Watching Felix Hernandez pitch is an experience. He makes great pitches, can get a strike out when needed and gets outs without blowing up his pitch count. Last night Felix was at his best. He needed just 117 pitches in a complete game two hit shutout.
He has really been impressive over his last five starts with an E.R.A. of under 1.00. He has been in the league for 5 years now and is only 23, you are reading this right. To have 46 wins at 23 years of age is incredible. If he were to pitch until he was 40 and remained healthy, he would have close to 600 more starts. If he were to win just 40% of those starts, or roughly 14 wins a year he would get to 300.
If I were to put my money on one guy, which I am not going to do since I am not a gambling man, I would say that of all the present MLB pitchers Hernandez is the best bet for 300. There is one thing going against him, he plays on a Mariners club that doesn't have much for offense. Case in point was last night, when the Mariners only managed 3 hits of Kevin Correa, fortunately two those were solo homeruns by Beltre and Guitierrez.
The next time Felix pitches, take a look. He is impressive!
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