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Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 02 2010 07:59 AM

The following 142 players were set free last night (see in EZ chart form here: [url]http://tinyurl.com/2uke7q2 Troy Glaus 1B AT Eric Hinske OF AT Derrek Lee 1B AT Kris Benson SP AZ Mike Hampton SP AZ Aaron Heilman RP AZ Rodrigo Lopez SP AZ Brandon Webb SP AZ Cesar Izturis SS BA Julio Lugo 2B BA Kevin Millwood SP BA Corey Patterson OF BA Koji* Uehara RP BA Ty Wigginton 1B BA Mike Lowell 1B BO Victor Martinez C BO Jason Varitek C BO Xavier Nady OF CC Willie Bloomquist OF CI Miguel Cairo 3B CI Jim Edmonds OF CI Ramon J. Hernandez C CI Michael Lincoln RP CI Arthur Rhodes RP CI Russ Springer RP CI Joe Beimel RP CO Jorge de la Rosa SP CO Octavio Dotel RP CO Jason Giambi 1B CO Melvin Mora 3B CO Jay Payton OF CO Freddy Garcia SP CWS Andruw Jones OF CWS Paul Konerko 1B CWS Mark Kotsay DH CWS A.J. Pierzynski C CWS J.J. Putz RP CWS Manny Ramirez OF CWS Omar Vizquel 3B CWS Jeremy Bonderman SP DE Johnny Damon DH DE Gerald Laird C DE Magglio Ordonez OF DE Bobby Seay RP DE Will Ohman RP FL Jorge Sosa RP FL Chad Tracy 3B FL Geoff Blum SS HO Brian Moehler RP HO Bruce Chen SP KC Hideki Matsui DH LAA Scot Shields RP LAA Brad Ausmus C LAD Rod Barajas C LAD Jay Gibbons OF LAD Reed Johnson OF LAD Hiroki* Kuroda SP LAD Vicente Padilla SP LAD Jeff Weaver RP LAD David Bush SP MI Chris Capuano SP MI Craig Counsell SS MI Jesse Crain RP MN Randy Flores RP MN Brian Fuentes RP MN Matt Guerrier RP MN Orlando Hudson 2B MN Ron Mahay RP MN Carl Pavano SP MN Nick Punto 3B MN Jon Rauch RP MN Jim Thome DH MN Henry Blanco C NYM Elmer Dessens RP NYM Kelvim Escobar RP NYM Pedro Feliciano RP NYM Fernando Tatis 1B NYM Lance Berkman 1B NYY Derek Jeter SS NYY Nick Johnson DH NYY Austin Kearns OF NYY Chad Moeller C NYY Andy Pettitte SP NYY Mariano Rivera RP NYY Marcus Thames OF NYY Javier Vazquez SP NYY Kerry Wood RP NYY Justin Duchscherer SP OA Ben Sheets SP OA Jose Contreras RP PH Chad Durbin RP PH J.C. Romero RP PH Mike Sweeney DH PH Jayson Werth OF PH Chan Ho Park RP PI Kevin Correia SP SD David Eckstein 2B SD Jerry Hairston Jr SS SD Matt Stairs OF SD Miguel Tejada 3B SD Yorvit Torrealba C SD Josh Bard C SE Chris Woodward SS SE Jamey Wright RP SE Pat Burrell OF SF Jose Guillen DH SF Aubrey Huff 1B SF Guillermo Mota RP SF Juan Uribe SS SF Pedro Feliz 3B SL Jason LaRue C SL Mike MacDougal RP SL Aaron Miles 2B SL Brad Penny SP SL Dennys Reyes RP SL Jeff Suppan RP SL Jake Westbrook SP SL Randy Winn OF SL Rocco Baldelli OF TB Grant Balfour RP TB Joaquin Benoit RP TB Randy Choate RP TB Carl Crawford OF TB Brad Hawpe OF TB Gabe Kapler OF TB Carlos Pena 1B TB Chad Qualls RP TB Rafael Soriano RP TB Jorge Cantu 3B TE Frank Francisco RP TE Cristian Guzman 2B TE Cliff Lee SP TE Bengie Molina C TE Matt Treanor C TE John Buck C TO Scott Downs RP TO Jason Frasor RP TO Lyle Overbay 1B TO Miguel Batista RP WA Adam Dunn 1B WA Willie Harris OF WA Kevin Mench OF WA On top of these 142 players, there are 34 other potential free agents that may, or may not, have options exercised in their contracts. NAME POS TEAM Rick Ankiel OF AT Kyle Farnsworth RP AT Alex Gonzalez SS AT Omar Infante 2B AT Adam LaRoche 1B AZ Mark Hendrickson RP BA Adrian Beltre 3B BO Bill Hall OF BO Felipe Lopez 3B BO David Ortiz DH BO Aramis Ramirez 3B CC Bronson Arroyo SP CI Orlando Cabrera SS CI Aaron Harang SP CI Jeff Francis SP CO Miguel Olivo C CO Jhonny Peralta 3B DE Scott Podsednik OF LAD Doug Davis SP MI Trevor Hoffman RP MI Gregg Zaun C MI Jose Reyes SS NYM Eric Chavez DH OA Coco Crisp OF OA Mark Ellis 2B OA Jon Garland SP SD Chris Young SP SD Erik Bedard SP SE Russ Branyan 1B SE Edgar Renteria SS SF Daniel Wheeler RP TB Vladimir Guerrero DH TE Kevin Gregg RP TO Adam Kennedy 2B WA

