Erstwhile Mariners ace Felix Hernandez toed the rubber for the Tacoma Rainiers on Monday night and it shouldn’t be long before he’s donning a Seattle uni once again, according to a report from Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. Hernandez, out since May 12th with a lat-strain, threw 69 pitches and was largely effective in Tacoma, utilizing an 88-90 mph fastball to limit the Salt Lake Bees to one run over three-plus innings pitched. Indications are that the living legend would slide into the M’s rotation come Saturday, which would end the weeks-long four-man rotation dance that manager Scott Servais has had to orchestrate since the club’s trade of Mike Leake at the MLB trade deadline. For what it’s worth, Hernandez is looking at this return as a moment to savor, saying: “It’s going to be my last year. I don’t know what’s going to happen next year so I need to go out there and show them that I still love the fans and still love Seattle.”
Felix's last stand
Felix's last stand
Looks like he is on for Saturday night.
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Re: Felix's last stand
That quote makes it sound like he is planning on hanging them up.
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If he is still terrible, I would think he would.Captain 97 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:39 pmThat quote makes it sound like he is planning on hanging them up.
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I think what he is saying is this is his last year as a Mariner, whether he can catch on with another club remains to be seen, and that would depend on pitching well the rest of the season
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If he's halfway serviceable the rest of the season, like 5.00 ERA, I predict Mariners sign him for another year (or more). They're not done milking every last drop of Felix nostalgia, and they're going to need something like that next season to keep the seats from getting too dusty.
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Re: Felix's last stand
He'll go win another cy young with the Astros somehow...Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:08 pmI think what he is saying is this is his last year as a Mariner, whether he can catch on with another club remains to be seen, and that would depend on pitching well the rest of the season
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Re: Felix's last stand
Yep, last stand as in last chance to prove himself. If Custer hadn't lost the last battle he would have had another stand.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:08 pmI think what he is saying is this is his last year as a Mariner, whether he can catch on with another club remains to be seen, and that would depend on pitching well the rest of the season
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No way in hell.Millikin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:13 pmIf he's halfway serviceable the rest of the season, like 5.00 ERA, I predict Mariners sign him for another year (or more). They're not done milking every last drop of Felix nostalgia, and they're going to need something like that next season to keep the seats from getting too dusty.
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ok, "hanging it up" to me means retiring, Custer wasn't interested in retiring, i doubt Felix is eitherD-train wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:49 pmYep, last stand as in last chance to prove himself. If Custer hadn't lost the last battle he would have had another stand.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:08 pmI think what he is saying is this is his last year as a Mariner, whether he can catch on with another club remains to be seen, and that would depend on pitching well the rest of the season
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yeah, i think that bridge has been burned, he doesn't sound happy with how he has been treated by the franchise, doubt anybody is interested in nostalgia toursD-train wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:49 pmNo way in hell.Millikin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:13 pmIf he's halfway serviceable the rest of the season, like 5.00 ERA, I predict Mariners sign him for another year (or more). They're not done milking every last drop of Felix nostalgia, and they're going to need something like that next season to keep the seats from getting too dusty.