SEATTLE – Until last season Felix Hernandez's career with the Seattle Mariners could be summed up as such: Hernandez has been great. The team? Not so much.
Then finally, after a decade of his brilliance resulting in little team success, the Mariners finally seemed to break through in 2014. Robinson Cano came over from the New York Yankees and added legitimacy to a lineup in desperate need of a lift. Of course, Hernandez was his usual dominant self, posting a career-best 2.14 ERA and finishing second to Indians right-hander Corey Kluber in AL Cy Young voting.