Marco, come on in, take a seat. Thanks for agreeing to sit down for this exit interview. I mean, that would have been a bold move, not showing up. I’m your boss. You had quite the 2019, really. You were tasked with a tall order: take the ball on Opening Day as the first non-Felix-Hernandez pitcher to do that since 2008. How did it go? Pretty bad! The Mariners were really bad. Did you know this? Probably.
Your season was confusing: your ERA was OK (3.99, good for 37th out of 58 qualified starters) and your FIP ranked better (4.