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Neftali Feliz.

Kevin Goldstein had an interesting writeup of Feliz in Baseball Prospectus.  He had a chance to watch Feliz pitch and came away very impressed.  His line was as follows:

5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

According to Goldstein, the scout's radar gun that he was sitting next to had Feliz clocked between 90-96mph very consistently.  Feliz also threw a "nasty" changeup and a slider, including an 80mph slider for a strikeout on a 3-2 count after five straight fastballs between 93-95mph.  The scout's reaction was:

He was very impressive. The arm is electric, and he established his fastball early in the game. He certainly flashed some average breaking balls, and that changeup has a good chance to be plus. He should end up with average command and control, as he’s smooth and repeats his delivery very well. The things I really liked was how he could turn it up a notch when he needed it-–that’s what big leaguers do.

To summarize Goldstein said the following:

At the end of the 2006 season, I ranked Feliz as the No. 3 prospect in the Braves system, a decision that was met with mockery and derision by some. A year later, despite the fact that he pitched just 42 1/3 innings in 2007, he was suddenly in everybody’s Top 10 lists, and in a loaded Rangers system as well. I ranked him No. 1 this time, which was once again met with mockery and derision. After seeing him in person and getting thoughts from the scouts in attendance, I stand by the ranking.

I know this goes without saying...but we really need to resign Tex.

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He will pay to play for the Braves next year, that is just how awesome we are…

by jug on May 5, 2008 4:06 PM EDT   0 recs

I’ll bring this up again, but we do have nearly 30 mil coming off the books if Smoltz is done after this year. Now we have to decide how much Tex is really worth and how good of a pitcher can we pick up with whats left over.

by yondaime4 on May 5, 2008 8:04 PM EDT   0 recs

Well

We do need a franchise type hitter on our team in the long run because Chipper is getting on in years, so yeah we need to resign Tex. I like Feliz and I think he will be real good but he could always become a guy like Daniel Cabrera of the O’s. Somebody that has all the talent in the world but cannot harness his potential in the majors. Only time will tell though. I do think Feliz will be good but Tex is a franchise hitter now so we got what we wanted and the Rangers got what they wanted.

braves#1

by rockybull on May 5, 2008 8:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Too much

Could’ve had Santana for less. Less, even, than Hampton was.

OT: I’m convinced Hampton is a former roid user. Can that be used to void his salary somehow?

by TradeAndruw on May 5, 2008 11:46 PM EDT   0 recs

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