At the beginning of spring training there were a lot of articles about how the team appreciated Matt's willingness to pitch last year despite the fact that he was hurting, about how he hasn't run away and about how he wants to redeem himself in the eyes of the local fan base that got use to booing him off the field last year. Since then however most media members have quietly avoided the subject of Matt Capps as he has done nothing during spring training to quell the notion that last year was an anomaly except for a few quick references to a so called new pitch (split-finger fastball apparently). So far this spring Capps as nearly as many homeruns allowed (4) as strikeouts (5). Certainly cause for concern no matter how "meaningless" spring stats are. You'd think at some point as a professional he'd simply take a step back and realize that he should stick to eating meat and not serving it up to opposing hitters. If his fastball and slider remain flat, and his new found split-finger turns out to be a mere floater pitch... buckle up.
