Earlier this week, in my Mariners weekly recap, I mentioned something that I want to take a deeper look at today. Since the beginning of September, 2012, the Mariners have gone 2-9 in games started by Felix Hernandez. That statistic is pretty staggering so I wanted to look into it a bit more. What have Felix’s stats looked like during this period? How do they compare to other pitchers around the league during the same period? This is just a thought exercise, nothing that’s supposed to be definitive or predictive. I’m just curious about Felix and the way he’s pitched in recently and how the Mariners have played when he’s on the mound.
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