Benjamin Grimm Nov 02 2010 08:08 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

How many years in a row of free agency is this for Orlando Hudson?

metsmarathon Nov 02 2010 08:26 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

anybody else have interest in brandon webb? i do. incentive laden with a low floor, but definitely interest. hiroki kuroda interests me as well.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 02 2010 09:27 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I'd be curious about Webb... but he does have a 2009 Sheets-y whiff to him. Kuroda and-- gasp-- Pavano make more sense.

HahnSolo Nov 02 2010 10:19 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

For bullpen depth, will the Wookie's demands be a little too rich?

Vic Sage Nov 02 2010 11:25 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Lets go forward into the Past! Kris Benson SP AZ Mike Hampton SP AZ Aaron Heilman RP AZ Ty Wigginton 1B BA Xavier Nady OF CC Miguel Cairo 3B CI Octavio Dotel RP CO Melvin Mora 3B CO Jay Payton OF CO J.J. Putz RP CWS Bruce Chen SP KC Rod Barajas C LAD Chan Ho Park RP PI Yorvit Torrealba C SD Chris Woodward SS SE Guillermo Mota RP SF Daniel Wheeler RP TB on the other hand... nah!

Vic Sage Nov 02 2010 11:33 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

how about: Cliff Lee SP Carl Crawford OF Adam Dunn 1B Rafael Soriano RP yeah, like that'll happen.

Willets Point Nov 02 2010 11:34 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I used to make a team of Free Agent Ex-Mets (The Faems) every year. Thanks Vic for saving me the effort. Not that I would've done it this year.

Edgy DC Nov 02 2010 11:40 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

OK, why don't I remember a thing about Yorvit Torrealba on the Mets? Did they sign him to a minor league deal that never panned out?

Gwreck Nov 02 2010 11:40 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Torrealba was actually never a Met.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 02 2010 11:48 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

He was an almost Met a couple of years ago. The Mets and Torrealba agreed on a contract, but then the Mets backed out.

Vic Sage Nov 02 2010 11:54 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

yeah, he signed a contract, then it was nullified. I think that technically made him a met for about an hour. -R

Edgy DC Nov 02 2010 11:55 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

At least you didn't retro-actively award the 1985 Cardinals a championship.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 02 2010 11:58 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I used to conflate Torrealba and Rod Barajas. But not anymore.

metirish Nov 02 2010 12:03 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Kris Benson SP Mike Hampton these two are still at it? did I see Russ Springer's name in there? Regarding Feliciano , from Rubin 1) Mets must offer salary arbitration by midnight on Nov.23 for right to draft pick compensation 2)Pedro must accept arb by Nov. 30. The Mets are still permitted to sign Pedro even if they don't offer arb 3) Offering arb to Feliciano to get pick between first and second round means you are willing to go to arb with him , and he made $2.9 million in 2010...... Other The non tender deadline for players with less than 6 years service is Dec. 2nd - John Maine will be cut by then and probably Green too. NEW RULE New Rule for 2010 - Free Agents may negotiate with any club at midnight on the 5th day after the World Series, bidding begins on Saturday night.

Edgy DC Nov 02 2010 12:21 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

1) Offering arb to Feliciano to get pick between first and second round means you are willing to go to arb with him... Thanks, Adam.

