SoDo Mojo » Patrick Allen http://sodomojo.com A Seattle Mariners Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 21:16:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Felix Hernandez, Mariners Ink $175M Deal, According To Report http://sodomojo.com/2013/02/07/felix-hernandez-mariners-ink-175m-deal-according-to-report/ http://sodomojo.com/2013/02/07/felix-hernandez-mariners-ink-175m-deal-according-to-report/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:17:02 +0000 Patrick Allen http://sodomojo.com/?p=10249

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

According to a report from USA Today, the Seattle Mariners have locked up pitcher Felix Hernandez to a seven-year, $175 million deal, making him the highest-paid pitcher in the history of the game.

From ESPN: 

Hernandez, 26, was scheduled to make $19.5 million this season and $20 million in 2014. The new contract will start this season, according to USA Today Sports, and pay the three-time All-Star an annual average salary of $25 million.

The 2010 American League Cy Young Award winner, Hernandez went 13-9 with a 3.06 ERA and 223 strikeouts last season. He has pitched at least 232 innings in each of the last four seasons and owns a career record of 98-76 with a 3.22 ERA in eight years, all with the Mariners.

We will have more on this story later today.

What do you guys think? Is Hernandez deserving of being the most lucrative pitching contract of all-time?

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