It is now time to fall in love with the King, Felix Hernandez

And here I thought you guys would be complaining about the "narrative" events of the past week and how they will impact the voting:

-- Felix the clear CY winner, with Kluber right behind him
-- Felix blows up against Toronto, Seattle tanks their playoff chances, Kluber dominates in his final start and is looking like the frontrunner for the award
-- Oakland continues sucking, game 162 somehow ends up mattering for Seattle, Felix gets a shot at redemption for his team and a chance to upstage Kluber again

So Felix went from pariah who choked away the CY, to ace pitcher making the most important start of his career, all in less than a week.

He was removed from the game as soon as the A's won.

Aahhh - that's what happened.

Close to a coin flip--for every point you make on one side, there's one on the other. I looked at the game logs and totaled quality starts using the same definition as Felix's streak: 7+ innings, 2 or fewer runs (earned or otherwise).

Kluber: 19/34
Felix: 22/34

Kluber wins on WAR and FIP, Felix on ERA and WHIP. Innings, they're separated by one out, K/BB and run support are also almost even. Kluber had the better September, for sure (after a poor start to start the month), and seeing as both teams were chasing a wild-card spot, I do think that matters. I'd probably vote for Felix for the reason I gave earlier: all things being close to equal, I'd rather vote for the established great player.

Runs allowed depend on too many factors, so I like to look at Game Scores to get an idea of a pitcher's dominance.

Turns out that's more or less a wash too -- Kluber has more dominant starts (GSc > 80) but also more bad ones (GSc < 50), whereas Felix was more consistently good.

is this Cy Young going to com down to fielding? because that would be awesome!

three words for you: arm wrestling contest

many cy youngs have come down to fielding bcz era is a team stat

which is why i vote for kluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubezzzzzzzzzzzzz

i would vote both Cys by FIP this year since Hamels is not in the NL top 5

4th youngest to 2000 K.

Feller, Seaver, and Clemens the others? (Or maybe Blyleven.)

Only one of the four correct.

tied with orel for 70th all-time

at 29

Ryan surely

wow

Houston - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Felix Hernandez pitching for Seattle	SEA	HOU
Jose Altuve	Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Altuve reached on infield single to shortstop	0	0
Preston Tucker	Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked, Altuve to second	0	0
George Springer	Ball, Ball, Springer doubled to right, Altuve scored, Tucker to third	0	1
Evan Gattis	Gattis grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Tucker and Springer scored, Gattis safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Hernández	0	3
Colby Rasmus	Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Rasmus walked	0	3
Carlos Correa	Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), Correa struck out looking	0	3
Luis Valbuena	Strike (swinging), Valbuena homered to right center, Gattis and Rasmus scored	0	6
Chris Carter	Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Carter singled to left	0	6
Jason Castro	Ball, Strike (foul), Castro homered to left, Carter scored	0	8
Jose Altuve	Beimel relieved Hernández, Strike (looking), Altuve grounded out to shortstop	0	8
Preston Tucker	Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Tucker singled to center	0	8
George Springer	Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Springer struck out swinging	0	8

The hell happened.

His bad stretch this year guaranteed it wouldn't be one of his better seasons, but he was great last night, and he'll end up with one of those filling-in-the-scenery type years that adds to his bulk numbers and strengthens his HOF résumé. Also making progress towards 300 wins, which, if it ever happens, will make him the latest guy to win 300 after it was obvious there's never be another 300-game winner again.

I was surprised to see that he has 17 wins -- the second highest total of his career -- and has a good chance to win 20 for the first time. I wonder if anyone will write that Felix finally learned how to win (for a mediocre Seattle team that won't come close to making the playoffs) rather than only caring about his personal stats.

highly doubt felix will approach 300

felix is an interesting case. on one hand, he's been a poster child for the sabermetric movement almost since he broke into the league. on the other hand, a lot of his value comes from the old fashioned sense of being so durable and an innings-eater; his per-inning numbers are not really that special

For the HOF, I imagine Felix will be fine with 225-250 wins. By the time he comes up for induction (2030 or so), pitcher wins will be a quaint relic.

I think he has a decent chance, though. He'll have 143-145 at the end of his age-29 season:

Clemens -- 152
Maddux -- 150
Seaver -- 146
Sutton -- 139
Carlton - 133
Glavine -- 124
Ryan -- 122

(No point in even listing Johnson, who didn't have his first really good season until he was 29.) I know that covers different eras, and that at least a couple of those guys go back to 4-man rotations. But he's in line with Maddux and Glavine, and much closer to the former than the latter. If he can bounce back to last year's form, he has a shot; if this year is the beginning of slow decline, no.

Or let's say bounce back halfway; last year was good enough to be something of a blip.

Felix is going to the bullpen. Servais informed him before the game.

— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) August 10, 2018

I had no idea he'd been declining so badly

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/exile-for-king-felix/

at least he got that funny strikeout of beltre the other day (before beltre went deep on him) : /

figured this day was coming but it sucks that it happens the one year the Mariners are actually kinda good

this sorta happened to Verlander too but he bounced back, maybe there's hope for the ol' King. he's only 32!

Gets a spot start tonight because Paxton is on the DL

Should have been traded at the end of the 2016 season. He’s been worthless this last couple years.

felix hernandez, 2016-2019

434 IP, 77 GS
26-31, 4.79 ERA, 4.96 FIP, 4.43 xFIP, 1.36 WHIP
7.44 K/9 (19.1 K%), 3.27 BB/9 (8.4 BB%)

so what you're saying is that he'd be the no. 1 starter for the 2019 orioles

Since his debut in 2005, Félix Hernández has made more starts at T-Mobile Park than any other pitcher at any single ballpark.

On Thursday, he will make his final start of the season at T-Mobile Park.

More: https://t.co/91j2vZb9lf pic.twitter.com/Lq4dX4IV5u

— MarinersPR (@MarinersPR) September 23, 2019

Seattle's first glimpse of King Félix. 👑#HappyFélixDay #TBT pic.twitter.com/fsxOEAAFUo

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 26, 2019

is he officially retiring – or is everyone just assuming he's done?

Likely done with the Mariners. He has said that he doesn’t want to retire.

An appropriate send-off from the mariners offense.

Since Felix’s 2010 season, there’s only been 5 pitchers who pitched 240 innings in a single season. Wainwright, Cueto, Price, Shields, Verlander. Except Verlander, it seems like they’ve all come to regret it.

I think Cueto and Price in 2014 will be the lasts.

Royalty. Loyalty. 👑 pic.twitter.com/gF39tVU5Bz

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 27, 2019

the bulb in my living room lamp went out. i was going to replace it, but it has a dimmer switch and it looks like i don’t have any dimmer bulbs. i’ve tried screwing in a standard bulb but it popped after just a couple days. i figure i’ll hold off until i can go buy the right bulb

— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) July 3, 2020

Check out the replies.

:D

He’s got a strong dog game
https://i.postimg.cc/Jz7LHxDR/IMG-2906.jpg