Vinny Capra traded

[Wood Hall]

Pittsburgh has acquired Vinny Capra from Toronto. He was at Buffalo in the International League; now he's with Indianapolis in the same league.

 

[SFspidur]

Vinny was called up to the Pirates yesterday.

 

[Wood Hall]

Vinny was called up to the Pirates yesterday.

Good for him, didn't see it in the transactions.

Infielder Tucupita Marcano tore an ACL and will be out for the season. They also traded IF Rudolfo Castro to the Phillies. Maybe Vinny can get more than a cup of coffee this time.

 

[SFspidur]

Vinny was optioned back down to Indy a few days ago after playing in two games with the Pirates.

Subbed in late at 3B in his first game and went 0-for-1, then played a full game at 2B where he went 1-for-3 plus a walk and scored a run.

 

[Wood Hall]

Well he was up for five days and earned about $20K. Makes it easier to survive in AAA.

 

[GKiller]

Capra got called back up 8/21 & played the last few games for Pirates

 

[Wood Hall]

He hit a double today (8/30) for his first MLB XBH and first career RBI.

 

[Wood Hall]

He just about has 43 days of MLB service time, including last year's time with Toronto. It's key to his financial future to stay up for the rest of the season and get past 43 days of service time.

A player must have spent at least 43 days in the majors (service time) to receive the minimum pension of $34,000. Service time applies to the amount of days a player is on a roster, not games played.

Depending on when he starts his pension, that could be a significant chunk of money over his lifetime. With the rosters expanded to 28 now, hopefully he can make it through the end of the season and qualify.

 

[GKiller]

Capra was optioned back to AAA on Sept 15 but at least he got more extended time in the big leagues this go around.

 

[Wood Hall]

Capra was optioned back to AAA on Sept 15 but at least he got more extended time in the big leagues this go around.

Yes, and I think he hit the 43-day service time mark.

 

[Wood Hall]

The Pirates recalled an infielder yesterday for the final week but it wasn't Vinny.

 

[Wood Hall]

Vinny signed with Milwaukee in the offseason and is now their 40-man roster, a big key for making the 26-man out of spring training.

Their AAA affiliate is Nashville, not a horrible place to be if you don't make the big team.

 

[Wood Hall]

Vinny is on Nashville's roster. He's on Milwaukee's 40-man roster, which is good. He gets paid more and they don't have to dump anyone to recall him from the minors.

 

[Wood Hall]

I was on vacation and did not see that Vinny was recalled by the Brewers on July3, and sent back down on July 12. He was 1-for-9 with a run. He's been a regular at Nashville all season.

 

[Wood Hall]

His 9-day stay in MLB earned him about $36,900, given that the NMLB minimum salary is $740,000 based on a 180-day season. Nice little bit of scratch that helps. Minor-league players are paid much better than 10 years ago, though, thanks to the players going to bat for them in the current Collective bargaining Agreement.

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[Eight Legger]

Four spring training home runs so far for Vinny! Making a nice case to make the Brewers' roster.

 

[Wood Hall]

Four spring training home runs so far for Vinny! Making a nice case to make the Brewers' roster.

He's still on their 40-man, so that helps.