Okay, so...Felix seems to be for real.

So, seriously – just turned 21, he goes into a pressure-cooker in Boston against Dice-K and proceeds to throw a complete game 1-hitter? And only four balls even get out of the infield, all in the 8^th and 9^th inning? Yeah, Felix Hernandez is for real. Looks like he’s going to be the every-fifth-game stopper that Randy Johnson was in the late ‘90’s, a guy that can come out when the team gets wobbly and prop them up by sheer dominance. Sure, it’s early, but in his first two games he’s faced two pretty damn good offensive lineups and given up four hits. That’s four hits and two walks over 17 innings of pitching. That’s dominance, and it’s really never too early to recognize that.

For streak watchers, he’s got 17 straight innings without giving up a run. So he’s only 43 innings away from setting a record already!