Phillies activate Neftal Fliz as veteran

Phillies activate Neftal Fliz as veteran

The made some roster moves in front of their Friday doubleheader against the and Arlington Hambright Jersey one catches the eye. They activated right-handed reliever Neftal Fliz. Does that name ring a bell? If it doesn't, you're forgiven. Fliz hasn't pitched in the majors since 2017. Even fans who remember him well might've believed he was retired.The 33-year-old Fliz dealt with arm i sues toward the end of 2016, had a bad 2017 and just didn't rebound enough to make it all the Chicago Bears Hats way back to the big leagues until now.Fliz was an All-Star and won AL Rookie of the Year in 2010 as the ' closer. He served in that role for them on back-to-back pennant winners, pitching very well in the playoffs except for Akiem Hicks Jersey a certain .He needed to have Tommy John surgery in 2012 and that took out pretty much all of 2012-13, but he came back with a 1.99 ERA in 31 2/3 innings in 2014. The following season he was bad enough that the Rangers released him. He didn't fare any better with the . In 2016, he was back to being effective in the early Mike Ditka Jersey part of the season with the until said arm i sues derailed him. In 2017, Fliz had a rough stint with the and a mediocre one with the . And that was it in the bigs until Friday. In 2019-20, he only pitched in the Dominican Winter League.At Triple-A Lehigh Valley this season, Fliz posted a 1.26 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 23 strikeouts to six walks over 14 1/3 frames. The Phillies continue to have bullpen i sues, though their 3.76 June ERA is an improvement Roquan Smith Jersey from the first two months of the season. Still, overall they've lost six of their last eight. It's po sible a rejuvenated Fliz injects some life into the bullpen. If so, that's a pretty fun comeback story.

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