Letting Feliz go is a no-brainer. He is not worth the 4.5 million dollar option. He played great d and so, so offense. And, certainly played a big role in the W.S. victory. Thanks, Pedro.
It's a business, pure and simple. Ruben is focused on upgrades to win another WS. Lunch pail or not, Feliz is a career .200 hitter in WS. He had a career high 15 errors and a .966 fielding average. Beltre, played 40 less games, had 14 errors and a .959 field average. I'll take the drop off for the increase in offense and power. Feliz was a huge hole in the lineup in WS.
I don't understand why people are so down on Happy Pete. He was better in the W.S. than Howard. Good Glove. Average bat. Whats wrong with that? The Phils are not the Yankees, they're not gonna sign the top player at each position every offseason. I guess these are the same people who were sorry to see David Bell go.
we need a new 48-0 closer. Lidge's 2008 season forever spoiled us.
Wall Street's bottom feeders have nothing on O B A M A who is skimming trillions from the hard working American people.
Tejeda would be great @ 3rd
i recognize pedro's weaknesses, but im not loving the other options..especially with guys like polanco, tejada and figgins being more expensive options that would cost a draft pick if signed..
pedro feliz wasnt the reason the phils fell short..id prefer they focus on the bench and pitching staff...im not content that lee, hamels, blanton and happ are sufficient
BillyChair sure took notice of the lunch pail........1chair underrated the chocolate eclairs while going through the chow line and had to settle for the apple crumb on his second time through
Sorry Amaro , you screwed up! You don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Until you had someone in place that's better than what you have, you don't create a space. Driving in over 80 runs batting 7th tells me some of the big donkeys ahead of him weren't doing their jobs.
When Feliz was acquired, it was noted by the Phillies, good glove, some pop in his bat. He gave them what they paid for. The Phillies should have picked up his contract for another year. He's the best fielding 3rd baseman they had since Rolen, plus his accurate throws to first base helped make Howard look better. This move to me, reminds me of the other baby bird moves management used to make. Cheap ! Cheap! Cheap!
I hope they're beyond that .
I thought all the garbage from the Abreu trade was gone??? Might be the player the Phillies were keying on in the trade,like Knapp for Cleveland.
Hey Stoky, this is a sports column you dope. Nobody cares about your opinion
Adrian Beltre is too injury prone. also rube needs an insurance policy for that mole closer
Conlin's article and the comments above show how clueless the average fan is with regard to baseball. People actually think Feliz's 82 RBIs hitting behind the best lineup in the NL mean something?
A solid player..Pure economics but that's the nature of the game unless your the yanks.
I think the larger problem w/ Feliz was the inconsistency. DeRosa would take some of the strike outs from the line-up, just a Ibanez did when replacing Burrell. If you look at Feliz's numbers closely the hitless streaks he went on would kill rallies and prolong scoreless slumps that we saw in the regular season and were magnified in the WS. Finally, when I'm king of the world Conlin would be forced to retire.
