Ever since Bryan Price left for Arizona, I’ve been waiting for the M’s to announce that King Felix will be wearing number 34 next season. The kid idolizes Freddy Garcia, and 34 is the number The Chief wore in Seattle and wears for the World Champion Chicago White Sox. Felix wore 34 in Tacoma in honor of Freddy, and it’s basically inevitable that he’ll be wearing number 34 on the mound at Safeco this season. So, why haven’t the M’s announced it yet? Money. Remember, Jeremy Reed wore number 58 in 2004 and during Spring Training of 2005. In fact, according to the M’s official site, he didn’t switch to number 7 until April 3^rd – just days before 2005’s Opening Day. Why wait so long? It’s not as if Reed making the team surprised anyone. The reason I believe they’re waiting so long with Felix is because they have a lot of jerseys and T-shirts with number 59 on them. They want to sell as many of those as possible before Felix switches to number 34 and the 59’s go on sale. It’s all about the Benjamins….