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Neftali Feliz Nearing Deal With Brewers

By charliewilmoth | January 14, 2017 at 11:09am CDT

Free agent righty Neftali Feliz is close to agreeing to a deal with the Brewers, Fan Rag’s Jon Heyman writes (Twitter links). BrewerFan.net’s Jim Goulart was first to tweet a connection between Feliz and the Brew Crew.

The 28-year-old Feliz is coming off a strong comeback season in the Pirates’ bullpen in which he posted a 3.52 ERA, 10.2 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9 over 53 2/3 innings. (He missed the last month of the season due to arm discomfort, but his injury was not structural in nature, as Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tweets. Feliz also began the year throwing his fastball in the mid-90s and added velocity as the season went on, a promising sign for a pitcher who had Tommy John surgery in 2012 and spent several seasons thereafter trying to get back on track.

The Brewers could represent a good match for Feliz. He has 99 saves’ worth of career closing experience, and in the wake of a variety of Brewers trades of established relievers (including Jeremy Jeffress and Tyler Thornburg), he could receive the opportunity to close in Milwaukee. If he does, he could potentially receive a very lucrative contract the next time he’s a free agent. The rebuilding Brewers, meanwhile, would get the chance to dangle Feliz as a trade piece at the deadline, assuming they do fall out of the playoff race. The Brewers have reportedly been looking for relief pitching lately — GM David Stearns has said he’s exploring the possibility of adding relief help not only through big-league additions, but through minor-league signings and trades. The Dodgers had also been connected to Feliz of late.

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  1. 00944

    6 years ago

    Hopefully with the Braves

    Reply
    • chesteraarthur

      6 years ago

      That is not how you spell Brewers

      Reply
  2. cxcx

    6 years ago

    Totally off topic, but why is the Chris Iannetta signing not a top story? I haven’t been on here for like a day and I would have totally missed it if I hadn’t sorted through every single post. Seems significant enough to be a top story I gotta say.

    Reply
    • 24TheKid

      6 years ago

      There was a post about it yesterday, you need to do your research before you complain about something.

      Reply
      • Zippydots

        6 years ago

        haha the Ianetta signing is one of the top like…10. what do you mean?

        Reply
        • bosox90

          6 years ago

          You all must be on mobile, cxcx is referring to the website, you can see a list of top stories or a list of all posts on MLBTR. With all the arbitration posts it’s easier to just check the top stories if you’re short on time and want quick news.

        • cxcx

          6 years ago

          Thank you, yeah I was referring to the “top stories” section…perhaps I should have put it in quotes or something.

          Relatedly, in checking if Iannetta made honorable mention on the Top 50 free agents lists, I noticed not only that he didn’t (which is fine, not an Iannetta fan or anything) but that Daniel Descalso did. I have to ask, what is up with that?

    • jklaus37

      6 years ago

      Download the app. They’ll give you notifications on when these signings happen. Really handy

      Reply
    • Dark14ry

      6 years ago

      Because its Chris Iannetta

      Reply
    • Danthemilwfan

      6 years ago

      He sucks lol

      Reply
    • TheChrisMLB

      6 years ago

      Chris Ianetta hasn’t been a top story… ever..

      Reply
    • AddisonStreet

      6 years ago

      Because its not 2012 and he sucks.

      Reply
  3. UncleDrew

    6 years ago

    Come back to pitt pleaseee

    Reply
  4. pgmitchell

    6 years ago

    That moves the needle!

    Reply
  5. PLyons

    6 years ago

    The Brewers are also nearing a deal where they’ll trade Feliz and his 15 saves to a contender in late June/July for some quality prospects.

    Reply
    • Shills26

      6 years ago

      That’s what the pirates usually do with guys like that.

      Reply

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