How to remember Felix Hernandez in Seattle?

After three and a half months of absence due to an injury to the shoulder, Felix Hernández is back to the game for the Mariners on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park, prompting several questions:

How will he do it? How many times will it start? Would this be the last time we see Felix on the mount in the sailors' uniform? Why did it take him so long to come back?

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It is difficult to answer these questions, but I will try to answer each of them.

I think it will look great against the Blue Jays. Remember three years ago when he launched well against Toronto and shouted to Blue Jays fans, "It's my house!". He will be motivated to prove that he is still the king in front of another crowd that should be able to count on the support of supporters of the Blue Jays.

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I'm not worried about his first start. it's the next start, and the next one. With Felix at this stage of his career, we will only get a glimpse of what he was.

With 34 games to play and the Mariners with a rotation of six players, this means that Felix will have four or five other starts, max.

I do not think it will be the last time we see him wearing the sailors' uniform unless he's hurt again, which is always a possibility. I guess the last time we see it in Seattle, it will be September 29th in the last game of the year against Oakland, when the King's Court and the T-Mobile Park sold out will make their farewell to King King. .

I still do not understand why it took so long for Felix to come back. During his last departure in early May, he was suffering from what would have been called a Grade 1 strain, an injury that usually takes two to three weeks to return.

Here we are, more than three months later. Admittedly, there have been complications in rehab, but it always seems strange that it took so much time.

It does not matter. I guess it does not matter at the moment, but I still do not know if Felix should fully celebrate his last six weeks with the Mariners. Felix supporters can do great business for a huge farewell party because he deserves it, as one of the biggest players in the history of the franchise.

They would also say that he deserved better – the Mariners rarely gave him the necessary support for the race that would have allowed him to make an even more successful career.

But what keeps me from partying, is what seemed like a delusional turn for Felix in recent years. He always insists that he is the king when he is not. It seems that he was reluctant to accept the changes that General Manager Jerry Dipoto and Director Scott Servais wanted him to make to become a better pitcher again.

If that's the case, it puzzles me. Even without a quick fastball, Felix still seemed to have had enough in his arsenal of pitchers to revive his career and become at least a fourth or fifth effective starter who could even shine sometimes.

It may still happen, but it will not be the case here. Felix will receive a minor league offer from another team and we will find out if he can make a triumphant return to spring training next year.

In the meantime, we'll see what he left in Seattle.