Rob Biertempfel, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports Pittsburgh
Pirates CL Matt Capps (shoulder) was placed on the 15-day disabled
list Wednesday, July 2, and will miss at least eight weeks with a
right shoulder injury. Capps returned to Pittsburgh Wednesday to have
a magnetic resonance angiography, which revealed bursitis and
internal rotation deficit in his shoulder and it seems the muscles in
his shoulder are not allowing him to fully extend when he throws.
Capps will not require surgery but will spend four weeks in a rehab
program and another four weeks in a return-to-pitch program. He is
expected to return to the team in early September. Manager John
Russell said RP Tyler Yates, P Romulo Sanchez, RP Damaso Marte and RP
John Grabow would be in the mix to close games while Capps is out.

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to check online for KFFL's Breaking News Analysis on this and other
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