24-year old righty starting pitcher Felix Hernandez refuses to let his team’s awful play ruin his year. He has started 28 games for the Mariners this year and he is 10-10 with a 2.47 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. He has only allowed 174 hits while whiffing 192 batters in 204 1/3 innings this year for the Mariners. He deserves Cy Young Award consideration but he won’t get many votes while sporting a .500 record. He has now pitched in 166 games (all starts) in his career with the Mariners and he is 68-51 with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. Hernandez became the 4th youngest pitcher in major league history last night to record 1,000 career strikeouts. He now has 1,002 of them in 1109 1/3 innings pitched.