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Originally Posted by Male29Dan
From T.R. Sullivan's mailbag:
Feliz was Rookie of the Year and has two solid pitches, including an electric fastball. He is a perfect fit as a closer, and his career could last much longer with fewer innings. Why would people think that Feliz should be in the rotation?
-- Matt H. McKinney, Texas
There are many ways to find a front-line closer, but No. 1 starters are much harder to come by. When you have a 22-year-old pitching prodigy with an "electric" fastball and two decent-to-above-average secondary pitches, he has No. 1 starter written all over him. If the Rangers knew they were guaranteed of getting 220 innings out of Feliz as a starter next year, they would make the switch immediately and take their chances of finding a capable closer, but when it comes to pitching, nothing is guaranteed.
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i'm pretty sure his secondary pitches need a lot of work before he's a guaranteed number 1 starter. i hope he gets a shot to start though.