08 - Alex Rigoli, Carter Capps

<p>We hit the diamond this week as we sit down with some of baseball finest! First, we catch up with Miami Marlin scout Alex Rigoli then, we talk with the man with one of the funkiest deliveries in history Carter Capps.</p> <p>Alex Rigoli -&nbsp;</p> <p>Alex has been around baseball her whole life. Daughter of long-time St. Louis Cardinals scout Joe Rigoli, she said she's been scouting players unofficially since she was a kid. After stops with the Rays, Mets and even the office of the MLB commissioner, she found herself as the first ever female in baseball operations for the Miami Marlins. She also played D-III softball at Ramapo College in New Jersey, where she is from.&nbsp;</p> <p>Carter Capps -&nbsp;</p> <p>Capps worked out of the bullpen for the Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins from 2012-2015, missed 2016 after undergoing <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tommy-john/1006515/stats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tommy John</a> surgery and returned to pitch for the San Diego Padres in 2017. Capps had a 100 mph heater, but he’s best known for an unconventional delivery that elicited no shortage of controversy, and ultimately a <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mlb-has-clarified-its-carter-capps-position/">rule change</a>. Along the way, the now-29-year-old right-hander struck out 184 batters in 147-and-two-thirds innings. He’s now coaching at <a href="https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/">Driveline</a>.</p> <p>Off Stage does not own any clips or music used in this episode.&nbsp;</p>