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Pedro Feliciano’s 2012 Season, Career In Question

By Mark Polishuk | September 15, 2011 at 5:42pm CDT

Pedro Feliciano underwent surgery on his left rotator cuff last week, a procedure that will threaten the southpaw's 2012 season, reports MLB.com's Bryan Hoch and Taylor Soper.  Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he "would be surprised if [Feliciano] pitched next year" and also noted that it would be difficult for Feliciano to recover from such an operation at age 35.

Feliciano has missed the entire season after suffering a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder in April.  He passed on surgery following the advice of Dr. James Andrews, though a summer of rehab assignments failed to get Feliciano's arm back in shape.  Feliciano threw just one professional inning in 2011, for the Yankees' Rookie League team — obviously not what New York expected when it signed Feliciano to a two-year, $8MM contract in December.  The team holds a $4.5MM option on Feliciano for 2013 that seems like a lock to be declined, so Feliciano will likely never pitch for the Bronx Bombers.

Back in April, Brian Cashman said the Mets "abused" Feliciano, as the left-hander led the NL in appearances in each of the previous three seasons.  Despite these concerns, the Yankees found no issue in Feliciano's medicals and Feliciano himself said he enjoyed pitching on a regular basis.

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  1. Lastings

    14 years ago

    Damn you Warthen!

    Reply
  2. tacko

    14 years ago

    Let’s sign a LOOGY to a multi-year contract and blame the guys across town if it backfires on us.

    Reply
  3. Josh Batelli

    14 years ago

    It’s still funny to me that Cashman blamed the Mets. No one had a gun to his head when he signed the guy, and the Yankees found no issues with his medical exam when they conducted a physical. A team can use a pitcher in 162 games. That’s their problem. It’s your problem when you sign damaged goods the next year to a 2 year contract.

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    • apgreco

      14 years ago

      Let me guess….a Met fan?  Are you still paying Bobby Bonilla?

      Reply
    • ~{Poppa_Bear137}~

      14 years ago

      can you say: BRIT BURNS? look up that name on the mlb website, the yankees don’t ever want to remember that name.

      Reply
  4. Blue387

    14 years ago

    I don’t think he will ever pitch in the majors again.

    Reply
  5. fxx3605

    14 years ago

    well that was a fail. o well decline and its done with

    Reply
    • thevauntedchris

      14 years ago

      It’s done with in 2 years, not next year…Cashman usually smarter than this lately.

      Reply
  6. Tom

    14 years ago

    Lol, at least they can afford it. So glad he declined arbitration. soooo freaking glad.

    Reply
  7. NYPOTENCE

    14 years ago

    Lucky yanks can absorb that type of blow and just keep trucking. Under normal circumstances this injury would severely strain a teams’finances.

    Reply
    • andrewyf

      14 years ago

      Under normal circumstances pretty much every team in the major leagues has blown $4M somewhere on their roster and not constrained their finances.

      Reply
      • NYPOTENCE

        14 years ago

        True, however, it is straining other teams finances when they do have a limit on how much they can spend. Let’s say Team A has 15 million coming off the books, they sign the reliever for 2yrs/8m. They now have 11m left and they still have to fill up the roster spot. This is annoying but insignificant for the Yankee payroll

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        • East Coast Bias

          14 years ago

          I get your point, but it isn’t a good one.

          Let’s say they have 35m to spend, and now they have 31m… not a big deal. Get over it.

          Reply
          • NYPOTENCE

            14 years ago

            Just saying you could use all the money you can get.

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            • Just_Da_damaja

              14 years ago

              u must be used to listening to met fans complain about Kelvin Escobar’s 1 million dollar salary…

              Reply
  8. Chauncey Scott

    14 years ago

    Why don’t they send him to Colon’s doctor?

    Reply
  9. Todd J Thomas

    14 years ago

    That’s what you get for signing with the Evil Empire.

    Reply
  10. East Coast Bias

    14 years ago

    Should have just kept Ace.

    Reply
  11. chicothekid

    14 years ago

    As a die hard Mets fan, I’m sorry this has happened to Pedro.  He did great for us while he was with us and I wish HIM only the best.  But the Junkees can suck it!

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    • apgreco

      14 years ago

      The Yankees will be playing baseball in October.  The Mets will be making tee times.

      Reply
    • apgreco

      14 years ago

      The Yankees will be playing baseball in October.  The Mets will be making tee times.

      Reply
  12. Matt Smallwood

    14 years ago

    I think the Mets overusing him is a weak argument on Cashman’s part.  Has musculature changed that much in the last 40 years that pitchers can’t go 200+ innings every year and not be gimped up at the end of their career? Successful starters in the 70’s did it all the time. Now, a pitcher has poor mechanics and injures his cuff, that seems like a more likely argument.

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    • mike h

      14 years ago

      I agree. Its usually not overwork. Im a Cubs fan and I watched as Kerry Wood and Mark Prior struggled with injuries and everybody liked to blame Dusty Baker for overworking them. But if you could look at their mechanics you can see they were not especially good, especially Priors which almost certainly is what ruined his career. Even Tom Seaver questioned Priors mechanics.

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