While the fans in Cincinnati, Atlanta, and St. Petersburg may not have appreciated it, nearly every game played so far this postseason has featured a dominant pitching performance. Roy Halladay no-hit the Reds, Tim Lincecum shut out the Braves on just two hits while striking out 14, and C.J. Wilson and Cliff Lee combined to hold the Rays to one run in 13.1 innings. Lee displayed his talents during last year’s World Series, earning both of the Phillies’ wins over the Yankees, but Halladay, Lincecum and Wilson were all making their postseason debuts, and not one of them showed any sign of butterflies.
Felix Hernandez
8 October 2010
29 January 2010
How about Felix Hernandez? The 2009 American League Cy Young runner-up signed a lucrative, $78 million contract extension with the Mariners that will keep him in Seattle for the next five years. Still just 23 years old, King Felix showed the front office his worth by making huge strides this past season, setting career bests in innings pitched (238.2) and strikeouts (217) – more than CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay. He also lowered his WHIP from 1.385 in 2008 to 1.135 – meaning he allowed 2.25 fewer baserunners per nine innings pitched. He tied for the A.L. lead with 19 wins, and his 2.49 E.R.A. was second only to Zack Greinke. Along with recently acquired Cliff Lee, Hernandez will provide the Mariners with a very strong top of the rotation.
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20 November 2009
Cy Young Award challenger Felix Hernandez in E.R.A. (2.16 to 2.49) and WHIP (1.073 to 1.271). He was also second in the majors (to perennial Cy Young candidate Roy Halladay) with six complete games and three shutouts. In 33 starts, Greinke surrendered 11 home runs – the same number as allowed by Yankee pitchers in the six games of the World Series. The Royals tied the Indians for last-place in the A.L. Central, winning 65 games, but on a first-place team, Greinke would likely have been a 20 game winner.
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24 June 2008
Well, if there was ever a reason to just hang up the cleats and call it a season, it happened to the Ms today and last night. After a brilliant performance where he hit the first HR by a Mariners pitcher, and the first grand slam for an AL pitcher since Steve Dunning of Cleveland in 1971 (that was before the DH was introduced).
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31 May 2008
With the strangehold that FOX has on Saturday afternoon baseball (see my earlier rant on this), I get the distinct pleasure today of watching the 23-31 Tigers muddle around the diamond with the 20-35 Mariners, a matchup with all the excitement of watching two toddlers tussle in the sandbox over a broken Tonka truck. I'm sure this looked like a good game during the preseason FOX schedule-making, but now it's barely enough to hold my interest.
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2 May 2008
Living in Portland, I've adopted the Mariners as my team. They're generally fun to root for, play at a good park, and succeed just enough for fans to feel like This Year Might Be The Year. But is it?
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17 March 2008
Given their track records, that remains a pretty big if.
Seattle Mariners
Will this be Felix Hernandez’ breakout season?
Seattle ended up a surprise contender last season despite a pitching staff that ranked 10th in the American League in both ERA and strikeouts. To fix that, they went out and traded for Erik Bedard who could team with
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