In Praise of Felciano

[Guest Edgy DC]

As promised, I have a thread in which we honor the most persistent of Mets --- Pedro Feliciano, who is on his third tour of duty with the Mets, but you wouldn't know it from the back of his baseball card, as the Mets remain the only MLB team he has ever played for.

Fact of praise of the day. Pedro Feliciano pitched to 242 batters in 2009, and 25 of them (a fat 10.3%) were either named Ryan Howard or Adam Dunn. What line did these two monsters put up against our intrepid hero? Well, before I tell you, dial 9-1-, because you'll only have time for one more digit before you hit the floor.

.050 / .174 / .050 / .224. They had no RBI and two GiDPs.

SuperLOOGy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Winning is what it's all about and Pedro Feliciano is a winner.

[G-Fafif]

In 2009, Pedro Feliciano always got his man.

[metirish]

A soft rain like applause is sure to fall on Pedro this season.

Seriously, it's hard to believe that he was around when Bobby V was.

[TransMonk]

Have we collected his wifey yet?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

A soft rain like applause is sure to fall on Pedro this season.

Seriously, it's hard to believe that he was around when Bobby V was.[/quote:3stxs4ul]

Not to be Debbie Downer but there's only one way those numbers are going to go and when that happens the rotten fans of the Mets won't be bothered to remember a thing.

Feliciano is interesting in that he actually got better in the second half of '08, unlike almost all of his penmates, and really kept it up though 2009. Throw-in in the Shawn Estes trade! That always kills me.

[metirish]

Pedro always seems to be fighting to gain the trust of various Mets managers.

[G-Fafif]

Throw-in in the Shawn Estes trade! That always kills me.[/quote:b4velka3]

Shawn Estes didn't understand the concept of a throw-in since he couldn't manage to throw in at Roger Clemens when it counted.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Shortlist for best Met-liever ever.

Probably the best ever Met at what he does, specifically. (Topped only by Myers-as-lefty-setup, maybe?)

[G-Fafif]

Shortlist for best Met-liever ever.

Probably the best ever Met at what he does, specifically. (Topped only by Myers-as-lefty-setup, maybe?)[/quote:1fjiyrbz]

Dennis Cook wasn't as specialized, but he was the first solid lefty in the middle innings since the fleeting Carlos Diaz. Cook was good and then got worse (to use very incisive analysis). Feliciano, 2010 pending, has gotten better.

On the LHRP tip, Mark Guthrie had a very good year when nobody else was having a good year.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Pedro always seems to be fighting to gain the trust of various Mets managers.[/quote:2f2e0dy1]

Jerry trusted him until his arm nearly fell off.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I like that once Guthrie began to suck it was revealed that he was pitching with a broken leg.