Felix Hernandez Projections

[Nene]

What do you guys expect from him?

[Box]

5-6 W, 3.5ish ERA, 40+ K

Really its just a guess at this point, no one knows how he's going to adjust to big league hitting.

[waterproof]

Rumors were that he was going to get a few starts and than get moved to the pen... BUT

Said Hargrove: “We wanted to give him his first start on the road, we thought that was the best situation. His next start will be in Seattle.”

And beyond that?

“He’ll get the ball from me every five days,” Hargrove said.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/5077079p-4626455c.html

[bigh0rt]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

[The_Met_Threat]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

[Yoda]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

Or he gets injured like every SEA young pitchers do b/c they don't know how to protect their investment.

[Big Nasty]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

Or he gets injured like every SEA young pitchers do b/c they don't know how to protect their investment.

Seattle has been doing everything they can to protect Felix, such as not letting him throw his slider in the minors. I'm just afraid they'll be holding him back for the next few years, keeping his true potential hidden.

[Yoda]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

Or he gets injured like every SEA young pitchers do b/c they don't know how to protect their investment.

Seattle has been doing everything they can to protect Felix, such as not letting him throw his slider in the minors. I'm just afraid they'll be holding him back for the next few years, keeping his true potential hidden.

Well, I don't necessarily think that bringing him up to pitch for a crappy team coming off an injury (however minor) is protecting him at all. Plus, he did have some control issues at AAA and could've used some more work at that level but that's just my opinion.

[ironman]

Well, he was added to Yahoo today, so let the waiver frenzy begin!

I love it when guys like this are added late in the year. Unless the guy that's held on to the #1 priority starts blathering about how he strategized for this day to come, there's usually an eerie quiet on the message board. I believe the reason for this is that every guy with waiver priority in the top ten are desperately hoping everyone ahead of them are asleep at the wheel and they can snatch him.

[mamorris]

I expect him to be a Top 5 Pitcher a few years down the line, and to be a solid fantsy SP until he really breaks out

Or he gets injured like every SEA young pitchers do b/c they don't know how to protect their investment.

Seattle has been doing everything they can to protect Felix, such as not letting him throw his slider in the minors. I'm just afraid they'll be holding him back for the next few years, keeping his true potential hidden.

Well, I don't necessarily think that bringing him up to pitch for a crappy team coming off an injury (however minor) is protecting him at all. Plus, he did have some control issues at AAA and could've used some more work at that level but that's just my opinion.

This was essentially my point in one of the other Felix threads. After all that, it seems like we essentially agree.