Maybe it’s James Paxton’s turn to get on track. Because the Mariners’ other ace isn’t.
Not even in some of his struggles the past two years did Felix Hernandez ever get rocked like this.
And there certainly couldn’t have been many other times he struggled mechanically and with his command like he did in Wednesday’s 10-1 loss to the Giants in San Francisco, where he allowed eight runs on six hits and three home runs in four innings – and maybe more alarmingly walked five batters.
His fastball was more than a mile-per-hour slower on average than on Opening Night at Safeco Field last week, when he pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings against the Indians.