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Memories of Chris Capuano

Edgy MD Dec 02 2011 07:52 PM

smg58 Dec 02 2011 08:13 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

He seemed to have a lot of games where he got through five innings OK, then caved his third time through the lineup. Scary stats from his situational splits: 10 home runs against him in 119 at-bats from pitches 76-90, followed by a .412 BAA from pitches 91-105. CitiField helped him, for sure; at home he gave up 10 HRs in 101 IP, with a respectable 3.81 ERA. On the road: 17 HR in 84 IP and a 5.42 ERA. That should have scared off everybody except maybe the Padres, and yet he got a rather nice deal.

themetfairy Dec 02 2011 08:20 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Workmanlike. Good but not great. Likable enough, but I'm not sure I'll notice enough to miss him.

Edgy MD Dec 02 2011 08:20 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Expectations of eleven.

Fman99 Dec 02 2011 08:24 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Edgy DC wrote: I'll shoot something into your eye, make you squint, lady. (Semen.)

Edgy MD Dec 02 2011 08:40 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

themetfairy wrote: Workmanlike. Good but not great. Likable enough, but I'm not sure I'll notice enough to miss him. I think that's what these threads are good for. Getting our memories recorded before they pass along with the player's tenure.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 02 2011 08:50 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Oh, what a game that was. Otherwise, he always seemed to go 6 innings, letting up either 1 or 5-6 runs, with few in-betweens.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 03 2011 05:04 AM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

First of the players for whom I have an unused retro-card. Capuano won one Schaefer Pitcher of the Month award in 2011 and was in contention for a second one, so I prepared this card just in case:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2011 05:05 AM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

I pretty much hated him. smg nailed his MO, giving us a few strong innings followed by a 5-run 5th that pretty much assured the bullpen was eaten alive every night he went out there, and, lucky us, he never missed a start. There's some value in that reliability we'll have to find in 2012 but the credit he got for that from people like Gary Cohen and Howie Rose was way out of perspective IMO and probably contributed to my lack of regard. You'd think he was Tom Glavine or something.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 03 2011 06:30 AM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

He seemed to have a lot of games where he got through five innings OK, then caved his third time through the lineup. Scary stats from his situational splits: 10 home runs against him in 119 at-bats from pitches 76-90, followed by a .412 BAA from pitches 91-105. CitiField helped him, for sure; at home he gave up 10 HRs in 101 IP, with a respectable 3.81 ERA. On the road: 17 HR in 84 IP and a 5.42 ERA. That should have scared off everybody except maybe the Padres, and yet he got a rather nice deal. To be completely fair, though, he wasn't exactly helped by his defense-- he let up a close-to-career-high .311 BABIP, despite a career-best/better-than-average line-drive rate; IOW, he gave up a lot more hits than he should have, and a lot of those 5-run innings should have been 2-run innings. Plus, he is going to a home park that'll probably play more like Citi than Citi will next year. IOW, presuming he's anywhere near as durable as he was in Metly dress (and there's the rub), he'll probably outplay the contract. He's Randy Wolf or Jeff Francis now, only cheaper than the first, more expensive than the second, and with more swing-and-miss stuff.

G-Fafif Dec 03 2011 06:35 AM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Joins the One-Year Wonder club -- those who stayed on the active roster exactly one entire season without visits to the minors, military, DL or bereavement/paternity leave list. Previous new members: Hisanori Takahashi and Henry Blanco from 2010. There was a little Spring Training "what an erudite rotation!" coverage going around, given the presence of Capuano from Duke, Young from Princeton and Dickey from Planet Dickey, yet the man could not have been less interesting to listen to with Guys! or whomever. He shouldn't lose points for that but as R.A. showed (when JCL wasn't imploring him to STFU), you sure gain points for being fascinating. My favorite thing about him was that one of our British readers (and we have a few, for some reason) called him not Cap or Cappy as others did but Caps. Besides the pre-hurricane masterpiece (that wouldn't have stood out in a pitching-rich lousy year like 1974 but was superb just the same), he started maybe the most exhilarating win of the year, the game that allegedly sank St. Louis's Wild Card hopes when the Mets scored six in the ninth to win 8-6 on September 22. Implicit in that is Caps -- whom the Red Sox tried to acquire that very morning so he could take one potentially season-saving start -- helped dig the Mets their hole, but I remember being modestly impressed that he sucked that day without totally collapsing -- eight hits and two walks in 4.2 IP but "only" 4 runs. "Could have been worse" seems a fitting epitaph for his One Year Only.

Gwreck Dec 03 2011 09:24 AM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

The August 26 game against the Braves needs to be re-mentioned as [crossout:3rm48o77]a[/crossout:3rm48o77] THE highlight of an otherwise extremely crappy summer for the Mets. Best game score of the year.

Ashie62 Dec 03 2011 04:16 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Pitched well enough to make himself unaffordable to the Mets.

Edgy MD Dec 04 2011 08:20 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Tied for 88th all time in Mets victories. T88. Kevin Appier 11 T88. Jerry Dipoto 11 T88. Chris Capuano 11 T88. Wally Whitehurst 11 T88. Tom Gorman 11 T88. Mike Torrez 11 I get the idea that each of those guys had at least one masterful game in his legacy. Plus he's 74th all-time in strikeouts. 72. Kevin Appier 172 73. Pedro Astacio 172 74. Chris Capuano 168 75. Doug Sisk 163 76. Dave Weathers 161 But 102nd in ERA (min. 150 IP) 100. Mike Torrez 4.47 101. Frank Tanana 4.48 102. Chris Capuano 4.55 103. Orel Hershiser 4.58 104. Jason Isringhausen 4.59 Mike Torrez and Kevin Appier. Those aren't names you like to see come up. But unlike them, he was never meant (or paid) to pitch at the top of the rotation.

seawolf17 Dec 04 2011 08:23 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

I remember how we didn't really like him so much, so we didn't give a crap when he signed a contact with another team. Unlike someone else we know, who can go eff himself.

Nymr83 Dec 04 2011 09:25 PM Re: Memories of Chris Capuano

Ashie62 wrote: Pitched well enough to make himself unaffordable to the Mets. Which is fine. He was an injured rent-a-player, He served the Mets' purpose (cheap starter with upside beyond pricetag) and they served his (chance to start in a pitcher's park all year and prove value after injury.) Take care, Chris.