Should Mariners Consider Moving Felix Hernandez to the Bullpen?

Last week, Felix Hernandez was seemingly on his way out of the Mariners’ rotation. This had Mariners fans riled up, splitting them up into two opposing groups: pro-Felix and anti-Felix.

This week is no different.

This season Hernandez is 8-9 with a 5.49 ERA in 22 starts.

In his last start against the Blue Jays, he went five innings giving up five hits and two earned runs. Not bad, but over his last seven starts, he is 2-3 with an ERA of 5.22.

Now, let’s compare his last seven starts to the rest of the rotation:

Wade LeBlanc: 3-2, 5.09 ERA

Mike Leake: 0-3, 4.28 ERA

James Paxton: 3-4, 3.46 ERA

Marco Gonzales: 5-2, 2.85 ERA

You may look at this and say Mike Leake is 0-4, and Paxton is 3-4, but what is…