Christina Kahrl on "JD's Big Day"

Aside from the snark in the title, the article is very positive on the return for the two big fish at the deadline:

The question is whether the package adds up. The best young catcher in the game, two hard-throwing lefties, an even harder-throwing righty, a toolsy shortstop, an equally toolsy pair of center fielders, and a guy who can step into the back end of a big league rotation right now... for a quality first baseman and perhaps two months from a fragile sometime star-quality reliever? It may not knock your socks off, but in this market, with prospects at a premium, it seems to me that Daniels did exceptionally well.

Doesn't mention the Lofton trade, or say too much we haven't heard before, but it's the most detailed account of the Rangers' return in the two big trades that I've seen outside of LSB (and one of the most positive).

One line that particularly interested me:

That Feliz rated so high might surprise some, but Kevin's an admitted velocity whore, and Feliz throws freely and easily into the upper 90s, and supports it with a nasty slider that needs work, and his change is even more notional; if he were only going to be a reliever, it wouldn't be hard to envision Feliz becoming some sort of latter-day blend of Jeff Nelson and Joel Zumaya, but seeing as he won't be 20 until next spring and is still starting in the short-season complex leagues, we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves.

Tasty.