On a major league roster — or even the White Sox’s roster — Vinny Capra is most effective as a fire extinguisher. He provides a measure of security in the event of calamity, but if you’re using him every other day, you should probably reevaluate your processes before the fire marshal does it for you.
When the White Sox called up Capra in mid-May and gave him five total plate appearances over his first 10 days on the roster, his purpose was clear and unique. He was around to provide competent defensive play option at a whole host of positions after the dust settled from all of Venable’s other in-game substitutions. It doesn’t make sense for a player like Brooks Baldwin, optioned to Charlotte a couple days later once Austin Slater returned, to rust himself fixed to a major league bench. For a guy like Capra, who turns 29 in a couple of weeks and is in the middle of his fourth major league audition for his fourth different organization, every day on a 26-man roster is a blessing.
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