I think a team should take DDJ. That said, I think they will be hard pressed to keep him on the roster all season. Feliz will be the 7th guy in a team's pen. Top 3 picks will be: Dbacks Rockies Rangers God forbid the Rangers steal from us.
Completely agree, would get rid of any of em to keep DDJ too just on potential I don't get this at all
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Trying to understand the Astros not protecting Michael Feliz from the Rule 5 draft. Then I see Marc Krauss is on their 40-man. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p>— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenBadler/status/535627567311888384">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
There has to be some reasoning for this. We can complain about a lot of things about how Luhnow works, but he is typically pragmatic above all else. The only reasoning I can imagine is that we simply aren't as high on Feliz as a prospect as others are. That's the only logical reason I can think of, but even with that, trading him would make more sense than simply letting him go for nothing. This is just very weird. It's seems to go against everything Luhnow stands for.
Well at least Luhnow is excited, not sure how our World Series chances would have fared without these 3 30 year-old relief pitchers with average stuff and velocity and mediocre results in the majors. No reason to take a chance on a 21-year-old borderline top 100 guy with a 100 mph fastball who also probably has better control than all 3................ What the ****............. This is so disappointing. I would just love to hear Luhnow's full thought process.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Luhnow: "The success rate of pitchers going from Low A to the big leagues is miniscule. It's a risk that we're wiling to take at this point"</p>— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/535546753227833344">November 20, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Only problem is that the "minuscule chance" just happened to bite the Astros in the a** 15 years ago. Oh well, hopefully he ends up being returned, if picked.
He is an idiot. Feliz will be claimed, very possibly #1... assuming whoever takes him doesn't keep him (which I am not convinced is true), and the Astros get Feliz back, they will have wasted a year of development. This is arrogance at its highest. The 40 man roster is littered with garbage like Krauss and the Astros have to get cute? I am starting to seriously doubt the common sense in the organization. It isn't rocket science, expose some of your trash stop gap pieces and protect the kid with success and electric stuff.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>How about this: the Astros have added Michael Feliz to their 40 man roster, announcing it an hour before deadline.</p>— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/535643036122771456">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nope this is a GM being arrogant and trying to prove a point. He is right, few pitchers go straight from A ball to the big leagues. However he is taking a risk that isn't necessary at all. He loses no matter what. What are the possible outcomes? 1. Feliz isn't claimed- Feliz will be claimed. However if he isn't, you saved.. Krauss? 2. Feliz is claimed and is sent back to Houston- Congrats GM you ruined a year of his development! 3. Feliz is claimed and never pans out- You could have dealt him for prospects of value ... But you kept Krauss. There is no winning situation here for the Astros. However the GM again is arrogant and knows better. He deserves criticism for this.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Astros complete first known instance of 40-man trolling</p>— Will Lingo (@willingo) <a href="https://twitter.com/willingo/status/535643822382784513">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
No we don't. Read what the GM said.... He was willing to risk Feliz because low A pitchers struggle in the majors. While I am glad we ultimately protected Feliz, the only one looking like a fool is the GM for using faulty logic to justify protecting dead wood over a top prospect.
Uhhhhh, woah. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Luhnow: "We were working on something that didn’t come to fruition and the end result of that is we’re putting Feliz on the roster."</p>— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/535645265022423040">November 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
