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I recall Dave Niehaus describing Felix and his fastball, combined with his splitter, as being a heavy pitching combo late in the 2008 season. It may have been early 2009, not sure but it was a year or two before Niehaus passed. He described those two pitches as a bowling ball. Felix was getting a lot of slow rollers and hoppers to the infield. It was the turning point in his career. Felix was mixing his change up, a well located fastball, and his splitter. Hitters couldn't tell the difference between those three pitches. Subsequently, Felix turned into a Cy pitcher.
That was the turning point for Hernandez. Go to fangraphs and look at his ground ball rates.
Bet you you didn't know that Felices is the plural of Felix. Unfortunately we on get one of 'em.