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| Jun 22 2025 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez started the previous 13 games and will receive Sunday off after posting a .229/.296/.479 slash line with four homers during that span. Andy Pages will shift to right field while Hyeseong Kim picks up a start in center. |
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| Jun 14 2025 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and a second run scored in Saturday's 11-5 win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has homered in three straight games, bringing his total for the year up to 13. His sixth-inning blast Saturday stretched the Dodgers' lead to 10-0. The outfielder's return to power and consistency at the plate has him at a .267/.300/.516 slash line with 50 RBI, 36 runs scored and five stolen bases over 56 contests after a brief slump in early June. |
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| Jun 13 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was the only Dodger to find any success with the bat against Giants ace Logan Webb, as the outfielder accounted for both of Los Angeles' hits. This was Hernandez's first multi-hit effort since May 27 versus the Guardians. He's homered in consecutive contests, which may be just the spark he needs to turn things around. The recent slump has dropped him to a .266 batting average, but he still has an .801 OPS, 12 homers, 48 RBI, 34 runs scored and five stolen bases over 55 games this season. |
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| Jun 12 2025 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 5-2 victory over the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Dodgers ahead for good Wednesday, launching a 420-foot blast off Jeremiah Estrada in the sixth inning. It's the first home run since May 21 for Hernandez -- the veteran outfielder had gone just 13-for-76 (.171) with a .496 OPS in his previous 20 games following a stint on the IL. Overall, Hernandez is slashing .261/.288/.488 with 11 homers, 47 RBI, 33 runs scored and five stolen bases across 222 plate appearances this year. |
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| Jun 7 2025 | Hernandez isn't in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against St. Louis, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has been struggling at the plate of late, going 2-for-27 with 11 strikeouts over his past seven games. He'll get a day off his feet Saturday while Los Angeles is in the midst of a 13-day stretch without an off day. Hyeseong Kim is starting in center field against the Cardinals, and Andy Pages is sliding over to right field. |
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| May 24 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 7-5 extra-innings win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The veteran outfielder was a part of all three Dodgers rallies on the night, driving in two runs with a single in the third inning before scoring after being hit by a pitch in the fifth, but it was his RBI double to lead off the 13th that was the decisive blow. Hernandez has gone 3-for-12 with a double, a homer and seven RBI since coming off the IL on May 19, and on the season he's delivered a .310/.336/.599 slash line with 10 long balls and 41 RBI in just 37 contests. |
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| May 22 2025 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in a 3-1 win against Arizona on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Corbin Burnes frustrated Los Angeles batters for most of the night, but Hernandez made the veteran hurler pay for his lone mistake with a three-run blast on a slider over the plate in the sixth inning. That long ball stood up as the Dodgers' only extra-base hit in the contest and provided the decisive runs in the 3-1 win. This was just Hernandez's third game (and second start) following a two-week stint on the IL, and the homer was the All-Star outfielder's first hit since his return to action. |
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| May 20 2025 | Hernandez isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Arizona. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went 0-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored during his return from the IL on Monday, and the Dodgers will sit him down Tuesday as he eases his way back into MLB action. While he rests, Michael Conforto, Enrique Hernandez and Andy Pages will start across Los Angeles' outfield. |
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| May 19 2025 | The Dodgers activated Hernandez (adductor) from the 10-day injured list Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez made one rehab outing with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, and it was enough to get the green light to return to the majors from a Grade 1 adductor strain that he suffered in early May. Hernandez reached base safely in each of the 13 games prior to his injury, and over that span he slashed .407/.418/.759 with two steals, four home runs and 17 RBI. James Outman was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City in a corresponding move. |
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| May 17 2025 | Hernandez (groin) went 0-for-1 with two walks and played four innings in right field to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Dodgers announced that Hernandez would require a rehab assignment before being activated Friday, and he returned to game action one day later. Hernandez could remain in the lineup Sunday, and he'd likely serve as the designated hitter. |
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| May 16 2025 | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday that Hernandez (adductor) will require a rehab assignment before being activated from the 10-day injured list, Dodgersbeat reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: While Roberts didn't divulge when exactly Hernandez will begin playing in rehab games, it should happen soon. The skipper noted when Hernandez went on the IL earlier this month that the outfielder could be back in two weeks, and that timeline would have him returning in the middle of next week. |
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| May 10 2025 | Hernandez (adductor) has been hitting in the cage and is slated to take live at-bats during the Dodgers' next homestand, which begins Tuesday, per MLB.com. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: This is a positive development for Los Angeles and fantasy managers who roster Hernandez after the All-Star outfielder was placed on the IL with a Grade 1 adductor strain this past Tuesday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday that Hernandez could be ready to return in two weeks, and that lines up with the expectation that he'll resume taking live at-bats next week. While Hernandez has been out, Andy Pages has been playing right field while recent call-up James Outman has mostly been handling center field. |
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| May 7 2025 | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday that he's hopeful Hernandez (adductor) will be ready for activation from the 10-day injured list in two weeks, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Roberts had a fairly ominous tone when discussing Hernandez's left adductor strain Tuesday, but he was much more optimistic a day later. A clearer picture on Hernandez's timetable should be available in the coming days, but it's looking like the veteran outfielder has a good shot to return well before the end of the month. |
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| May 6 2025 | The Dodgers placed Hernandez on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a Grade 1 left adductor strain, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez had to leave Monday's game in Miami with what was called hamstring tightness at the time, but it turns out it's his adductor/groin area that's the issue. The fact that the strain is only Grade 1 gives Hernandez a chance to avoid a long-term absence, but there is no timetable for his return. The Dodgers have Andy Pages in right field and James Outman in center field Tuesday versus the Marlins. |
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| May 5 2025 | Hernandez (hamstring) will undergo an MRI on Tuesday, Dodger Insider reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez exited Monday's series opener with left hamstring tightness, and the team has yet to rule out a stint on the injured list. Manager Dave Roberts stated after the game that the club would add a player to the taxi squad ahead of Tuesday's matchup in the event Hernandez requires a trip to the IL, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. |
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| May 1 2025 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases in Wednesday's 12-7 win over the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is up to four stolen bases this season, putting him on pace to challenge his career high of 12 set last year. The 32-year-old outfielder also extended his hit streak to nine games -- he's gone 17-for-40 (.425) with four home runs and 15 RBI in that span. Hernandez is now slashing .310/.325/.621 with nine home runs, 32 RBI and 19 runs scored across 121 plate appearances to open the campaign. |
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| Apr 30 2025 | Hernandez went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 15-2 win over the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit safely in eight straight games and banged out at least one extra-base hit in seven of them, batting .400 (14-for-35) over that stretch with five doubles, four homers, nine runs and 14 RBI. The hot streak has boosted his OPS on the season to .926, which would be a career-best mark. |
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| Apr 16 2025 | Hernandez (illness) is starting in right field and batting cleanup against the Rockies on Wednesday, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez missed the Dodgers' last two games while battling through a stomach bug, but he's progressed enough in his recovery to return to the lineup for Wednesday's series finale. He's begun the season slashing .286/.309/.563 with two stolen bases, nine runs scored, five home runs and 16 RBI in 68 plate appearances. |
