Leading up to the Baseball Hall of Fame class announcement on Jan. 21, we’ll be examining the cases of notable candidates every Thursday. A first-time nominee who spent his entire career with the Seattle Mariners leads us off.
Félix Hernández was four months removed from his 19th birthday when he took the mound in a Major League Baseball game for the first time. It was Aug. 4, 2005, and with his first pitch, he became MLB’s youngest starting pitcher since 1978. No younger starter has debuted since.
