Jose Capellan Rumors

Astros Toby Hall, Four Others

I don't believe we have covered all of the Astros' recent minor league signings. Brian McTaggart reported yesterday that they've added Toby Hall, Danny Graves, Jose Capellan, Chad Paronto, and Brian Esposito. Hall is the "big name" here; he hit .260/.304/.331 in 136 plate appearances for the White Sox while earning $1.75MM.   Continue Reading

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Denny Bautista To Tigers For Jose Capellan

Jon Paul Morosi has the scoop - the Tigers and Rockies are close to completing a swap of relievers. The Tigers would send Jose Capellan to the Rockies for Denny Bautista. Bautista, 25, was acquired by the Rockies from the Royals in the Jeremy Affeldt swap at the 2006 trading deadline. He'd been a starter for much of his career. He was promising in Triple A in '07 but control problems persisted. You may recall there was a Jose Capellan derby last summer after the Brewers demoted him to Triple A. The Rockies were interested then, too. He turns 27..   Continue Reading

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Tigers Acquire Jose Capellan

The Brewers finally traded reliever Jose Capellan; the Tigers snagged the 26 year-old for southpaw Chris Cody. Many teams kicked the tires on Capellan, but I hadn't seen the Tigers mentioned previously. His work at Triple A was OK. His 7.1 K/9 was nothing special, and his control wasn't great. Same story since his recall to the bigs. I'm not sure how much he's going to help the Tigers, but they will take anything they can get right now. Cody, 23, had just earned a promotion from the Low A Michigan Whitecaps to the High A Lakeland Tigers after posting..   Continue Reading

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Capellan Placed On Restricted List

Exiled Brewers reliever Jose Capellan was placed on the minor league restricted list today for failing to report to the Nashville Sounds today or yesterday. I believe this means he doesn't get paid. The restricted list is a favorite tool of the Pirates (Jody Gerut, Raul Mondesi, Chris Duffy). I'm sure the Brewers are less than thrilled with his attitude, and they've been trying to trade him for a while now. Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal wrote that there was "little demand" for Capellan around baseball despite his six scoreless innings in Triple A. Still, many teams have at least inquired. Doug..   Continue Reading

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Marlins Interested In Jose Capellan

Could we be adding yet another closer candidate to the Marlins? According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, they've got interest in 26 year-old right-handed reliever Jose Capellan. Capellan has thrown 6.1 scoreless innings in Triple A so far. Past suitors: the Rockies, Giants, Devil Rays, and Nationals. It's known that the Nats would like to convert Capellan back to starting; maybe the Fish would do the same. Back in '05 Capellan started 12 games in Triple A, but suffered from control problems. Unfortunately, the Brewers are asking for too much according to Juan C. Rodriguez's source. They want "something big"..   Continue Reading

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Rockies Rumors: Kim, Holliday

A few small Rockies tidbits from Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post: Part of the reason the Rockies were unable to bring reliever Ron Villone aboard was that they didn't have room in their budget. To get some flexibility, they'd love to unload Byung-Hyun Kim's $2.5MM and get a cheap reliever in return. Renck mentions that the Rox have kicked the tires on Milwaukee's recently demoted Jose Capellan. Scott Boras declared yesterday that there will be no in-season negotiations regarding a multiyear contract for Matt Holliday. Holliday won't reach free agency until after 2009, but if he keeps doing..   Continue Reading

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Ken Rosenthal's Latest

Ken Rosenthal has a new update up over at FOX Sports. The trade rumor highlights: Plenty of teams are interested in Brewers reliever Jose Capellan: the Giants, Rockies, Devil Rays, and Nationals. I'm surprised that Capellan was deemed unworthy of the Brewers' pen; he gave them 70 decent innings last year. Rosenthal mentions that the Nats might convert Capellan back to a starter. A fine idea, as that's how Capellan came up with the Braves. He just needs to get his curve and changeup tuned up. The story on Mike Cameron remains the same: the Padres don't want to go..   Continue Reading

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