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| Apr 15 2025 | Hernandez (illness) isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will miss a second consecutive game as he continues to fight off a stomach bug, though it's worth noting he's feeling well enough to be with the team in the clubhouse. Michael Conforto, Chris Taylor and Andy Pages will start across the Dodgers' outfield while Hernandez rests. |
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| Apr 14 2025 | Hernandez isn't in Monday's starting lineup against the Rockies due to illness, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: This doesn't appear to be a major issue for the slugger, who will be available off the bench Monday according to manager Dave Roberts. Hernandez can be considered day-to-day until further notice. |
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| Apr 9 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez finished off a four-run first inning by the Dodgers with a two-run blast off Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin. Through 53 at-bats to open the campaign, the veteran slugger is batting .283 with five homers, 16 RBI, eight runs scored and two stolen bases in Los Angeles' loaded lineup. |
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| Apr 6 2025 | Hernandez went 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double and five RBI in Sunday's 8-7 loss to the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was a thorn in Cristopher Sanchez's side all afternoon, tagging him for three extra-base hits and four RBI. He later added a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to tie the game at 6-6. Following Sunday's outburst, Hernandez is hitting .268 with with four home runs, 13 RBI, seven runs scored and two steals across 45 plate appearances in 2025. |
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| Apr 5 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was the only Dodger to get a hit versus a dominant Jesus Luzardo on Friday, and he also swiped two bags off the left-hander. Through 37 plate appearances to begin 2025, the veteran outfielder is batting .235 with two home runs, two doubles, eight RBI and five runs scored. |
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| Mar 31 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, two additional runs scored and a walk in Monday's 6-1 victory over Atlanta. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Dodgers on the board in the first inning with a 436-foot, two run blast to center field. He came around to score two additional times in the contest and upped his season slash line to .227/.320/.545 through six games. Hernandez is tied for fourth in the league with eight RBI in the early going of the campaign. |
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| Mar 28 2025 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Thursday in a 5-4 win over Detroit. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, but Hernandez ensured that it was a short-lived Dodgers deficit with a three-run blast to center field in the bottom of the frame. The long ball was the veteran outfielder's first of the campaign, and he is now 2-for-12 with four RBI through Los Angeles' first three games. Hernandez should have plenty of opportunities to produce this season hitting among a talented group of Dodgers batters -- he hit third in the order Thursday behind Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and ahead of Freddie Freeman. |
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| Mar 24 2025 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Monday's exhibition loss to the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Dodgers on the board with a solo shot in the second inning and added an RBI single in the fifth. The veteran outfielder is slashing .289/.357/.526 during the exhibition slate, and he also went 1-for-8 with a walk and an RBI during the Dodgers' season-opening two-game set in Tokyo, Japan against the Cubs. Hernandez re-signed with the World Champions on a three-year deal last December and could see plenty of RBI opportunities batting cleanup behind Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman most games this season. |
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| Mar 2 2025 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run Sunday in a Cactus League win over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went deep for the first time this spring in the sixth inning, knocking a solo shot to center field off James Karinchak. The veteran outfielder re-signed with the Dodgers in the offseason after belting a career-high 33 homers and adding 99 RBI, 84 runs and 12 steals while slashing .272/.339/.501 over 651 regular-season plate appearances last year. Hernandez has played in six games so far this spring, going 5-for-16 with three extra-base hits. |
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| Dec 27 2024 | Hernandez signed a three-year, $66 million contract with the Dodgers on Friday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has been very open about his desire to remain with the Dodgers since winning the World Series during his first season in Los Angeles, and the two sides have now officially worked out a deal to keep him in town for a few more years. The 32-year-old is coming off a regular season in which he slashed .272/.339/.501 with a career-high 33 homers, 84 runs scored, 99 RBI and 12 stolen bases. He'll presumably reprise his role as the Dodgers' everyday left fielder and will be surrounded by All-Stars in the starting lineup, giving Hernandez high potential to remain a coveted fantasy asset in 2025. |
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| Dec 4 2024 | Hernandez and the Dodgers are working to "nail the final details of a contract," David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: No agreement is in place just yet, but bringing back Hernandez would be a significant upgrade to a Dodgers outfield that currently features Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and James Outman. Hernandez slashed .272/.339/.501 in the regular season with a career-high 33 home runs, 84 runs scored and 99 RBI during his first campaign with Los Angeles, and remaining in a lineup that boasts Shohei Ohtani (shoulder), Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts would certainly help Hernandez achieve similar totals in 2025. |
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| Nov 19 2024 | Hernandez rejected the Dodgers' one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer Tuesday, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has made his desire to stay with the Dodgers no secret and the team would also like to bring him back, but the veteran outfielder has his sights set on a multi-year contract this offseason. The 32-year-old slashed .272/.339/.501 with 33 home runs during the regular season for the Dodgers and clubbed three more long balls while driving in 12 runs in 16 postseason contests. |
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| Nov 4 2024 | The Dodgers extended Hernandez a one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has professed a desire to remain with the Dodgers, but he will likely decline the qualifying offer and seek a multi-year pact in free agency. If he winds up in another organization, the Dodgers will receive a draft pick. |
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| Sep 28 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and a stolen base in Friday's 11-4 win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He got the rout started by taking Cal Quantrill deep in the first inning. Since missing a handful of games earlier this month with an ankle injury, Hernandez has been locked in, slashing .321/.410/.604 over his last 14 contests with four homers, two steals, nine RBI and 10 runs. The 31-year-old also tied his career high Friday with his 32nd long ball of the year, and he has two more games at Coors Field to try and establish a new personal best. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got the Dodgers on the board with a solo home run off Antonio Senzatela in the fourth for his only hit of the afternoon. Hernandez now has three homers in his last seven games and has hit safely in eight of his last 10 contests while reaching base 17 times over that span. He also has six games with multiple strikeouts during that timeframe. Hernandez is now at 31 long balls for the season and is one away from tying the career-high mark he set in 2021. |
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| Sep 20 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 6-4 win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's sixth-inning solo shot secured his first 30-homer campaign. The outfielder hasn't exactly surged to the mark, hitting just two long balls over 13 contests in September while being hampered by an ankle issue earlier in the month. He's added a .269/.335/.493 slash line with 92 RBI, 81 runs scored and 11 stolen bases through 146 games in a bounce-back year. |
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| Sep 19 2024 | Hernandez isn't in the Dodgers' lineup for Thursday's game versus Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Wednesday's win, putting an end to his six-game hitting streak. He'll now get a chance to catch his breath while Chris Taylor starts in left field and bats ninth. |
