Pete Happy has a friend

Check out this Ken Rosenthal article on possible landing places for Pedro Feliz. Interested teams - besides the Giants, of course - are the Dodgers, Brewers and Phillies.

Rosenthal doesn't see the Dodgers as fitting and with the signing of Mike Cameron I can't see there being enough space on the BrewCrew for Feliz unless Bill Hall finds a new address.

But after you read and digest it go back to the lede. If it still says Feliz's career OBP is .248, congratulations, you just read an error in a Ken Rosenthal column.

And the lede itself is kind of weird. It suggests that since The Worst Third Baseman in the Major Leagues has averaged 21 home runs the last four years in an environment such as Mays Field, if he only had an OBP 60 points higher than his career average (though in the article it's written as 100 points) he would be getting $10 million a year.

(OK, quick aside. Feliz was not TWTBITML last season. That was Nick Punto, based on RC/27. But I'm sure we can all agree anything that happens in Minnesota doesn't really count, at least when it comes to offense.)

Last year Feliz drew 29 walks in 2007. To get to .348 Feliz would have needed to reach base an extra 34 times based on his PA from 2007. That means replacing 34 strikeouts with walks, hits or being hit by a pitch. If Ken Rosenthal magically extended the season the walk Pedro Feliz to respectability and treasure it would take around 55 straight walks to get him there. That would be about 14 extra games of walking in every plate appearance.

So yeah, Pedro Feliz is close to a $10 million player. All he needs is 14 games a year against a 10-year-old who really just wants to go home and play X-Box instead of the stupid Little League game his parents signed him up for. That is all that separates Happy from his rightful glory.