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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Felix speaks

By Tangotiger, 11:38 AM

Lots of fun stuff, especially the long-tossing.

He’s special in that he plays long toss every day, and it’s not even the normal long toss. It’s almost an extreme long toss. He probably throws the baseball about 280 to 300 feet. For the most part you see guys go out — the longer guys — 200 feet, maybe 225 feet. In his case, he throws the ball with a lot of height — he really gets a lot of air under it — and what he’s accomplishing is not only strength, but also extension. It’s a bit far, but hey, you can’t argue with the success he’s had.

He’s 5th since 2006 in batters faced.

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