OAKLAND, Calif. – Nobody would have blamed Michael Feliz for feeling dejected upon being sent back to Class AA Corpus Christi less than an hour after throwing a scoreless inning for the Astros in his major league debut May 31.
Although the hard-throwing righthander wasn’t exactly happy, he exited Minute Maid Park more inspired than heart-broken. He had used his three-day promotion to observe how Luke Gregerson, Pat Neshek, Chad Qualls and the rest of the major league relievers prepared themselves.
This after arriving at his first major league spring training camp in February knowing he needed to improve his off-speed pitches.