Frayed Knot Nov 03 2010 04:13 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

- Reds pick up options on P Bronson Arroyo and OF Johnny Gomes - Padres pick up their option on Adrian Gonzalez - Boston's Adrian Beltre [u:3rhocb9i]declines his player option[/u:3rhocb9i] for $10mil and opts, instead, for FA-gency

Fman99 Nov 03 2010 04:59 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Rangers decline mutual option on Vlad Guerrero.

Ashie62 Nov 03 2010 09:41 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Carl Crawford, but that won't happen. Andy Pettitte?

smg58 Nov 04 2010 08:28 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I'm perfectly willing to go year-to-year with Feliciano. I don't seem him getting a huge raise in arbitration, and he's capable of improving on this past season. On the other hand, if somebody else offers him multiple years I'm OK with taking the draft pick and looking elsewhere. Unless the Mets somehow find money for Cliff Lee (and based on this past year they will probably need to cut some payroll before they can get aggressive with anybody), I'd be looking for somebody who'd take a year and an option to be starter #5. That would probably wait until January. There does seem to be decent depth at second base, which is encouraging.

Edgy DC Nov 04 2010 08:33 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

My question is how badly damaged might he be from that crazy workload.

Vic Sage Nov 04 2010 08:38 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

you don't give long-term Ks to LOOGYs who hold records for most appearances. i think thats a dictum to live by. Garland's a FA again, by the way. 200IP/3.4 ERA

TheOldMole Nov 04 2010 03:37 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

The one who surprised me for being still at it was Bruce Chen.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2010 03:44 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Sawx pick up $12.5 option on Papi -- I wasn't so sure they were going to do that for a while.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2010 04:43 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Edgar Renteria - option NOT picked up by Giants. I can't believe a team would cut loose its WS MVP. I mean what kind of .... oh, never mind.

Valadius Nov 07 2010 05:02 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Prince Fielder looking for a $200 million contract extension.

Frayed Knot Nov 07 2010 05:10 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Yeah so am I, and I have only a slightly lower chance of getting one than Prince.

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2010 08:36 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Type 'A' and Type 'B' Free Agents [u:3u67hhhe]Type A[/u:3u67hhhe] Catchers: Victor Martinez (Bos), A.J. Pierzynski (CWS), Ramon Hernandez (Cin), Bengie Molina (Tex). First Basemen: Paul Konerko (CWS), Adam Dunn (Was), Derrek Lee (Atl) Second Basemen: None. Third Basemen: Adrian Beltre (Bos), Miguel Tejada (SD). Shortstops: Derek Jeter (NYY). Outfielders: Jayson Werth (Phi), Carl Crawford (TB), Magglio Ordonez (Det), Manny Ramirez (CWS). Designated Hitters: Vladimir Guerrero (Tex). Starting Pitchers: Cliff Lee (Tex), Andy Pettitte (NYY), Carl Pavano (Min), Jorge de la Rosa (Col). Relief Pitchers: Rafael Soriano (TB), Mariano Rivera (NYY), Matt Guerrier (Min), Scott Downs (Tor), Dan Wheeler (TB), Jason Frasor (Tor), Frank Francisco (Tex), Grant Balfour (TB), Arthur Rhodes (Cin). [u:3u67hhhe]Type B[/u:3u67hhhe] Catchers: John Buck (Tor), Miguel Olivo (Tor), Jason Varitek (Bos), Yorvit Torrealba (SD), Gerald Laird (Det), Rod Barajas (LAD). First Basemen: Lance Berkman (NYY), Carlos Pena (TB), Mike Lowell (Bos), Adam LaRoche (Ari), Aubrey Huff (SF). Second Basemen: Orlando Hudson (Min), David Eckstein (SD). Third Basemen: Felipe Lopez (Bos). Shortstops: Orlando Cabrera (Cin), Juan Uribe (SF). Outfielders: Brad Hawpe (TB), Scott Podsednik (LAD). Designated Hitters: Johnny Damon (Det), Hideki Matsui (LAA). Starting Pitchers: Jon Garland (SD), Javier Vazquez (NYY), Hiroki Kuroda (LAD), Kevin Millwood (Bal), Kevin Correia (SD). Relief Pitchers: Jon Rauch (Min), Koji Uehara (Bal), Brian Fuentes (Min), Kevin Gregg (Tor), Joaquin Benoit (TB), Pedro Feliciano (NYM), Octavio Dotel (Col), Trevor Hoffman (Mil), Kerry Wood (NYY), Randy Choate (TB), J.J. Putz (CWS), Jesse Crain (Min), Aaron Heilman (Ari), Chad Durbin (Phi), Chad Qualls (TB). Losing a Type A FA results in getting both a 1st (or 2nd) round draft pick from the signing team plus a supplemental round pick Losing a Type B FA results in getting an extra draft pick in the supplemental round Both types are subject to properly offering arbitration ... yyybbb Both of the above lists show the players in order of their rank within their position. That order can be used to determine which pick goes where if a team signs multiple FAs.

