Zduriencik to Q13 Fox: No talks have started with Felix Hernandez

Caught an interesting interview last night between Q-13 Fox anchor Aaron Levine and Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik. It covered a wide variety of topics, but the most important was about any negotiations between the team and Felix Hernandez on a potential long-term deal. What Zduriencik told Levine was that talks have yet to begin. "There are a lot of ways to look at things,'' Zduriencik said. "But regardless of the side of the coin you're on, the thing you have to remember is 'it takes two to tango.' So, he's got to want to stay here, and certainly if we move forward and talks would begin - there'd have to be mutual agreement, of course. But he's a talented player, we're happy to have him right now. We're looking forward to watching him for the next couple years.'' What Zduriencik leaves out is that, unless the team can ink Hernandez to a long-term deal, he almost certainly won't be pitching for Seattle the next two seasons...