King Felix and First Inning Troubles

If you need info on Seattle, the USS Mariner is the place to go. Batters are hitting .364 this season off of Felix through his first 25 pitches of every game. "Attention Rafael Chaves - for the love of God, please stop having Felix establish the fastball in the first inning by throwing 92-97 MPH heaters on every single pitch to the first 4 to 5 batters of the game." It's always going to be a trade-off with Hernandez. Throw more fastballs that teams can tee off on, but decrease the chances he gets hurt or let him use his full array of pitches and hope his arm does Kerry Wood its way to the DL. Tough call.