Tribe add Giambi, release Capps
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The Cleveland Indians selected the contract of infielder Jason Giambi on Monday and released reliever Matt Capps.
Giambi's contract was selected from Triple-A Columbus, but he will begin the season on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain and will be eligible to play on April 9.
Last season, the 42-year-old batted .225 with one home run and eight RBI over 60 games with Colorado.
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He is a career .280 batter with 429 home runs and 1,405 RBI in 2,163 games with the Athletics, Yankees and Rockies.
Capps, 29, went 1-4 with a 3.68 ERA and 14 saves with the Minnesota Twins a year ago. He is 29-33 with 138 saves over eight Big League seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Twins.
This spring, he made six appearances and gave up two runs over six innings of work.
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In other roster moves, Cleveland optioned catcher Yan Gomes and infielder Cord Phelps to Columbus (Int.) and placed pitcher Frank Herrmann on the 60-day disabled list.