http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 08:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/comment-page-1/#comment-16941 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:19:08 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2814#comment-16941 What is left unsaid, of course, is that those 16 teams (including the Pirates) may value him at $1-2 million, rather than the $4 million plus that the Pirates – or any team he was traded to – would likely have had to pay him in arbitration. I think we have to wait and see what he gets on the market before criticizing the Pirates too much on this one.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/comment-page-1/#comment-16940 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2814#comment-16940 The other question, is why didn’t one of the 16 teams lining up to sign him, call and try to trade for him. They could have gotten him without having to vie with everyone else.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/comment-page-1/#comment-16939 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:02:55 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2814#comment-16939 The only explanation for this is incompetence.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/comment-page-1/#comment-16938 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:51:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2814#comment-16938 This series of events definitely calls for one of your snarky and more amusing tags.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/15/interest-in-matt-capps-mounting/comment-page-1/#comment-16937 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:27:32 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2814#comment-16937 Alright Craig, I give. The Pirates screwed the pooch on this one.

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