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Padres Avoid Arbitration With Carter Capps

By Jeff Todd | January 3, 2018 at 1:10pm CDT

The Padres have avoided arbitration with righty Carter Capps, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter). Capps will play at a $1,062,500 rate for the 2018 season.

That’s a bit less than the $1.3MM payday that MLBTR projected him to earn via arbitration, though Capps did not have a strong case for much of a raise. Last year, in his first season of eligibility, he earned $987,500, but did not pitch much in the ensuing season. He can be controlled for one additional campaign through the arb process.

Capps, 27, came to the Friars in the complicated 2016 Andrew Cashner deadline swap. At the time, Capps was recovering from Tommy John surgery. He finally made it back to the hill late in the 2017 campaign, though only in time to throw 12 1/3 innings. And his season ended with another procedure, this time to address thoracic outlet syndrome.

The latest surgery came after Capps showed diminished form in his return to the majors. He managed only seven strikeouts against two walks in his 11 appearances late in 2017. Of greater concern, perhaps, he worked in the 93 mph range with his fastball, over five miles per hour less than his peak.

Still, the Padres are obviously willing to stake a fairly minor bet on a rebound; the hope, perhaps, is that he can show renewed life after the thoracic outlet procedure. The upside is undeniable: Capps was utterly dominant in a breakout 2015 campaign, when he ran a 25.4% swinging-strike rate, 16.8 K/9 against 2.0 BB/9, and 1.16 ERA over 31 innings.

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  1. strostro

    8 years ago

    TJ+TOS=Terrible numbers
    -Matt Harvey
    -Tyson Ross

    Reply
    • AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres

      8 years ago

      When did Tyson Ross have TJS?

      Reply
      • lowtalker1

        8 years ago

        In fantasy land

        Reply
      • halofan20

        8 years ago

        He’s a beast on MLB the show 17 and he’s overpowered on mlb the show 15 lol

        Reply
        • angelsws2020

          8 years ago

          Ya he was

          Reply
  2. Houston We Have A Solution

    8 years ago

    Ok, well now take care of the log jams.

    Send Pirela and Spangenberg to the Blue Jays

    Trade Hand and Solarte to the twins

    Send Headley to the Mariners with a reduced salary to serve as a depth piece at 1st and 3rd for them.

    Let Cordero, Jankowski, Dickerson battle it out for LF.

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    • Injediwetrust

      8 years ago

      I can sign that memo
      -Hacksaw

      Reply
    • 24TheKid

      8 years ago

      Why do the Mariners want Headly?

      Reply
      • Houston We Have A Solution

        8 years ago

        Want? More like tepid interest. Moreso depth then want. Pick any team you want and headley at 3 to 4 mill as a depth piece is appealing.

        Also as a switch hitter hed prob serve as a good platoon partner with healy if vogelbach cant

        Reply
  3. bastros88

    8 years ago

    does he still use his leaping pitching motion, and if so, he’s stupid. That probably led to his injury in the first place

    Reply
    • lowtalker1

      8 years ago

      Sorta, it’s more of an exaggerated toe drag now. He just hasn’t found his form. I hope he does; then he would become a nice piece

      Reply
      • bastros88

        8 years ago

        agree, he’s talented, if he can just find his form, maybe touch up on his mechanics, he’d be solid

        Reply
    • brucewayne

      8 years ago

      I think MLB told him he had to change those pitching mechanics or they were gonna have the Umps start calling balks on him all the time. So he’s altered it.

      Reply

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