Headlines

  • White Sox Sign Noah Syndergaard To Minor League Deal
  • Corbin Carroll Diagnosed With Wrist Fracture
  • Reds Designate Jeimer Candelario For Assignment
  • Hoops Rumors Has The Latest On NBA Draft, Free Agency
  • Mets Option Francisco Alvarez
  • Reds To Promote Chase Burns For MLB Debut
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2025
    • Free Agent Contest Leaderboard
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Retirement Notes: Pelfrey, Capuano, Hinojosa

By Jeff Todd | March 6, 2018 at 11:51am CDT

We’ll use this post to round up some recent news from a few veteran hurlers whose playing days appear to be at an end:

  • Right-hander Mike Pelfrey appears to be moving on from his days on the mound, as Wayne Cavadi of NCAA.com reported recently (thanks to alert reader Alex Hudson for the tip). Pelfrey, who played at Wichita State University and is finishing up his degree there, has agreed to join the baseball coaching staff of another local school, Newman University. After a dozen years in the majors, the former ninth-overall pick says that teaching pitching was a natural progression. “After a couple of surgeries and I felt like the last couple of years that my abilities were declining, I got more into that mentor role,” says Pelfrey. Assuming this is indeed the end of the line, Pelfrey will finish his big-league run with 1,476 1/3 innings of 4.68 ERA pitching. After a long stretch with the Mets, the sinkerballer spent three seasons with the Twins before finishing things off with the Tigers and White Sox over the past two campaigns. The above-linked post features an extensive chat with Pelfrey and is well worth a look for those with interest in the big righty.
  • It seems that another dozen-year big-league veteran, southpaw Chris Capuano, is in the same boat. In an interesting chat with Garry Brown of The Republican earlier this year, the southpaw indicated that he’s finished with his pitching career. Instead of continuing the grind, as had previously seemed possible, Capuano plans to pursue a master’s degree and perhaps ultimately work with the MLB Player’s Association in some capacity. Like Pelfrey, Capuano tossed over fourteen-hundred frames at the game’s highest level. Even as he battled through injuries and bounced between six organizations, Capuano was a model of stability on the mound. He compiled a solid lifetime 4.38 ERA and rarely strayed too far from that level of pitching. Capuano will no doubt be best remembered for his six seasons with the Brewers; the lefty found early-career success in Milwaukee and finished his playing career there in 2016.
  • It seems that another former MLB hurler, Dalier Hinojosa, is also finished with his playing career, as he recently told Francys Romero of Ciber Cuba. Hinojosa, 32, long played for the Guantanamo entrant in Cuba’s Serie Nacional. He came to affiliated ball in 2014, reaching the majors in each of the next two seasons. While he only has thrown 35 2/3 MLB innings, most of them with the Phillies, Hinojosa will finish his brief MLB career with a shiny 1.51 ERA. Despite posting those solid numbers, bringing a fastball that sat at 94 mph, and getting swings and misses with about one out of every ten pitches, Hinojosa was outrighted by the Phillies after the end of the 2016 season and was later released. He did not appear in 2017 after shoulder issues arose.
Share 0 Retweet 38 Send via email0

Transactions Chris Capuano Dalier Hinojosa Mike Pelfrey Retirement

Extension Candidate: Whit Merrifield
Main
Athletics Release Brandon Moss
View Comments (15)
Post a Comment

15 Comments

  1. dynamite drop in monty

    7 years ago

    Say it ain’t so, BIG PELF

    1
    Reply
    • dugdog83

      7 years ago

      He retired when he signed with Detroit.

      Innings eater.

      Reply
      • dynamite drop in monty

        7 years ago

        Do you claim clairvoyance ?

        Reply
  2. diddlez

    7 years ago

    Man, for as mediocre a pitcher he was, he killed it in the earning category. Good job Mike Pelfrey.

    1
    Reply
    • czontixhldr

      7 years ago

      My thoughts exactly.

      $46mm. Damn.

      Also, you are being generous calling Pelfrey “mediocre:.

      The last few seasons he wasn’t even THAT good.

      1
      Reply
      • jdgoat

        7 years ago

        That’s the magic of Scott Boras. If you hate him for some reason, you got to admit he’s damn good at his job.

        3
        Reply
        • PopeMarley

          7 years ago

          I don’t understand using the word “hate” for someone you’ve never met or will never meet.

          6
          Reply
  3. Senioreditor

    7 years ago

    There’s no more room in MLB for the older starter anymore. You’re either a #1 or #2 or you’re a inexpensive veteran or a cheap inexperienced player now. It’s looking more and more like the NBA, a few will earn most of the money.

    Reply
    • Jbigz12

      7 years ago

      RA Dickey would have had no shortage of offers if he wanted to play this year. CC didn’t have a problem getting a deal either. If you can still pitch you’ll have a job.

      Reply
  4. tiger9

    7 years ago

    Off you go Mike..should have retired two years ago

    1
    Reply
    • oldleftylong

      7 years ago

      Uh, at least three.

      Reply
  5. kled

    7 years ago

    I’ll always remember Capuano as the guy who got DFA’d by the Yankees every other week. Never seen anything like then or since.

    Reply
  6. pdxbrewcrew

    7 years ago

    I love whenever a player involved in the Richie Sexson trade is talked about. It allows me to drop the name Noochie Varner.

    Jesus, that deal was 14 years ago.

    1
    Reply
    • matt41265

      7 years ago

      time flies

      Reply
    • marvinpants

      7 years ago

      I remember Sexson playing in Seattle and people walking around with his jersey on, what a disrespect to baseball we deal with in Seattle.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    White Sox Sign Noah Syndergaard To Minor League Deal

    Corbin Carroll Diagnosed With Wrist Fracture

    Reds Designate Jeimer Candelario For Assignment

    Hoops Rumors Has The Latest On NBA Draft, Free Agency

    Mets Option Francisco Alvarez

    Reds To Promote Chase Burns For MLB Debut

    A.J. Puk Undergoes Elbow Surgery; Gabriel Moreno Diagnosed With Fractured Finger

    Mariners Designate Rowdy Tellez For Assignment

    Braves To Select Didier Fuentes

    Anthopoulos On Trading Chris Sale: “Will Not Happen”

    Rays Owner Stuart Sternberg In “Advanced” Talks To Sell Team

    Rafael Devers To Start Work At First Base With Giants

    Giants Acquire Rafael Devers

    Shohei Ohtani To Make Dodgers Pitching Debut On Monday

    Roki Sasaki No Longer Throwing; No Timetable For Return

    Nationals To Promote Brady House

    White Sox, Brewers Swap Aaron Civale, Andrew Vaughn

    Justin Martínez To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Brewers’ Aaron Civale Requests Trade

    Angels To Promote Christian Moore

    Recent

    White Sox Sign Noah Syndergaard To Minor League Deal

    The Opener: Burns, Simpson, MLBTR Chat

    Trade Deadline Outlook: Philadelphia Phillies

    Corbin Carroll Diagnosed With Wrist Fracture

    Twins Have Exercised Rocco Baldelli’s 2026 Option

    Blue Jays Release Erik Swanson

    Tyler Nevin Signs Two-Year Extension With NPB’s Seibu Lions

    Royals Option Kyle Wright

    White Sox Outright Caleb Freeman

    Poll: AL MVP Race Check-In

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • Nolan Arenado Rumors
    • Dylan Cease Rumors
    • Luis Robert Rumors
    • Marcus Stroman Rumors

     

    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • 2024-25 Offseason Outlook Series
    • 2025 Arbitration Projections
    • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version