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| Sep 16 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Sunday's 9-2 win over Alanta. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's bat woke up at the right time, as he swatted a two-run homer off Raisel Iglesias in the ninth to put the Dodgers up 7-2. The home run was his first since Aug. 28 and puts him one away from reaching 30 for just the second time in his career. Hernandez now has a hit in all four games since returning to the lineup, including three extra-base hits, following a brief absence due to an ankle contusion. For the season, he's slashing .268/.333/.493 with 62 extra-base hits, 89 RBI, 77 runs, 11 steals and a 48:171 BB:K in 597 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 12 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs and a stolen base in Wednesday's 10-8 victory over the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez rejoined Los Angeles' lineup Wednesday after missing four games due to a left ankle contusion. The All-Star outfielder looked recovered from the injury in his return, as he not only reached base three times but also swiped his 11th bag of the campaign. Hernandez appears set to be an everyday presence in the lineup moving forward, and he needs two more homers to reach 30 for just the second time in his career. |
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| Sep 11 2024 | Hernandez (ankle) is starting in left field and batting cleanup Wednesday against the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 31-year-old is returning to action Wednesday after sitting out four games due to a left ankle contusion, which he suffered Friday versus the Guardians when he was hit by a pitch. Hernandez, who has an .819 OPS with 28 homers in 138 games this season, is reclaiming a prominent spot in the Los Angeles lineup for the stretch run. |
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| Sep 10 2024 | Hernandez (ankle) isn't in the Dodgers' lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Manager Dave Roberts said previously that he expected Hernandez to be back in the starting lineup by Tuesday, but the 31-year-old outfielder will instead miss his fourth consecutive start since getting hit by a pitch in Friday's game. The Dodgers have yet to indicate that he will need to spend time on the injured list, though that could change if he doesn't return to the starting nine within the next few days. In the meantime, Andy Pages will get the starting nod in left field and bat fifth. |
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| Sep 9 2024 | Hernandez (ankle) remains out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will miss a third straight start as he continues to recover from a left ankle contusion. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had said previously he expected Hernandez back in action either Monday or Tuesday, but the outfielder will now be shooting for the latter date due to some lingering soreness. Hernandez will go through his normal routine Monday and should be cleared for the second game of the series if all goes according to plan, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. Chris Taylor is in left field and batting ninth for Monday's series opener. |
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| Sep 8 2024 | Hernandez (ankle) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 31-year-old will sit for the second straight game after he suffered a left ankle contusion during Friday's contest. Hernandez was initially expected to require a trip to the injured list, but he's currently considered day-to-day after an MRI and CT scan came back negative. Andy Pages is receiving a start in left field Sunday for Los Angeles. |
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| Sep 7 2024 | Hernandez said Saturday that an MRI and CT scan on his left ankle came back negative, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: There was initially concern that Hernandez would need to spend time on the injured list after he was hit by a pitch during Friday's contest. However, it now appears the 31-year-old outfielder escaped the incident with no more than a bruise. He'll likely remain out for the remainder of the Dodgers' series versus Cleveland, though there's a chance he returns to the starting nine against the Cubs on Monday or Tuesday. |
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| Sep 6 2024 | Hernandez (ankle) will likely be placed on the injured list, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was hit in the foot with a pitch in the first inning and left the game immediately. Manager Dave Roberts said Hernandez "isn't doing great" despite x-rays combing back clean. Chris Taylor entered the game in his place and is likely to see more playing time moving forward. |
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| Sep 2 2024 | Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a double, a triple and two runs scored during Monday's 11-6 win over Arizona. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez logged five hits for the third time in his career and logged his second triple of the season. The performance was Hernandez's first multi-hit game since Aug. 21. Since the start of August, Hernandez is 33-for-108 (.306) with six homers, 18 RBI and 20 runs. |
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| Aug 29 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 6-4 win against Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez capped Los Angeles' big third inning with a three-run blast to left-center field. The long ball was his 28th of the campaign, his second-highest total as a big-leaguer. Hernandez also has 87 RBI this season, so he has a shot of reaching the 30-homer, 100-RBI mark for the second time in his career. |
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| Aug 25 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's extra-inning loss to Tampa Bay. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez brought the Dodgers, who had fallen behind early, to within a run with his two-run shot to center field in the fourth inning. The long ball snapped an 11-game homerless stretch for the outfielder, who batted just .186 and had only one extra-base hit during the cold spell. Hernandez is up to 27 home runs on the campaign as he pursues the second 30-homer campaign of his career, and his first since 2021. |
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| Aug 22 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored in Wednesday's win over the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez led off the bottom of the fourth with a single before stealing second and eventually coming around to score on a sacrifice fly from Will Smith. The outfielder would then add an RBI single with two outs in the fifth, giving him his sixth multi-hit performance this month. Hernandez is now batting .292 in August with four homers, 12 RBI and 15 runs scored. However, over his last seven games he's batting just .153 (4-for-26). |
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| Aug 17 2024 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cardinals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is absent from the starting nine for the first time since the All-Star break, getting a well-earned day off. He's 18-for-57 (.316) with four homers and two stolen bases in August. Andy Pages will patrol left field Saturday. |
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| Aug 11 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double, a solo homer and three runs scored in Saturday's win over the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled in the opening frame and came around to score the Dodgers' first run of the contest on a two-bagger from Gavin Lux with two outs in the frame. The outfielder added an infield single in his next trip to the plate before crushing a 427-foot solo homer off Paul Skenes in the fifth to extend Los Angeles' lead. It marked Hernandez's fourth multi-hit effort this month and his eighth consecutive game with at least one knock. He's now batting .438 (14-for-32) in August with four homers, five doubles, seven RBI and 12 runs scored. |
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| Aug 9 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Friday's 9-5 win over the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's August heater continued -- he's hit safely in seven straight games, going 11-for-28 (.393) with three home runs, four doubles and two steals since the calendar flipped to August. His steal Friday was his sixth of the year, one shy of his total from 160 contests last season. Hernandez has added a .269/.333/.499 slash line with 25 homers, 24 doubles, 75 RBI and 62 runs scored over 114 games. |
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| Aug 7 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's loss to the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was just one of two Dodgers players with multiple hits on the evening. He doubled and scored in the sixth and then added a solo home run in the eighth to cut the deficit to two runs. Hernandez now has three homers in his last five games and is up to 25 for the year, marking his fifth straight season (not including the shortened pandemic season) with 25-plus long balls. Hernandez continues to pay dividends as one of the better offseason signings in all of baseball. He's now slashing .269/.333/.501 with 74 RBI, 60 runs, five steals and a 37:130 BB:K in 474 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 6 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 5-3 victory versus the Phillies on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez gave Los Angeles a lead they didn't relinquish with his two-run blast to left field in the third inning. It was the veteran outfielder's second homer in four games and fifth in 16 contests since winning the Home Run Derby during the All-Star break. Hernandez is slashing .302/.362/.587 with 11 RBI in addition to the five long balls so far in the second half of the campaign. |
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| Aug 4 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored while also drawing a walk in Saturday's win over the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled in his second at-bat before coming around to score the Dodgers' second run of the game on a Gavin Lux single. The outfielder went on to reach four times in the contest while also swiping his first bag since June 8 against the Yankees. Hernandez has now tallied multiple hits in back-to-back games and in three of his last five overall, batting .350 (7-for-20) over that latter stretch with three extra-base hits, three RBI and five runs scored. |
