Why does everyone want Felix?
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@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
Most people never got to use him last year. He was a BR reward.
Oh yeah that's right, I had to wait forever and then still pay a ridiculous amount for him. It was a decent card but I personally can't stand how SDS tweaks everyone's pitch velocities so everyone has 12-20 fastball to changeup differentials. Peak Felix had a 93-95 mph fastball and a 89-92 mph bowling ball of a changeup. It'd have to be a splitter with how pitch speeds work.
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@doomtrain69 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
Most people never got to use him last year. He was a BR reward.
Oh yeah that's right, I had to wait forever and then still pay a ridiculous amount for him. It was a decent card but I personally can't stand how SDS tweaks everyone's pitch velocities so everyone has 12-20 fastball to changeup differentials. Peak Felix had a 93-95 mph fastball and a 89-92 mph bowling ball of a changeup. It'd have to be a splitter with how pitch speeds work.
His pitch speed differential isn’t that great. And I do remember him throwing 98-99 when he was younger. I get what you’re saying though. Glavine has a 95 FB and 76 change. I watched hundreds of Glavine starts and he rarely hit 93-94.
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Hearing someone say Felix was their favorite player growing up has never made me feel older. Thanks a lot lol
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Felix is a cool cat.
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@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
His pitch speed differential isn’t that great. And I do remember him throwing 98-99 when he was younger. I get what you’re saying though. Glavine has a 95 FB and 76 change. I watched hundreds of Glavine starts and he rarely hit 93-94.
Yeah in 2005 and 2006 he was like 97-99, and his changeup did have more of a differential at around 86. So for his 86 Prospects card that's legit. But peak Felix was 2009-2010 and 2013, and by then his FB was 92-96 and his changeup often overlapping with his slower fastballs. And everything he threw had just ridiculous break.
But yeah the whole juicing cards' fastballs and giving them 20 mph slower changeups I don't like. I think part of it is just that SDS couldn't quite make the changeups competitive at their realistic differentials, but 15 mph is pretty [censored] rare. 20 mph is some freak of nature [censored] or slowing down your arm speed so much that it would telegraph it.
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I hate using stubs on starting pitchers so I will take him.
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You don't mess with the king man. I lived in Portland for a bit and I couldn't get Giants games broadcast up there so I could only watch the Mariners and I became a fan. Whenever he'd pitch the stadium would just feel more electric and into his presence like they were under his spell. I developed a respect for him because of it and really hope he is the last boss pick and it's a high rated version of him.
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How is Hal a meta pitcher? He’s a free 98.
“Meta” pitcher would be... anyone with a sinker...
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He's always been pretty terrible in the game, his pitches have always been the same speed and he's been really easy to hit in the past
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Cuz he has a sinker so it can be spammed
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@TechnologicPR4 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
Hearing someone say Felix was their favorite player growing up has never made me feel older. Thanks a lot lol
Haha I am 26!
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@MadderBumgarner said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
You don't mess with the king man. I lived in Portland for a bit and I couldn't get Giants games broadcast up there so I could only watch the Mariners and I became a fan. Whenever he'd pitch the stadium would just feel more electric and into his presence like they were under his spell. I developed a respect for him because of it and really hope he is the last boss pick and it's a high rated version of him.
He was basically the lone bright spot for them since he was a rookie in 2005. It actually makes me angry knowing the M's basically wasted his prime years when he was loyal and awesome for them. I hope he bounces back to at least a serviceable 4 or and gets to make the playoffs with the Braves.
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@TechnologicPR4 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
Hearing someone say Felix was their favorite player growing up has never made me feel older. Thanks a lot lolI envy them. Mark McGwire was my favorite player as a kid, so I hit adulthood just in time to find out that my hero was a cheater. lol
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I've always enjoyed Felix IRL. I'm not a competitive online player, so the meta doesn't mean anything to me. I'll probably buy Ellsbury since I love the Red Sox. But I mean, how could you not pick King Felix?
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Felix confirmed
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@whitejw98 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
@TechnologicPR4 said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
Hearing someone say Felix was their favorite player growing up has never made me feel older. Thanks a lot lolI envy them. Mark McGwire was my favorite player as a kid, so I hit adulthood just in time to find out that my hero was a cheater. lol
This was me with Rafael Palmeiro
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I imagine hes the only one that will be desirable, but most people will be selling their picks. So, probably going to be cheap bosses for this inning.
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My favorite player when I was young was Kid Nichols. When I saw him pitch as a rookie, it reminded me of my long-forgotten youth. Later in life, I became disillusioned with the flashy modern-day theatrics of players like Grover Cleveland Alexander and Nap Lajoie. When I first saw Jim O’Rourke animatedly grab his crotch while staring down Mordecai Brown, I knew the game I remembered from my youth was gone forever.
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@SchnauzerFace said in Why does everyone want Felix?:
My favorite player when I was young was Kid Nichols. When I saw him pitch as a rookie, it reminded me of my long-forgotten youth. Later in life, I became disillusioned with the flashy modern-day theatrics of players like Grover Cleveland Alexander and Nap Lajoie. When I first saw Jim O’Rourke animatedly grab his crotch while staring down Mordecai Brown, I knew the game I remembered from my youth was gone forever.
Ah, indeed! Kid Nichols was quite the prim looking stargazer I do recall! He made this new game of base and ball look like duck soup, I say!
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I'll use him, my rotation isn't crazy anyway
