Neftali Feliz

[ESPN Refugee]

Baseball References for Nathan reports TEX 2014 $9mil club option and $500k buyout.

Joe Nathan Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Cots does not list the TEX 2014 club option and lists $750k buyout.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah4PW47PiAi-dDBkXzk2MFNvamZQMXhnTUc0VFJ6dXc&output=html

Well if it's 9 then I am not quite sure Texas exercises that option. Tho I certainly wouldn't be against that idea but with Feliz expected to be fully healthy soon I guess they'll try to give it to either Feliz or Sheppers.

 

[romeo212000]

MLB Feliz shut down; he's day-to-day - ESPN

 

[jta4437]

Well if it's 9 then I am not quite sure Texas exercises that option. Tho I certainly wouldn't be against that idea but with Feliz expected to be fully healthy soon I guess they'll try to give it to either Feliz or Sheppers.

Or soria

 

[Windingmywatch]

Or soria

Agree. More like Soria who will be two years from his TJ at the beginning of the season. But TEX could easily pickup Nathan's option for 2014 keeping him in a TEX uniform and not someone else's. Then letting it play out with Soria setup and closer in waiting.

 

[ESPN Refugee]

Or soria

Damn totally forgot about him. Man it's just silly the embarrassment of riches the Rangers have in the pitching staff and depth.

 

[Blitzville]

Neftali Feliz clears waivers and chooses to become a free agent. Another link with the Rangers' World Series appearance is gone. Feliz just didn't look the same after Tommy John surgery. Without triple digit velocity, he simply didn't have the secondary pitches to get people out consistently.