JustSON the Numbers: Felix Hernandez

Living in the Seattle area and being a sports fan over the past few years has been pretty rough. With the exception of the Seahawks making it to Super Bowl 40, the local sports faithful hasn't had much to cheer about lately. That rings especially true with the Seattle Mariners, where you pretty much only have had Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez to root for.

Well I have some bad news for Felix Hernandez fans because King Felix has now entered.....the twilight zone. For some reason Hernandez has traditionally struggled during the month of May. In one start this month his ERA (earned run average) has already risen one full run this year to 3.38 after he gave up 6 earned runs in 6 innings to the Texas Rangers on Monday, saddling him with his first loss of the season.

In comparison the combined months of March & April (sometimes MLB will squeeze in one or two games in March) have produced a career 9-5 record and 2.80 ERA for Felix. The month of May however has been far less forgiving yielding a 5-10 record with a whopping 6.55 ERA. The rest of the year Felix is very good with a career 29-22 record and a 3.62 ERA.

I can't figure out why May is such a bad month for Hernandez. My only guesses are that he either hates flowers or he killed May's twin brother Yam and May uses the month to exact some sort of revenge?

All I can say is if you have Hernandez on your fantasy baseball team you may want to keep him on the bench....at least until June.