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Feliz Blazes Through Bottom Of First

Posted Jul. 12, 2009 5:44 pm by Jim Callis
Filed under: At The Ballpark, Futures Game

Neftali Feliz (Rangers) subbed for previously announced starter Junichi Tazawa (Red Sox) and looked very impressive after the 4:09 rain delay. Feliz threw mostly fastball, sitting in the upper 90s and touching 101 according to MLB’s pitch f/x system (which is about 4 mph faster than the stadium gun). He struck out Eric Young Jr. (Rockies) and Desmond Jennings (Rays), got worked for a 10-pitch walk by Brett Wallace (Cardinals) and then broke Chris Carter’s (Athletics) bat for a soft lineout right back to the mound.

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He looked great, but why didn’t we see the Minors’ #1 pitching prospect, Madison Bumgarner? I waited the whole game to get a glimpse of him pitch, instead they run Trevor Reckling out there to save the game??? What was that all about???
Bad move, Mr. Smith!

Posted by MJ | July 12, 2009 at 8:23 pm | Shortcut

Was it b/c Bumgarner had already warmed up before the rain delay, or something? And his arm got cold waiting around? Too bad…

Posted by MJ | July 12, 2009 at 8:35 pm | Shortcut

The rain delay messed up a lot of the managers’ original plans for pitching schedules. Unfortunately that meant no Bumgarner today.

Posted by Ben Badler | July 12, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Shortcut

I was sitting in the stands, and Feliz was legitimately hitting 98-99 mph on nearly every fastball. Easily the game’s best fastball.

Posted by Ben Badler | July 12, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Shortcut

Thanks for the 4-1-1…what is Feliz’s future in Texas? Bullpen power arm/set-up, or front-end starting ace? It seems they need more immediate help in the rotation. Wilson, Francisco, O’Day, and Holland are already a pretty solid relief group…

Posted by MJ | July 12, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Shortcut

I asked Bumgarner that in the dugout, and he said that was it, he warmed up, got ready to come in, then had to cool his jets for four hours, so he was done before he ever got started. He was bummed about it.

Posted by John Manuel | July 12, 2009 at 8:51 pm | Shortcut

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