and we’re out of playoff contention he could be a deadline deal….either this year or next for a decent prospect depending the contract given.The nats got back Wilson Ramos for him a year ago at the deadline. He is a high reward low risk signing,if he was coming off of a good year he’d be out of our price range which is something I thought I’d never say as a Mets fan.
Russell Zanca November 17, 2011 at 10:11 am

He certainly was good quality in 2010. No reason he cannot be successful similarly again. Relievers, even some of the elites, have some up and down years.
Alex68 November 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm

“One of the reasons it didn’t go well the last couple of months is that nobody really stepped in for Frankie when he left,” Alderson said.

is he serious!!?!? when frankly left?? does alderson mean “when i dumped him for crap and salary reasons?? smh, also, is matt capps a type A free agent?? or B? we all know we’re not signing anybody type A or B this year..
- Metsie November 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
  
  LOL should have been more like “One of the reasons it didn’t go well the last couple of months is that nobody really stepped in for Omar when he left”
  
  Just some guy trying to liquidate a franchise!
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