No more pretending. It‘s time for the Mariners to acknowledge the massive elephant hovering over this city and make a run at one (or some) of the free agent pitchers currently looking for a job.
Yesterday afternoon the Mariners were met with quite the scare. Felix Hernandez was making his spring debut against the Chicago Cubs and through the first inning the King looked poised to regain his throne. A 1-2-3 first, including two strike outs coming against major league bats, Javy Baez and Anthony Rizzo – it was the start we all wanted to see.
Then came the second inning and my official breakdown.