During a spring training that’s been filled with small nagging injuries, the Seattle Mariners believe they caught a fortunate break after Felix Hernandez took a line drive off his pitching arm in his spring debut.
Hernandez said Tuesday he is still very sore a day after a liner off the bat of the Chicago Cubs’ Victor Caratini hit Hernandez in the right forearm.
“That hurt real bad. I can’t explain how bad it was. I didn’t feel anything like that before,” Hernandez said.
“I finished the pitch and I saw the ball coming and I said ‘Oh my God.