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Minor MLB Transactions: 2/29/16

By Steve Adams | February 29, 2016 at 2:14pm CDT

Outfielder Andrew Brown, who had been in big league camp with the Angels as a non-roster invitee, has now elected to retire from baseball rather than embark on a 10th professional season, MLB.com’s Alden Gonzalez tweets. According to Gonzalez, the 31-year-old Brown decided he would rather spend time with his children than continue to pursue a playing career. Brown last appeared in the Majors as a member of the 2014 Mets. In parts of four big league seasons, the former 18th-rounder batted .220/.281/.390 with 14 homers in 362 plate appearances. Brown went overseas and enjoyed great success in Korea last year, where he batted .261/.360/.496 with 28 homers in his lone KBO experience. Best wishes to Andrew in whatever steps he takes following his playing career.

Here are the day’s minor transactions from around the league…

  • The D-backs have signed former Pirates/Nationals/Twins closer Matt Capps to a minor league contract, according to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy. Earlier this month, FOX’s Jon Morosi reported that Capps was eyeing a big league comeback after having been absent from the Majors since 2012. After being non-tendered by the Pirates and signed to a one-year deal by the Nationals prior to the 2010 season, Capps was traded to the Twins in one of the more lopsided swaps in recent memory, with Wilson Ramos heading to the Nats in exchange. Capps did go on to pitch well in his first half-season with Minnesota before struggling in 2011 and 2012. The 32-year-old has a lifetime 3.52 ERA with 6.5 K/9, 1.7 BB/9 and a 39.5 percent ground-ball rate in 439 2/3 innings as a big league reliever.
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  1. A'sfaninUK

    9 years ago

    Wrong Andrew Brown linked

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  2. Sky14

    9 years ago

    The Capps-Ramos swap doesn’t appear nearly as lopsided as it did at the time. Ramos has only compiled a 6.4 WAR in 5.5 seasons with the Nats. The deal was still favorable for the Nats but because of injuries the Twins only gave up a slightly better than replacement level catcher for a reliever who helped them win the division in 2010.

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  3. Cam

    9 years ago

    Matt Capps had potentially, the straightest fastball I have ever seen.

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