Seattle Mariners: Why Not Vicente Padilla for the No. 5 Slot?

For as good as the Mariners pitching has been this season (among tops in the majors), a trend of blow ups in the back-end of the rotation have plagued the team and added heaps of pressure on ace Felix Hernandez. Jason Vargas has lost three consecutive games; he went from 3-3 with a 4.14 ERA, to 3-6 with a 5.08. Garrett Olson has shown flashes of consistent MLB potential, but has been getting tattooed recently; he sports a 3-5 record with a high 5.75 ERA. It's too early to tell, but Ian Snell has some control issues, a dark side if you will, and we saw it tonight when he lasted one and one-third innings and gave up six walks in the 10-4 beating at the hands of the defending AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays. Brandon Morrow has been mishandled (should be Tim Lincecum I am talking about here dammit...), so far going from reliever, to closer, to starter, to who knows what. Over his last six starts, the Mariners have only managed one win, and he ...