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| Aug 2 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got the game started with a first-inning blast off Joey Estes, but the Dodgers wouldn't score again until the ninth. This was Hernandez's fourth homer over his last 11 contests, and he's driven in eight runs in that span. The outfielder is up to 23 long balls, 71 RBI, 54 runs scored, four stolen bases and a .263/.328/.482 slash line through 108 games this season. |
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| Jul 28 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Astros. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez gave the Dodgers some breathing room with his eighth-inning blast off Houston reliever Bryan King. This was Hernandez's first homer and first multi-hit effort in his last six games. The outfielder continues to be an engine for Los Angeles, slashing .265/.330/.483 with 22 homers, 69 RBI, 53 runs scored, 20 doubles and four stolen bases through 105 contests this season. |
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| Jul 22 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two additional RBI in Monday's 3-2 win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez powered the Dodgers' offense Monday. He got them on the board in the fourth inning with a solo shot, then added go-ahead RBI singles in the sixth and eighth frames. The outfielder is 13-for-35 (.371) during his nine-game hitting streak, and he's homered in each of the last two contests. He's up to a .268/.330/.491 slash line with 21 homers, 67 RBI, 50 runs scored and four stolen bases over 99 games this season. |
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| Jul 16 2024 | Hernandez defeated the Royals' Bobby Witt, 14-13, in the final round of the 2024 Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 31-year-old became the first Dodgers player to win the Home Run Derby in the event's 38-year history and took home a $1 million prize. A first-time participant in the Home Run Derby, Hernandez secured the final spot in the semifinals after his opening-round total of 19 home runs trailed the Phillies' Alec Bohm (21), the Guardians' Jose Ramirez (21) and Witt (20). Hernandez then survived a swing-off with Bohm after the two tied with 14 home runs in the semifinals before he narrowly edged out Witt in the finals. Hernandez is slated to start for the National League in center field in Tuesday's All-Star Game and will bat eighth. |
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| Jul 4 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to Arizona on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Dodgers scored all their runs in the first inning, and their final tally came on Hernandez's solo shot. The long ball was his 19th of the campaign, putting the veteran outfielder one home run away from reaching the 20-homer mark for the sixth straight full season (he hit 16 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign). Hernandez is on pace to challenge his career-best marks of 32 home runs and 116 RBI, which he established with Toronto in 2021. |
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| Jul 2 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez plated the Dodgers' first two runs and then helped them finish off the back-and-forth game with a walk-off single in the ninth. This was his first multi-hit effort in seven contests -- he'd gone just 2-for-23 (.087) over his previous six games. Hernandez is up to .254/.316/.480 slash line with 18 home runs, 58 RBI, 44 runs scored, four stolen bases, 17 doubles and a triple through 84 contests. |
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| Jun 26 2024 | Hernandez (personal) will start in left field and bat second in Wednesday's game versus the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was unavailable for the first two games of the series as he dealt with personal matters in his native Dominican Republic. He rejoined the team Wednesday and will re-enter the lineup for the series finale in Chicago, occupying the No. 2 spot in the batting order for the second time all season. |
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| Jun 25 2024 | Hernandez (personal) is unavailable for Tuesday's game against the White Sox, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is currently tending to personal matters in the Dominican Republic and was initially expected to rejoin the team prior to Tuesday's contest. However, manager Dave Roberts gave Hernandez an extra day off. The 31-year-old outfielder could be back in the lineup Wednesday for the series finale. |
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| Jun 24 2024 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the White Sox while tending to a personal matter in the Dominican Republic, but he's expected to rejoin the Dodgers on Tuesday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Dodgers will play a man short in Monday's game versus the White Sox as Hernandez exits the lineup for the first time in 2024 following a stretch of 79 consecutive starts to open the season. Hernandez should be back in the lineup Tuesday, but fantasy managers will want to confirm as much prior to the 8:10 p.m. ET opening pitch for the second game of the Dodgers' series in Chicago. |
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| Jun 21 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double and a run Thursday in a 5-3 win against Colorado. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez departed in the seventh inning of Wednesday's matchup between the clubs, but manager Dave Roberts indicated afterward that the early exit was simply for rest reasons, and the outfielder's inclusion in Thursday's lineup seems to validate that claim. Hernandez certainly didn't appear bothered by any issues in the finale of the four-game set, as he recorded his fourth three-hit performance of the campaign. He's been swinging a hot bat over the past two weeks, slashing .321/.387/.732 with six homers, 16 RBI, 10 runs and a stolen base over his past 14 games. |
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| Jun 18 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 11-9 win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez had gone six games without a homer after a stretch in which he went deep five times over five contests earlier in the month. He saved his best play for last Tuesday, putting the Dodgers ahead with a ninth-inning blast to complete the comeback win. The outfielder is up to 18 homers, 54 RBI, 41 runs scored, four stolen bases and a .255/.326/.503 slash line through 75 games this season. He's firmly on pace to top the 30-homer mark for just the second time in his career. |
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| Jun 12 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's 15-2 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's lone hit of the night was a big blast in the sixth, an inning during which the Dodgers scored seven runs on four homers. He now has five long balls and 12 RBI over his last five games and has totaled 10 hits over that span, raising his slash line to .266/336/.525 with 17 homers, 50 RBI, 40 runs scored and a 24:81 BB:K in 286 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 10 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez followed up his two-homer effort Saturday with another in the sixth Sunday off Luis Gil to put the Dodgers up 3-2. He's now produced four multi-hit games in a row and has seven extra-base hits over that span. For the year, the 31-year-old is now slashing .266/.333/.516 with 16 homers, 48 RBI, 39 runs and a 23:81 BB:K in 282 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 8 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs, a walk, six RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 11-3 rout of the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got the scoring started Saturday with a solo shot to center field in the second inning. He added an RBI on a fielder's choice in the sixth before busting the game open for Los Angeles with a 424-foot grand slam in the eighth. Hernandez went just 2-for-16 over his first four games in June, but he's turned scorching hot since, going 7-for-13 with two homers and nine RBI across his past three contests. Hernandez is putting up big numbers in his first campaign with the Dodgers, slashing .262/.331/.500 with 15 homers, 47 RBI, 38 runs and four steals through 278 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 7 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and three total runs scored in an 11-7 victory versus the Pirates on Thursday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez broke a 4-4 tie with a solo blast in the fifth inning, and Los Angeles never trailed again. The long ball snapped a 10-game stretch without a homer for the veteran outfielder, and after a hot start to the season, he's gone deep just twice over his past 23 contests. However, Hernandez still ranks second on the Dodgers with 13 homers and 39 RBI overall. |
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| May 25 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, an additional run, a double and two walks in Friday's loss to Cincinnati. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez also reached on a hit-by-pitch, so he got on base in all five of his plate appearances. Both of the outfielder's hits went for extra bases, and his ninth-inning solo homer was his first long ball in 12 games. Hernandez has been a strong addition to the Dodgers' high-octane offense, as he's tied for 10th in the league with 12 homers and ranks seventh with 38 RBI while slashing .254/.329/.487. |
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| May 15 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, three RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got his night going with a run-scoring double in the fourth and then capped things off by driving in two more with a triple in the ninth. It was his first triple of the season and his third time with multiple extra-base hits. He's been providing some clutch hitting as of late with 10 RBI over his last six games and now sits at third in the majors with 36 RBI for the season. The 31-year-old is slashing .249/.310/.497 with 11 homers, 28 runs and a 14:56 BB:K in 184 plate appearances. |