Ceetar Nov 09 2010 08:38 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there. Castillo may very well be the best option. Or how about this new japanese infielder that i saw on metsblog?

Edgy DC Nov 09 2010 08:40 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy.

Ceetar Nov 09 2010 08:44 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Edgy DC wrote: I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy. Quite possibly. If I had to choose right now I think I go Castillo with Murphy as the bench guy/2x a week replacement ready to slide in if Castillo isn't getting on base at a .360+ rate or something.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 09 2010 08:56 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Ceetar wrote: Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there. Well, no Type A's, anyway. There are two of Type B. (I don't see any Type O at all on the entire list, however.)

Ceetar Nov 09 2010 09:02 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ceetar wrote: Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there. Well, no Type A's, anyway. There are two of Type B. (I don't see any Type O at all on the entire list, however.) My brain didn't comprehend those two as options.

metirish Nov 09 2010 09:05 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Edgy DC wrote: I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy. Murph had three more hits yesterday, all opposite field

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2010 10:33 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Hitting as a 2nd baseman isn't going to be Murphy's problem.

Ashie62 Nov 09 2010 12:13 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Don't see external help at 2B..All hail Muffy..

Frayed Knot Nov 10 2010 07:50 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system RHP: Yhency Brazoban (AAA), Brian Bruney (AAA), Chad Cordero (AAA), Jack Egbert++ (AAA), Johan Figuereo (SS), Carlos Muniz+ (AA) LHP: Derrick Ellison (AA), Arturo Lopez+ (AAA), Mike O'Connor (AAA), Adam Pettyjohn (AAA), Raul Valdes (AAA) C: Michael Barrett (AAA), J.R. House (AAA), Salomon Manriquez (AA), Luke Montz+ (AA) 1B: Marshall Hubbard (AA) 2B: Russ Adams (AAA), Alex Cintron+ (AAA), Jonathan Malo (AAA) 3B: Mike Cervenak (AAA) SS: Jose Coronado (AA) OF: Brahiam Maldonado (AA), Jorge Padilla (AAA), Jesus Feliciano (AAA) + = spent more than half or ALL (++) of the season on the DL

smg58 Nov 10 2010 09:03 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

I wouldn't mind seeing Chase Lambin back in the organization. The same goes for Willie Collazo; I'm not sure why he's been getting starts, but he could be a decent lefty in the back of the pen. RJ Swindle has a rep for throwing pitches in the 60 mph range, but he always puts up good AAA numbers. He could be fun, and possibly even effective in a LOOGY role. It's sad to see Dontrelle Willis on that list.

MFS62 Nov 10 2010 09:37 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

John Buck is a 30 year old, right handed hitting, All Star catcher. He hit 20 home runs last year and made $2 million. Since I can't be him, I'd like to be his agent. Later

A Boy Named Seo Nov 10 2010 10:24 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system RHP: Yhency Brazoban (AAA), Brian Bruney (AAA), Chad Cordero (AAA), Jack Egbert++ (AAA), Johan Figuereo (SS), Carlos Muniz+ (AA) LHP: Derrick Ellison (AA), Arturo Lopez+ (AAA), Mike O'Connor (AAA), Adam Pettyjohn (AAA), Raul Valdes (AAA) C: Michael Barrett (AAA), J.R. House (AAA), Salomon Manriquez (AA), Luke Montz+ (AA) 1B: Marshall Hubbard (AA) 2B: Russ Adams (AAA), Alex Cintron+ (AAA), Jonathan Malo (AAA) 3B: Mike Cervenak (AAA) SS: Jose Coronado (AA) OF: Brahiam Maldonado (AA), Jorge Padilla (AAA), Jesus Feliciano (AAA) + = spent more than half or ALL (++) of the season on the DL We should definitely sign Al Albuquerque from the Rockies for the obvious reason. I always had a crush on Josh Barfield for some reason, cause he's not very good. He'll be just 28 in Dec. I might try and nab him super cheap-o & invite him to ST, and get a Bisons jersey ready for him. My adopted kid, C-Los Muniz, is a free agent. End of the line??? :'-(

seawolf17 Nov 10 2010 10:39 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Frayed Knot wrote: Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system Get me Clay Zavada!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 10 2010 10:47 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

