I'm writing a series of guest posts at FanGraphs, one of the first places baseball fans go for top analysis and stats. Today, I point out that Joe Nathan and Matt Capps could hit free agency after the season and explain why I don't see both pitchers leaving the Twins.
I hope Nathan has a good year and they re-up him for two more years. I don’t care what his age is, if he can still do it then a two year deal would be fine with me. I was happy he re-signed last time.
Capps can go away.
Care Bears scare me more then that.
I don’t see both leaving, nor both returning. If both can get closer money on the free agent market, which is likely, then there is no sense in paying an inflated price for a set up guy. The Twins have made some payroll commitments to what they believe will be their core guys, and they’re pushing maximum density about now. They’ll need the wiggle room on the payroll.