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| May 12 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Saturday's win over the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez jumped on a hanging slider after being down 1-2 in the count with two outs in the sixth and sent it over the wall in left field for a grand slam, putting the Dodgers up 5-0. It marked the outfielder's 11th home run of the season and the fifth in his last eight games. He's now tied with Salvador Perez, Jose Ramirez and Juan Soto for second in the majors with 33 RBI on the season. |
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| May 8 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI during Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez drove in all three of the Dodgers' runs Wednesday, plating Freddie Freeman on a first-inning single before re-taking the lead in the sixth on a two-run homer that also scored Freeman. Hernandez has gone yard four times in May, batting 8-for-25 (.320) with six runs scored during the month. |
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| May 6 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 6-3 win against the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez hit one of four Dodgers homers in the contest, smashing a 418-foot solo shot in the third inning. It was his second straight game with a long ball, and he's gone deep three times in his past four games. Hernandez is up to nine home runs and 26 RBI on the season while slashing .259/.325/.490 and adding 24 runs and three stolen bases. |
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| May 4 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-3 extra-innings win against Atlanta. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Offense was sparse for both teams until extra innings, and Hernandez's solo shot in the fourth held up as the decisive margin until Ronald Acuna tied the score with a solo shot of his own in the eighth. Hernandez's long ball was his seventh of the season -- he's tied with Shohei Ohtani for the team lead in that category and ranks third with 23 RBI. Hernandez has slugged at least 22 homers in every full campaign since 2018 and is well on pace to meet that mark again in his first season as a Dodger. |
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| Apr 25 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Thursday in a 2-1 win over Washington. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's second-inning solo shot put the Dodgers on the board and amounted for half of the team's total output of runs in the low-scoring win. The long ball was the slugger's sixth of the campaign and his first over his past 11 contests. Hernandez has trailed off a bit of late after a strong start to his Dodgers tenure, but he still ranks second on the team and is tied for 11th in the majors with 20 RBI. |
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| Apr 24 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The veteran outfielder crossed the plate multiple times for the first time in April, while the steal was his second of 2024. Hernandez got off to a quick start to his Dodgers tenure but has cooled down of late, slashing .226/.328/.321 over his last 15 games with only one homer, five RBI, seven runs and a 32.8 percent strikeout rate. |
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| Apr 13 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run against San Diego in an extra-innings loss Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez produced LA's final runs of the contest with his two-run blast to right field in the third inning. The long ball increased his RBI total on the campaign to 17, which ranks first in the majors. Hernandez has been a great addition to the Dodgers' offense thus far, supplementing the RBI total with a .290/.343/.581 slash line, five homers, 12 runs and a stolen base. |
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| Apr 5 2024 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with four RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 9-7 loss to the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez opened the scoring in the first with a two-out, two-run single off Kyle Hendricks to give Los Angeles an early 2-0 lead. He'd drive in two more in the seventh off Julian Merryweather before swiping his first bag of the year. While he won't get the same fanfare as others in the Dodgers' star-packed lineup, Hernandez has gotten off to a fast start this year, going 12-for-40 with four home runs and 14 RBI through his first 10 games. |
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| Apr 2 2024 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Monday's 8-3 win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez broke open what had been a relatively close game with his 431-foot, three-run blast in the sixth inning. It was the fourth long ball in the past four games for the veteran outfielder, who is making a strong impression in his first campaign with the Dodgers. Hernandez ranks third in MLB with nine RBI and should continue to have plenty of run-producing opportunities throughout the campaign given LA's prolific offense. |
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| Mar 29 2024 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs and four RBI in Friday's 6-3 win over the Cardinals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez cranked his first Dodgers home run off Zack Thompson in the second inning, extending the lead to 2-0, before opening up the game with a three-run shot in the fourth. Hernandez has gone 4-for-17 with three extra-base hits through his first four games in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old outfielder slashed .258/.305/.435 with 26 homers and 93 RBI across 625 at-bats with Seattle last season. |
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| Feb 24 2024 | Hernandez has admitted to having difficulty picking up the ball while playing at T-Mobile Park in Seattle last season, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: T-Mobile doesn't have the friendliest dimensions, anyway, and it sounds like Hernandez might have been facing some additional disadvantages. The 31-year-old batted .295 with an .830 OPS on the road in 2023 while sporting a lowly .217 average and .643 OPS at home. Now with a more hitter-friendly Dodger Stadium to call home as well as a terrific supporting cast around him, Hernandez appears poised for a nice bounce-back 2024 campaign. |
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| Jan 7 2024 | Hernandez signed a one-year, $23.5 million contract with the Dodgers on Sunday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez spent the 2023 campaign with the Mariners on a one-year deal, and he'll land another one-year contract for 2024. He had multi-year offers from other teams but elected to join a competitor and should be a well-rounded contributor as part of the Dodgers' stellar lineup. The 31-year-old has averaged 24.5 home runs per season across the last six years, and he's slashed .262/.317/.484 during that time. |
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| Sep 25 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with solo homer, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez finally found some power with his bat, as Sunday's home run was his first since Sept. 5 and just his sixth extra-base hit this month. He now has six hits and five walks over his last five games and will look to continue swinging a hot bat over the final week of the season. For the year, Hernandez is slashing .264/.313/.449 with 26 home runs, 92 RBI, 69 runs and a 38:199 BB:K in 655 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 19 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with two walks, a double, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Tuesday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez logged his first multi-hit effort since Sept. 7, and this was also his first game with multiple walks since July 7. The outfielder is hitting .268 (19-for-71) in September, just a tad better than his .265 mark for the year. He's added a .760 OPS, 25 home runs, 90 RBI, 67 runs scored and seven stolen bases through 150 games. |
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| Sep 5 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's loss against the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His hit streak now sits at 14 games and the 30-year-old Hernandez has posted eight multi-hit efforts in that stretch. In 31 games since the start of August, the outfielder is hitting .363 with nine home runs, 27 RBI and 17 runs across 124 at-bats, raising his season-long batting average from .239 to .267. |
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| Sep 3 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two additional RBI in Saturday's 8-7 victory over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez launched a 405-foot solo shot in the second and knocked in additional runs with a third-inning base knock and a fifth-inning sacrifice fly. The 30-year-old slugger has now hit safely in 11 consecutive contests, posting a satisfying 1.234 OPS with two doubles, six home runs, nine runs, a steal, and an incredible 18 RBI across 49 plate appearances during the torrid stretch. |
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| Aug 31 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the A's. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His third-inning blast over the left-field fence off Zach Neal got Seattle on the board, but it was Hernandez's performance on defense that really made the difference. With his team down a run in the top of the seventh, he threw out Esteury Ruiz at the plate after the Oakland speedster tagged up on a fly ball to right field -- setting the stage for a two-run M's rally in the bottom of the frame. Hernandez's 23rd homer of the season extended his hitting streak to nine games, a stretch in which he's batting .395 (15-for-38) with five long balls and 15 RBI. |
