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LazerTown
I don’t think that line about BJ does him justice. You have to read the article. You know what, it made me respect him more, and I wish it was longer and more in depth.
Michael Gardiner
Yeah. His line about trying to listen to all the voices of people giving advice was exactly right too. You hear people say that a lot.
NickinIthaca
Yeah, it really makes it sound like he was content with what he was doing/was too stubborn to try and change – the article makes it sound very different than that. I also remember reading at one point last year that Fredi Gonzalez said that Upton and Uggla were generally the first two at the ballpark last year while trying to break out of their funks.
MadmanTX 2
I’m not at all surprised that Feliz isn’t cutting it as closer material. At best, he’s a setup guy.
Daniel Morairity
hey man feliz can make it as a closer he has done it before
Joshua Black
While Feliz has closed before, I think the consistency of Soria will be strongly considered as the Rangers make their decision. Soria has proven to be both dominant and reliable, a good combination for a closer.
Mike Query
Ya im sure his mechanics are out of whack because hes the closer, if he was setting up they would magically be better.
RyÅnWKrol
There is no qualification separating the so-called “closer” position from the setup position. If the 9th inning guy can’t cut it, it’s probably a fluky bad streak that just happened to fall on those outings, or just a mental barrier where a pitcher gives too much credit to the role as well as opposing hitters he’s facing. That mental block is also a 2-way street. The pitcher in the 9th can be thinking he must keep the opposing team from coming back. But at the same time, the opposing team is thinking they must keep the pitcher from shutting them down and must come back. The two off-set each other. And therefore, outside of immature/inexperienced heads, the 9th inning is really just another inning, for the pitcher and the opposing team. So it really won’t matter whether Feliz or Soria assumes that role. Unless Feliz has that mental block. And if that’s the case, I would then reconsider his presence in the bullpen all together. Koji Uehara is a great case study for this topic. The best example may be the bullpen of the 1990 Reds.
theo 2
To bad none of those three will ever play in an MLB game…