AP source: Twins keep Matt Capps for $4.75 million

Matt Capps
Minnesota Twins pitcher Matt Capps throws against the Cleveland Indians in the eighth inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Minneapolis. Capps had the win and the Twins defeated the Indians 7-5.
AP Photo/Genevieve Ross

By RONALD BLUM
AP Sports Writer

DALLAS (AP) - A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that closer Matt Capps and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $4.75 million, one-year contract.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal had not yet been announced.

Capps gets $4.5 million this year, and the contract includes a $6 million option with a $250,000 buyout.

A 28-year-old right-hander, Capps had 15 saves this year in his first full season with the Twins, who acquired him from Washington in June 2010.

Capps and Joe Nathan both closed games for Minnesota this year. Nathan, a four-time All-Star, left the Twins last month for a $14.5 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers.

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