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| Aug 28 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in a win over the Royals on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's 433-foot shot to center in the second opened the scoring on the afternoon and served as his third homer in six plate appearances dating back to Saturday. While teammate Julio Rodriguez has often stolen the spotlight of late with a momentous month of August, Hernandez's bat has come to life as well -- the veteran slugger now owns an elite .434 average and 1.286 OPS with five round trippers and 16 RBI over the 57 plate appearances covering his last 12 games. |
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| Aug 26 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with two homers and six RBI in Saturday's blowout victory over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 30-year-old slugger took Jordan Lyles deep for a grand slam in the third inning, drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the fourth, and capped it off with a 446-foot solo homer to extend Seattle's lead to 15-2 in the eighth. Hernandez has turned it on in the month of August, batting .356 with five home runs, nine doubles, 16 RBI, 12 runs and a stolen base in 90 at-bats so far this month. |
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| Aug 24 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in an extra-inning loss to the White Sox on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez generated one of two multi-hit efforts for the Mariners -- his sixth in the last nine games overall -- while also recording his sixth steal of the campaign. The veteran slugger's bat is among the hottest in all of baseball since mid-August, as he's sporting a .450 average and 1.202 OPS across his last 44 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 21 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Monday's victory over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez knocked a solo shot in the fifth inning followed by a two-run single in the sixth. He's collected multiple hits in four of his last seven games and has gone 25-for-71 (.352) in August. Hernandez is now slashing .255/.301/.434 with 69 RBI and 46 extra-base hits through 124 games. |
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| Aug 19 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double in a win over the Astros on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The veteran broke out with his second multi-hit effort in the last four games and fourth overall since Aug. 4. Hernandez has been in prime form during that latter stretch, posting a .367 average, 1.008 OPS, eight extra-base hits and a modest 18.9 percent strikeout rate across 53 plate appearances. The boost in consistent contact has been as striking as any other metric, considering Hernandez went into the sample sporting a 32.0 percent strikeout rate on the season. |
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| Aug 15 2023 | Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a double, a two-run homer and an additional RBI in Tuesday's victory over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez had a field day with the Royals' pitching staff, collecting a hit in all five of his plate appearances, including a two-run home run off starter Jordan Lyles in the fourth frame. The long ball was Hernandez's 18th of the campaign and the outing broke him out of a slump in which he was 3-for-19 (.157) across his last six games. |
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| Aug 14 2023 | Hernandez is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went just 3-for-18 over the last five games, so he will get a day off for just the second time all month. Dominic Canzone will start in right field Monday, and Mike Ford will serve as Seattle's designated hitter. |
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| Aug 6 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Sunday's victory over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled in the fourth inning before belting a solo shot in the seventh. It was his first homer since July 20, snapping a 14-game homerless drought; during that stretch, he posted a .517 OPS with 21 strikeouts. Hernandez improved his season slash line to .245/.292/.419 with 39 extra-base hits and 60 RBI through 111 games. |
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| Aug 4 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored in Friday's 9-7 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has gone 9-for-26 (.346) during his active six-game hitting streak. He hadn't knocked an extra-base hit since July 29 before his two-double effort Friday. The outfielder has disappointed in his first year with Seattle, posting a .243/.290/.410 slash line with 16 home runs, 59 RBI, 46 runs scored and five stolen bases through 109 games. Dominic Canzone has emerged as a threat to Hernandez's playing time in right field, though the latter is hitting well enough lately to stick in the lineup. |
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| Aug 1 2023 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's name popped up in trade rumors leading up to Tuesday's deadline, but he ultimately stayed put in Seattle by the time the clock hit 6 p.m. ET. He should continue to handle an everyday role for the Mariners in either right field or at designated hitter, but he'll cede his spot in the lineup to the newly acquired Dominic Canzone on Tuesday. |
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| Jul 21 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with one RBI in Friday's 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's RBI single in the ninth inning gave the Mariners a walk-off win. He's hit safely in four of his last five games, going 7-for-20 (.350) with three RBI in that span. The veteran outfielder is up to a .247/.300/.430 slash line with 16 home runs, five stolen bases, 53 RBI and 44 runs scored over 97 games this season. |
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| Jul 20 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's 5-0 win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning before extending the lead to 2-0 with a homer off Pablo Lopez in the fourth, his 16th of the year and first since June 27. The 30-year-old Hernandez had been struggling following the All-Star break, going 2-for-23 (.087) in his previous six games. Overall, he's now slashing .243/.296/.428 with 52 RBI, 44 runs scored and five stolen bases through 399 plate appearances this season. |
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| Jul 18 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a double and a run in a win over the Twins on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's two-bagger served as his first post-All-Star-break hit of any kind after he'd gone 0-for-12 with a whopping eight strikeouts during the three-game weekend series against the Tigers. The veteran slugger's .242/.296/.424 slash line is notably below the norm he'd established over the previous three seasons in Toronto, and a 31.7 percent strikeout rate fueled partly by a five-percent chase-rate bump from 2022 to 38.5 percent is certainly playing a part in the downturn. |
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| Jul 8 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Astros. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez had not attempted a steal since his last successful theft June 17 versus the White Sox. Over the 18 games in between, he hit just .217 (15-for-69), and he entered Saturday 0-for-9 across his last three contests. He remains in a prominent position in the Mariners' lineup despite an underwhelming .249/.304/.436 slash line with five steals, 15 home runs, 49 RBI and 41 runs scored through 88 games. |
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| Jul 2 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a two-run ground-rule double, another two-bagger and a run in a win over the Rays on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's shot to right center with the bases loaded in the seventh inning skipped over the wall on one bounce and gave the Mariners some key breathing room by driving in J.P. Crawford and Julio Rodriguez to extend Seattle's lead to 5-2. The power-hitting veteran is now up to 30 extra-base hits on the season when factoring in Saturday's production, and his third multi-hit effort in the last nine games pushed his slash line over that span to a stellar .314/.375/.657 (40 plate appearances). |
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| Jun 27 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Tuesday's 7-4 extra-innings loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Mariners up 2-1 with his first-inning blast. He's gone 8-for-24 (.333) with three homers and seven RBI over his last six games. The veteran outfielder is up to a .253/.299/.450 slash line with 15 homers, 46 RBI, 35 runs scored and four stolen bases through 78 contests. He's on pace to reach the 30-homer mark for the second time in his career. |
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| Jun 23 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with home run, two RBI and three runs scored in Friday's 13-1 win against Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez delivered his second straight game with three hits and a home run, bringing his total of multi-hit performances in June to nine. The 30-year-old struggled over the first two months of the campaign with a .665 OPS and 33.8 percent strikeout rate, but he's batting .353 with five home runs in 18 games this month. |
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| Jun 22 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, two total runs and two total RBI in Thursday's 10-2 rout against the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got a big offensive night going for Seattle with his RBI single in the first inning. The outfielder went on to collect two additional hits, including a solo shot to center in the fourth. Hernandez had been in a mini-slump entering the contest, going 0-for-11 with five strikeouts over his past three games. However, he's collected eight multi-hit efforts in June and is batting .333 (21-for-63) with four homers, 14 RBI and one steal through 17 games this month. |