MFS62 wrote: John Buck is a 30 year old, right handed hitting, All Star catcher. He hit 20 home runs last year and made $2 million. Since I can't be him, I'd like to be his agent. John Buck is a slightly-younger Rod Barajas-- minus the fun and geniality-- after a good year. seawolf17 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system Get me Clay Zavada! I'll have what he's having.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 10 2010 11:05 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Clay Zevada is the mastermind, tie-damsels-to-railroad-tracks criminal, and Al Albuquerque is his bumbling, right-hand man.

metirish Nov 10 2010 01:28 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Cashman is in Arkansas today meeting with Lee......oh please outbid any other suitors by at least $60 million and two extra years.

Ashie62 Nov 10 2010 01:51 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

metirish wrote: Cashman is in Arkansas today meeting with Lee......oh please outbid any other suitors by at least $60 million and two extra years. And the bastard will take money out of Jeter's pocket to do it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 12 2010 03:16 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

At whom are the Phillies looking? As per Phillies blog Crashburn Alley/Phillies figurative groin-massager Jayson Stark, a wholelottafolk. No Fuggin' Way Jayson Werth (w/age, likely length-of-contract being prohibitive factors) Coming Up on the Outside Rail Magglio Ordonez Andruw Jones Pat Burrell Hmm. HMM. Jose Contreras (price being potentially prohibitive) Pedro Feliciano Hisanori Takahashi (CA seems to think he'd come cheaper/more team-friendly-in-contract than Feliciano; CA doesn't pay much attention to NY press/blogs) Making my mouth smile: General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to talk up Ben Francisco, at least in a potential platoon with Domonic Brown -- or with Ross Gload if they decide Brown isn't ready. But the Phillies would still shop for another right-handed-hitting outfield bat. One name we've heard a lot: Jeff Francoeur, who has told friends he'd love to play for Charlie Manuel.

Edgy DC Nov 12 2010 08:52 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Jeff Francouer would love to play for the bones of Billy Martin. Hot-diggity-dog, he would!

Vic Sage Nov 17 2010 11:19 AM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Listen up Sandy, here's my FA list (assuming Lee, Crawford and V-Mart are not gonna happen): SP - Ill take Garland for the IP, and take a flyer on Capuano's upside. Harden? I'm not that crazy. C - Torrealba or Olivo, to platoon with Thole. LHRP - having lost 2 LHRPs, we need one from column A (Downs, Fuentes) and one from column B (Romero, DReyes, Beimel, Ohman) 2b - with Uggla gone, no obvious upgrades available, tho' i wouldn't mind Hudson for a year, or taking a flyer on LLopez as a general UT. or i'll take Lee, Crawford and V-Mart... :)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 17 2010 12:18 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Benoit's a Tigger, Kuroda remains a Trolley-Ducker, Ramon Hernandez is a Commie, Buck's a Fishie, and both Dan Meyer and Jose Contreras (2 yrs!) are Philthy. My thoughts? SP: Buy low, people-- if you're thinking Capuano, you're not thinking low enough, methinks. Javy Vazquez! Webb! The basement's the limit! RP: I still think offering Feliciano arb makes sense; worst case, you've got the league's best LOOGY (seriously, peep the stats) for a shade over market price. If not, well... Alderson won't spend a first-round pick on middle-relief. I'm content to go cheapo (Romero's more expensive than Feliciano). Choate's cheap and good, as is DReyes... but I could go Fuentes as LOOGY/setup-py sort. Crain and Uehara also intrigue. Chan Ho II as swingman on the cheap? (Speaking of cheap, Manny Corpas now available for the league minimum, btw.) IF: Nishioka looks interesting. That said, I like the idea of a Murphy/Turner/Tejada pu-pu-gasboard-- figure out what we've got in-house during 2011, then if we need to get splashy, there'll be more cash in 2012. Renteria does look like a cost-effective bench piece (this year's Cora, only half-good?).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 22 2010 01:12 PM Re: Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

Arbitration offers need to be in by tomorrow. Nothing for Feliciano as yet. This strikes me as... short-sighted.