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Pedro in his Boston heyday is the best I've ever seen -- better than Clemen, Maddux, or Randy to my eyes, at least.
I have to say Felix confuses me.  He is more hittable than he should be to my eyes and I don't know why.  I know even a blind squirrel finds a nut by mere chance every blue moon, but I thought Willingham just executed his plan better than Felix did his.  Was it just an error in location, because the pitch had more juice on it than half the pitchers in the bigs can achieve?  It did get a lot of the plate. 
To my eyes he should dominate with swinging strikes like Roger Clemens, but he hasn't with any regularity.  My guess to why is that all his pitches break down.  The classic power pitcher has a 'rising' 4-seam fastball and a nasty 12-6 power curve or splitter (Nolan Ryan, Dwight Gooden, Roger Clemens template).  Felix doesn't extend the strike zone vertically very effectively.  It could be a problem in strategy, but I am starting to wonder if it is just a limit to the shape of his pitches.