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| Jun 18 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and a stolen base in an extra-innings loss to the White Sox on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's fifth-inning single brought home Julio Rodriguez to snap a 2-2 tie, while his 10th-inning swipe was part of a double steal with his teammate. Hernandez has wielded a scalding hot bat throughout June, with Saturday's production pushing his slash line during the month to a stellar .375/.444/.667 across 54 plate appearances and serving as his seventh multi-hit effort in that span. |
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| Jun 16 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an RBI double in Friday's 3-2 win over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got the Mariners on the board in the fifth inning and put them ahead for good with a solo shot in the seventh. The outfielder is up to 16-for-44 (.364) over 12 contests in June, and seven of those hits have gone for extra bases. It's taken some time, but he's rounding back into form and now owns a .253/.296/.444 slash line with 12 homers, 38 RBI, 27 runs scored and three stolen bases through 68 games. |
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| Jun 13 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a run in a win over the Marlins on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's first-inning two-bagger drove home J.P. Crawford with the first run of the game, while his seventh-inning knock locked in his fifth multi-hit effort in the last eight games. The veteran is hitting a blistering .400 (12-for-30) over that span while recording four extra-base hits (Monday's double, a triple and two home runs), eight RBI, four walks and five runs. While his .252/.295/.432 slash line remains below the standards he established in Toronto the previous three seasons, Hernandez may finally be hitting his stride if his 11.8 percent walk rate and reduced 23.5 percent strikeout rate during the hot streak is any indication. |
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| Jun 11 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's loss to the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's 11th home run of the year was a two-run shot against Angels starter Griffin Canning in the fourth inning. Hernandez has logged multiple hits in four of his last seven games, hitting .384 (10-for-26) with three extra-base hits during that stretch. After a brutal start that resulted in a .229 average through 40 games, the veteran outfielder is hitting .281 with 15 RBI over is last 24 games, boosting his season slash line to .248/.292/.427. |
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| Jun 6 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Mariners ahead for good with a sixth-inning solo shot, and he added an RBI single as insurance in the eighth. The outfielder is heating up at the plate -- this was his third straight multi-hit effort, and he snapped a 10-game homer drought. For the season, he's slashing .246/.283/.422 with 10 long balls, 32 RBI, 23 runs scored and three stolen bases through 60 contests. |
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| Jun 5 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk and a run in a loss to the Rangers on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Mariners were swept over the three-game weekend set and significantly outscored over the last two games in particular, but Hernandez enjoyed a solid weekend on an individual level. Sunday's two-hit effort, his second straight, pushed his tally against Texas to 5-for-11 over the three games, and his second triple of the campaign marks his first season with multiple three-baggers for the since 2019. Hernandez also coaxed his average back over the .240 mark (.241) for the first time since May 21 and carries a nifty .300 mark in that category over his last eight games. |
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| Jun 4 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a two-run infield single in a loss to the Rangers on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's first multi-hit game since May 19 also extended a somewhat encouraging stretch at the plate for the veteran slugger. Hernandez has now hit safely in eight of his last 10 games, a sample during which he has three extra-base hits and six RBI overall across 39 plate appearances. |
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| May 29 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in an extra-inning win over the Pirates on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The veteran outfielder is already halfway to last season's six stolen bases in 78 fewer games, despite the fact he's seen a disappointing 47-point drop in on-base percentage from .316 to .269. Hernandez is showing some signs of climbing out of an early season funk, however, as he boasts a .281 average and .739 OPS across the 60 plate appearances covering his last 15 games, albeit while striking out at a 33.3 percent clip. |
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| May 26 2023 | Hernandez is now listed as the designated hitter for Friday's game against the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was originally slated for right field for Friday's contest against Pittsburgh, but he'll instead be the designated hitter. Jarred Kelenic will get the start in right with Taylor Trammell now listed as the left fielder. |
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| May 24 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's victory over the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez crushed a fastball to center field in the seventh inning. However, Hernandez has struggled in May, as he has just two homers and a .395 slugging percentage. His OPS has dropped to .689 this season, as he has a lot of work to do to reach a .900 OPS for the fourth straight year. He has produced in counting stats with 21 runs and 25 RBI and could top 80 in both categories this season. |
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| May 17 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple and a run in a loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugger came through with his first triple of the season, and only his second since 2019, in the fourth inning with Eugenio Suarez and Cal Raleigh aboard to slice the Mariners' 4-0 deficit in half. Hernandez's bat has been heating up, as he now has three multi-hit efforts in the last four games and is hitting .333 with two doubles, Tuesday's three-bagger, a home run, six RBI, four walks, a stolen base and seven runs across 56 plate appearances in the last 13 contests overall. |
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| May 15 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's loss to the Tigers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly in the third and grabbed his second steal of the year following an infield hit in the fifth. It's been a struggle for the 30-year-old in his inaugural season with the Mariners. He's taken just five walks in 168 plate appearances and is second in the league with 58 strikeouts. Hernandez hit .267 a season ago, which was his lowest mark since 2019, and he is currently slashing just .229/.268/.414 with eight homers, 20 RBI and 17 runs scored this year. |
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| May 14 2023 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Saturday's 5-0 win over Detroit. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's solo shot in the fourth extended Seattle's lead to 3-0, and he added more insurance in the ninth with an RBI single. It was the outfielder's 10th multi-hit game of the season, but his first three-knock outing. He's still slashing just .229/.270/.418, but he has eight home runs and 19 RBI over 39 games (163 plate appearances). |
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| May 1 2023 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a hit-by-pitch and an additional run scored in an extra-inning win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez launched one of four Mariners homers against his old squad in the high-scoring slugfest. The veteran's 371-foot shot to right center in the sixth inning began Seattle's comeback from an 8-4 deficit and snapped an 0-for-16 funk he'd been mired in over the previous four games, a span in which he'd struck out 11 times. |
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| Apr 5 2023 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After getting off to a 1-for-17 start to the season while striking out seven times in his first five games with the Mariners, Hernandez broke out in a big way Tuesday, delivering the 15th multi-homer game of his career. His long balls came off Angels starter Jose Suarez in the fourth and fifth innings, with the latter blast staking Seattle to a 6-0 lead that ultimately proved insurmountable. |
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| Mar 18 2023 | Hernandez slotted back into the Mariners lineup in Saturday's loss to the Guardians after Team Dominican Republic was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, going 1-for-3 while starting in right field. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez saw his first Cactus League game action since March 5 and picked up where he left off, hitting safely for the fifth time in six spring training games. Hernandez only saw sporadic action in the WBC -- he went 0-for-5 over the Dominican Republic's four games -- but he'll have plenty of time to get his timing back down ahead of the Opening Day. |
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| Mar 2 2023 | Hernandez, who missed the Mariners' Cactus League games Sunday and Monday due to a back injury, has gone 3-for-6 with a double, a three-run home run and an additional run scored in the two games he's played since his return. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugger laced a three-run home run off the Guardians' Aaron Pinto in a 9-8 win Tuesday before going 2-for-3 with the two-bagger Thursday versus the Padres after taking Wednesday's game against the Cubs off. The high-upside offseason acquisition has hit the ground running in Cactus League play, reaching safely in each of his first three exhibitions. |
