http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/302 Recent articles about Felix Hernandez en-us Ahhh we’re getting sooooo close to the winter meetings. I can BARELY contain my excitement. If a fan can’t get excited over the hot stove talk- clearly I question his passion for the game. Lets break down my final 4 to look for. 4) Felix Hernandez- staying or going? Extended or traded? This is one that [...] Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:00:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bretts_top_10_Preview_of_the_Winter_Meetings_4_1/1652480 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bretts_top_10_Preview_of_the_Winter_Meetings_4_1/1652480 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bretts_top_10_Preview_of_the_Winter_Meetings_4_1/1652480 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37145f22b281ac27cba323bd39f74a60ef3cd0b5/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_24f3.jpg After Felix Hernandez finished second in the CY Young voting to Zack Greinke, Larry Stone writes about what the future holds for King Felix in Seattle:"At some point between now and opening day 2010 — precisely when this will happen is a state secret, guarded zealously by both sides — general manager Jack Zduriencik and Hernandez's agent, Alan Nero, will engage in serious talks about a contract extension. To review: Hernandez is eligible for free agency after the 2011 season, giving ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Hypothetically_Speaking_The_Felix_Hernandez_Contract_Extension/1594738 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Hypothetically_Speaking_The_Felix_Hernandez_Contract_Extension/1594738 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Hypothetically_Speaking_The_Felix_Hernandez_Contract_Extension/1594738 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/d/3d813b0a8b155d8497b36fe1776960f77addbe21/small/d9.jpg One day after finishing second in the Cy Young Award race, Felix Hernandez has something more to add to his trophy shelf. I've seen it and it's pretty cluttered already, but this is something he'll hold close to his heart. It's the Luis Aparicho Award, given to the player chosen as the best Venezuelan in the majors. That's Aparicho himself handing the award to Hernandez at a winter ball game in Maracaibo, Venezuela earlier today. Our contacts down in Venezuela, at Diario... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:56:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Felix_Hernandez_finally_gets_some_hardware_to_take_home/1592110 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Felix_Hernandez_finally_gets_some_hardware_to_take_home/1592110 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Felix_Hernandez_finally_gets_some_hardware_to_take_home/1592110 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/d/3d813b0a8b155d8497b36fe1776960f77addbe21/small/d9.jpg Rob Johnson is undergoing wrist surgery as we speak. I spoke to him earlier this afternoon, when he was on his way to the Seattle clinic where the procedure was to take place. The surgery will be exploratory to start, then any damage that needs fixing will be taken care of in what will be a day procedure of only a few hours. The good news for Johnson is that it now appears he won't need a fourth surgery, this one on his elbow. Johnson had the elbow looked at last Friday and for now, it a... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:04:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rob_Johnson_having_surgery_right_now_but_tips_cap_to_Felix_Hernandez_beforehand/1584007 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rob_Johnson_having_surgery_right_now_but_tips_cap_to_Felix_Hernandez_beforehand/1584007 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rob_Johnson_having_surgery_right_now_but_tips_cap_to_Felix_Hernandez_beforehand/1584007 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/8/58091fb55d60e28101b8e00c974997858d625d8f/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_1a41.jpg According to MLB.com, Kansas City Royals’ ace Zach Greinke was named the American League’s Cy Young Award winner on Tuesday after receiving 25 of 28 first-place votes. I know Mariners ace Felix Hernandez was just as a good, but Greinke deserved this achievement. He was the most dominant pitcher in the American League, posting a league-best [...] Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Royals_Greinke_wins_2009_AL_Cy_Young_Award/1582686 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Royals_Greinke_wins_2009_AL_Cy_Young_Award/1582686 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Royals_Greinke_wins_2009_AL_Cy_Young_Award/1582686 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37145f22b281ac27cba323bd39f74a60ef3cd0b5/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_24f3.jpg Just got off the phone with Mariners pitching coach Rick Adair, who said Felix Hernandez should be proud of what he accomplished this season. Hernandez finished a distant second to Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals in Cy Young Award voting announced today. "We're all extremely proud of him and not just from a performance standpoint,'' Adair said. "As the season went on, he also showed some leadership that the team needed. "Felix is going to get better,'&#39... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:35:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rick_Adair_Felix_is_going_to_get_better/1582124 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rick_Adair_Felix_is_going_to_get_better/1582124 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rick_Adair_Felix_is_going_to_get_better/1582124 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37145f22b281ac27cba323bd39f74a60ef3cd0b5/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_24f3.jpg Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals has won the Cy Young award in the American League, beating Felix Hernandez by 54 votes. Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Greinke went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA for the Kansas City Royals. Hernandez went 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA for the Seattle Mariners. Greinke received 25 first-place votes and three seconds for 134 points in b... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zack_Greinke_Wins_AL_Cy_Young/1582226 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zack_Greinke_Wins_AL_Cy_Young/1582226 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Zack_Greinke_Wins_AL_Cy_Young/1582226 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/9/59615c3518d201096218e16bd19377daa8d86240/small/88543160.jpg Felix Hernandez is not available: “Felix is our property. We’re going to have him for the next two years and we’re looking forward to having him beyond that,” Zduriencik said here at the GM meetings. Zduriencik has told GMs the same thing, as Seattle is endeavoring to lock up the 23-year-old star beyond his free-agent years, which [...] Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:51:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_King_Stays/1533286 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_King_Stays/1533286 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_King_Stays/1533286 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/8/58091fb55d60e28101b8e00c974997858d625d8f/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_1a41.jpg For those people getting their hopes up about possibly trading for Felix Hernandez, here's a quote from Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik at the GM meetings via Chad Jennings:“He’s our property this year and next year, and we’re looking forward to him being part of the organization as we move forward,” Zduriencik said. “I can’t control other people calling and people wanting to have discussions. That’s the job to do and certainly we’re going to dot our i’s and cross our t’s. But where we stand ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:31:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/King_Felix_Likely_Staying_Put/1531898 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/King_Felix_Likely_Staying_Put/1531898 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/King_Felix_Likely_Staying_Put/1531898 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/d/3d813b0a8b155d8497b36fe1776960f77addbe21/small/d9.jpg This little nugget about Felix Hernandez caught my eye: "Felix will be an affordable, young, dynamic budding superstar of a pitcher in 2010. And his home is at the moment unknown. The Mariners don't have the talent to contend against the Angels in the AL West, and it appears that they'd rather trade Felix now, while they can still get a boatload of young talent for him, rather than wait for him to become a free agent and skip town." For the life of me, I cannot understand ... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Why_Cant_The_Mariners_Sign_Felix_Hernandez/1190585 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Why_Cant_The_Mariners_Sign_Felix_Hernandez/1190585 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Why_Cant_The_Mariners_Sign_Felix_Hernandez/1190585 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/c/0c71b44d2c303864b1ad6b65b65c63250be8f13d/small/80721900.jpg More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP 2 days ago: Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez delivers to the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » Geoff Baker from the Seattle Times wrote a piece yesterday stating that the Mariners rejected an unbelievable offer from the Boston Red Sox fo... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:30:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/MLB_Trade_Rumors_Seattle_Rejected_Blockbuster_for_Felix_Hernandez/930947 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/MLB_Trade_Rumors_Seattle_Rejected_Blockbuster_for_Felix_Hernandez/930947 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/MLB_Trade_Rumors_Seattle_Rejected_Blockbuster_for_Felix_Hernandez/930947 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37145f22b281ac27cba323bd39f74a60ef3cd0b5/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_24f3.jpg Felix Hernandez turned in another dominant start, while the bottom of the M’s lineup delivered plenty of run support in the Mariners 6-2 win over the Indians. King Felix went eight strong innings, striking out eight while surrendering only two earned runs. David Aardsma came in to close it out in the ninth, securing Felix’s tenth [...] Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:26:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829672 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829672 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829672 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37145f22b281ac27cba323bd39f74a60ef3cd0b5/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_24f3.jpg Felix Hernandez turned in another dominant start, while the bottom of the M’s lineup delivered plenty of run support in the Mariners 6-2 win over the Indians. King Felix went eight strong innings, striking out eight while surrendering only two earned runs. David Aardsma came in to close it out in the ninth, securing Felix’s tenth [...] Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:26:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829671 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829671 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Mariners_Cruise_in_Cleveland/829671 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/8/58091fb55d60e28101b8e00c974997858d625d8f/small/Baltimore_Orioles_vs_1a41.jpg