The Mets have signed pitcher Pedro Feliciano to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Feliciano led the majors in appearances from 2008-2010, appearing in 266 games, all with the Mets. He has held lefty opponents to a .214 batting average in his career, and has a career 3.31 ERA across eight big league seasons. He has not pitched a Major League game ever since leaving the Mets after the 2010 season. Feliciano signed a two year, $14 million contract with the Yankees in the 2010 off-season, but shoulder problems stopped him from throwing a single pitch in a Yankees uniform. Also, he has posted a 1.23 ERA in seven relief appearances in the Puerto Rican Winter League this off-season.
I was kind of upset when the Mets let Feliciano go after the 2010 season, because he was a main center-piece of that bullpen. Us Mets fans seemed to take his production for granted, and once he left the bullpen took a huge hit. Of-course, there were rumors that management overused him, according to Brian Cashman, and that we ruined his arm. However, I believe that if Feliciano was that seriously hurt, then why did Cashman completely overpay for him?
Anyway, I like this signing as a low-risk, moderate reward move. Feliciano has every chance in the world to make the team out of Spring Training if he proves he is healthy and able to get major league hitters out. His competition is Josh Edgin and Robert Carson, both of whom have little experience at the big league level. In order to get Feliciano to come back and resurrect his career, the Mets are going to have to use him more delicately than they did with his first stint on the team.
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