Feliz an upgrade for Phillies? 

January, 29, 2008
01/29/08
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Last year, three-fourths of the Phillies infield were MVP candidates.

And the other one-fourth? Train wreck. Last season the Phillies' third basemen -- mainly Abraham Nunez, Wes Helms and Greg Dobbs -- combined to hit .255/.321/.368 with 11 homers. If the Phillies do sign Pedro Feliz, as reported, he'll almost certainly do better. So it's a good move, right?

As usual, it's not really that simple. As Philliesflow's egrissom points out,

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