The Indians released reliever Matt Capps, according to a tweet from the team. The move enables them to avoid paying a $100K retention bonus, notes Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but the team will continue to negotiate with him. The Tribe released Daisuke Matsuzaka yesterday for the same reason. Here's the full list of Article XX(B) free agents, who today must be placed on the 25-man roster, released outright, or given the $100K bonus if sent to the minors.
Capps, 29, posted a 3.68 ERA, 5.5 K/9, 1.2 BB/9, 1.53 HR/9, and 41.8% groundball rate for the Twins last year in 29 1/3 innings. The former closer missed time with a shoulder injury, and the Twins declined his $6MM club option following the season.
You can check out MLBTR's complete list of current free agents here.
