Is It Time To Bench Pedro Feliz?

When Pedro Feliz was signed to a 2 year, 8.5 million dollar deal in the off-season I had my reservations about the whole thing. Basically, I looked at these things called 'facts' and wondered why the Phillies should be starting a guy with a ludicrously low on-base percentage (OBP). Here were my thoughts on the signing: So what do I think? I think he'll be a slight upgrade over Nunez/Dobbs/Helms, but he's no great shakes. He's a below-average hitter, as his career 84 OPS+ shows(100 is average). He's a terrific defensive third baseman, but does that make up for his horrible patience at the plate? Somewhat, but that's only because of the trash that was thrown out at third base the past couple seasons. Feliz is not a big upgrade, he's a VERY small upgrade…VERY small. It seems like a waste of money, to be honest. We could've spent no money and gotten production that was only a little worse. Considering I feel a large part of offense is getting on ba...