Brewers sign Neftali Feliz to 1 year/$5.35MM deal; Latest: DFA'd on June 14th

[brwrsfan]

If the Brewers are paying him either way...I guess it wouldn't be the worst thing if he accepted an AAA assignment. I can't possibly imagine he gets an MLB contract after the way he's pitched so far this year.

[adambr2]

He won't be claimed. 3M+ is too much for how bad he's been. He'll get released and we'll get a few hundred in relief from the pro-rated minimum.

 

This frees up a spot on the 40 too...wonder who that will end up going to...Wang?

[wildcat2237]

Very happy that Stearns and/or Attanasio were able to swallow their pride and get rid of the bum.

[hawing]

I just had a terrible vision of STL signing Feliz and immediately transforming him into a lights-out reliever again. Shudder.

[brwrsfan]

I just had a terrible vision of STL signing Feliz and immediately transforming him into a lights-out reliever again. Shudder.

 

Wouldn't surprise me in the least. They seem to always be able to pick up garbage, sprinkle magic dust on it and have them revert back to all star form.

[dacbrewers]

Espino in the pen makes no sense, bring up Wang!

[newrivervalley]

Look at the Washington Nats situation. Same thing (problem). Need to keep cool and stick with young arms.

[dacbrewers]

We are with barnes and knebel. The other guys are old.

[Boomer5]

Give Stearns credit for cutting his loses on this mistake.

 

That was $6M well spent. D'Oh.

[DuWayne Steurer]

It's worth a shot with Espino to see if he can be effective in one inning stints. Hopefully the Peralta experiment is over soon as well.

[Boomer5]

It's worth a shot with Espino to see if he can be effective in one inning stints. Hopefully the Peralta experiment is over soon as well.

 

Maybe it's irrational but I have a bad feeling that Peralta will be an ace somewhere else. He is the one guy I worry about cutting. The rest of our guys I don't care about cutting.

[DuWayne Steurer]

 

Maybe it's irrational but I have a bad feeling that Peralta will be an ace somewhere else. He is the one guy I worry about cutting. The rest of our guys I don't care about cutting.

 

I feel like peralta = segura. He may turn it around, but not here. He just needs a change of scenery at this point. Maybe hes done, maybe not, but I feel like the Brewers keep throwing him out tjere is the equivalent of banging your head on a desk.

[AdvantageSchneider]

It's worth a shot with Espino to see if he can be effective in one inning stints. Hopefully the Peralta experiment is over soon as well.

 

TH tweeted that DS said they were going to give Peralta more time to figure it out in the pen, which does seem fair considering the short time he's had to work on the conversion from starter to reliever.

[djoctagone]

no surprise here given a large salary that few teams would want to take on, the brewers have released neftali feliz.

[liveforoctober]

no surprise here given a large salary that few teams would want to take on, the brewers have released neftali feliz.

 

He finished tied for 40th on the Brewers all time saves list, one ahead of Graeme Lloyd and a few others. Can’t tell if that stat makes me happy or sad.

 

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=mil#sortColumn=sv&sectionType=sp&playerType=ALL&statType=pitching&season=2017&season_type=ALL&game_type='R'&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&league_code='MLB'&page=1&ts=1497903139565

[liveforoctober]

Looks like Feliz has found a new home...

 

http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city/story/kansas-city-royals-sign-former-milwaukee-brewers-closer-neftali-feliz-dfa-chris-young-062317