[USML Announce] Feliz Feliz Me

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 10:51:51 EST 2010


Gams:
Glad to see someone else is minding the Hot Stove. That loss of
Fuentes burns my arse....he was the cornerstone of my Winter Blocker
Blockbuster.
Brad Lee Burnt Finger




On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:00 PM,  <rickgam at comcast.net> wrote:
> Greetings;
> ???? So this information was culled from the "Ben & Skin" show?? 'Nuff said.
> ? Rick
> p.s.? My heartfelt condolences to Mssrs. Winick, Shabelman, & Jansen for
> losing Kelly, Rizzo, & Fuentes last week in that Adrian G. trade last week.
> A couple more like that will level the playing field!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Jansen" <bljansen at gmail.com>
> To: "USML Announcements" <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:35:09 PM
> Subject: [USML Announce] Feliz Feliz Me
>
> FROM ESPN.COM ?(and my bold prediction: he saves 25, wins 15).......
>
>
> The last few weeks, general manager Jon Daniels hasn't attempted to
> hide the fact that his club is strongly considering moving Neftali
> Feliz into the starting rotation. The closer will be stretched out in
> spring training and have an opportunity to compete for a starting job.
>
> It's one thing to talk about the hypotheticals when you're flying to
> Arkansas three times and feeling like Cliff Lee could still come to
> Arlington. Now that he's not, I bet the Rangers pull the trigger and
> insert Feliz into the rotation.
>
> Yes, they could make some other moves this offseason to alter that
> thinking. But if he shows enough with his secondary pitches -- and
> those pitches improved as the season wore on -- the Rangers will feel
> like he can impact the club more starting every fifth day than he
> would out of the bullpen.
>
> Does Feliz have good enough stuff to start? The club needs to find
> out. In a perfect world, he could have one more year to refine those
> pitches. But if he is the closer, he's not relying as much on the
> secondary stuff. He'd be forced to work through his offspeed and
> breaking stuff if he's in the starting rotation. The club would need
> to show some patience, but if Feliz could handle the load, it would be
> a big boost to a rotation that just took a hit with the departure of
> Lee. It's the difficult call of whether you move a guy who seems to
> have Mariano Rivera potential to the starting rotation. But at his
> age, if it didn't work, he could always return to the bullpen.
>
> Daniels reiterated on "The Ben & Skin Show" this morning that it's
> something the club must consider. Daniels said it's not "comfortable"
> because of how good Feliz was in the closer role in 2010, but the club
> will look at it.
>
> "We've got to factor it in," Daniels said. "Look at the market. The
> top starting pitchers are getting 20-plus million dollars a year. The
> top closers are getting 10 to 12. There's a reason for that. The
> industry has figured out that there's significantly more value if
> Feliz can be a top of the rotation pitcher. I don't know if he can be.
> I know he's got some attributes that would make you think he can be.
> But he's just 22 years old. He's one of the youngest guys on our team.
> It's something we've got to think about."
>
> So the club will stretch him out as a starter, like they did in 2010,
> and see what he's got. They'll have to make a decision by the middle
> of the spring. I think he'll end up in the rotation.
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