This is some good news. Hernandez had a mixed bag of a season last year. His strikeout rate was right where it should be but especially in the first half, things didn’t seem to click. It was particularly annoying to Mariners’ fans because the prospect showed up to camp overweight.
Now, Felix Hernandez has appeared to have changed his ways. He’s 20 pounds lighter then he was last year and he’s done it through an improved diet and exercise. Wonder if PECOTA has that factored in to Hernandez’s already fantastic projections?