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| Feb 28 2023 | Hernandez (back) is back in the Mariners' Cactus League lineup Tuesday, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez had to be scratched from Sunday's lineup and didn't play Monday due to back soreness, but he's feeling well enough to give it a go Tuesday. The 30-year-old is in right field and batting second against Logan Allen and the Guardians. |
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| Feb 26 2023 | Hernandez was scratched from the lineup for Sunday's spring game against the Royals due to back soreness, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Manager Scott Servais downplayed the issue and said the 30-year-old could be back in the lineup for Monday's matchup with the White Sox. The Mariners could just be exercising caution early in spring training, and Hernandez should be considered day-to-day. |
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| Feb 18 2023 | Hernandez lost his arbitration case against the Mariners on Saturday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez filed for $16 million, but the arbitrator ruled with the Mariners, so he'll make $14 million in 2023. It's the last year that the outfielder was eligible for arbitration, and he'll hit free agency after the completion of the season. Hernandez was traded to Seattle in November, and he's expected to hit in the middle of the Seattle lineup this year. |
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| Nov 16 2022 | Hernandez was traded from the Blue Jays to the Mariners on Wednesday in exchange for reliever Erik Swanson and pitching prospect Adam Macko, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After a couple days of speculation that Hernandez would be shipped off to Seattle, the rumors came to fruition Wednesday. With the Mariners letting Mitch Haniger go this offseason, Hernandez will fill the vacancy that he left in the outfield. Over 131 games with Toronto in 2022, the 30-year-old produced a .267 average with 25 homers, 77 RBI, 71 runs and six stolen bases. He'll look to bring additional power to Seattle's lineup as his .519 slugging percentage since 2020 ranks 13th in the league over batters with at least 1000 plate appearances during that stretch, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. |
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| Oct 5 2022 | Hernandez isn't in the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has had multi-hit performances in each of the last three games, going 9-for-13 with three home runs, two doubles, seven runs, five RBI and two strikeouts over that stretch. He'll get a breather while Jackie Bradley starts in right field and bats seventh. |
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| Oct 4 2022 | Hernandez is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez, who has gone 9-for-13 with three home runs over his last three games, will get a much deserved break Tuesday. Jackie Bradley will start in right field. |
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| Oct 2 2022 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in a 6-3 win Sunday over Boston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez homered in his first two trips to the plate against Michael Wacha and added a single in the eighth. It was his second straight big offensive game and he's 7-for-9 with three homers, five RBI and six runs scored in October. The 29-year-old has found his power stroke of late and has seven doubles and five homers in his last 12 games. |
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| Sep 26 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's second home run of the series and 22nd of the season came in eighth inning and helped put the finishing touches on the win, allowing Toronto to split the four-game set with Tampa Bay. He'll be back in the lineup for Monday's series opener with the Yankees, manning right field and batting sixth. |
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| Sep 23 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's 10-5 loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took Ryan Yarbrough deep on a 3-2 curveball in the second inning. The right fielder was quiet after that, failing to reach base again and striking out in two of his next three at-bats. Hernandez is hitting an underwhelming .232 with two homers, six RBI and seven runs scored so far in the month of September. |
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| Sep 20 2022 | Hernandez went 4-for-5 with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI in an 18-11 win Tuesday in Philadelphia. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled and scored in the third and seventh and drove in a run with a single and scored in the eighth. It was his first four-hit game of the season and ended a 2-for-26 slump. The two doubles brought his season total to 30, setting a new career-high. |
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| Sep 14 2022 | Hernandez isn't starting Wednesday against the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez started the last four games and went 3-for-14 with two doubles, two RBI, a run, a walk and five strikeouts. Jackie Bradley will take his place in right field and bat ninth Wednesday. |
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| Sep 11 2022 | Hernandez was reinstated from the restricted list Sunday, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was away from the team for four days following the birth of his child, but he is ready to return to action. He will jump right back into the lineup and hit fifth Sunday while manning left field. |
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| Sep 10 2022 | Hernandez (personal) was placed on the restricted list Saturday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez landed on the paternity list Wednesday and needed an extra day prior to returning to game action, so he'll briefly shift to the restricted list. However, the 29-year-old is expected to rejoin the Blue Jays late Saturday or early Sunday, and it's possible that he'll be back in the lineup for Sunday's series finale in Texas. |
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| Sep 7 2022 | Hernandez was placed on the paternity list Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez snapped an eight-game hitting streak Tuesday against the Orioles, and he'll be away from the Blue Jays for 1-3 days following the birth of his child. Raimel Tapia is starting in right field and batting sixth Wednesday, and he should continue to see increased playing time while Hernandez is unavailable. |
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| Sep 6 2022 | Hernandez went 3-for-8 with two doubles and a solo home run across both games of Monday's doubleheader sweep of the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After going yard off Bryan Baker in the eighth inning of the matinee, Hernandez kept raking in the nightcap with a pair of two-baggers. The 29-year-old outfielder has hit safely in eight straight games, batting .344 (11-for-32) over that stretch, and he's now reached the 20-homer plateau for the fourth straight full season. |
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| Aug 31 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His sixth-inning blast off Brendon Little erased a 2-1 deficit and proved to be the game-winning hit. Hernandez has cooled down in August, slashing .230/.287/.460 over 24 games, but he still sits one long ball shy of his second straight 20-homer season and the fourth of his career. |
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| Aug 29 2022 | Hernandez isn't starting Monday against the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez returned to the lineup Sunday against the Angels and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. However, he'll retreat to the bench a day later while Raimel Tapia starts in right field and bats eighth. |
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| Aug 28 2022 | Hernandez (foot) is starting in right field and batting sixth Sunday against the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 29-year-old was held out of the lineup Saturday after exiting Friday's contest with a left foot contusion, but he's good to go Sunday after missing only one game. Hernandez has struggled at the plate over his past six games, having gone 3-for-21 with an RBI, two runs and 14 strikeouts. |
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| Aug 27 2022 | Hernandez (foot) isn't starting Saturday against the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez left Friday's matchup against the Angels due to a left foot contusion, and he'll be held out of the lineup for at least one game. Whether he's available off the bench remains to be seen, but Jackie Bradley will start in right field and bat ninth. |
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| Aug 26 2022 | Hernandez was removed from Friday's game against the Angels due to a left foot contusion, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez fouled a ball off his left foot during his at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, and he was replaced defensively in the top of the third. The 29-year-old also dealt with a bruised left foot last weekend, and it's not yet clear whether he'll be forced to miss any additional time due to his current injury. |
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| Aug 21 2022 | Hernandez (foot) will serve as the Blue Jays' designated hitter and cleanup batter in Sunday's game against the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez likely isn't fully comfortable running at 100 percent speed after exiting Saturday's 5-2 win when he fouled a ball off his left foot, so the Blue Jays will ease him back into the lineup in a non-defensive capacity. The Blue Jays will soon need to clear the DH spot for George Springer (knee) -- who is missing his third straight contest Sunday -- so Hernandez could resume duties in his usual spot in right field as soon as Tuesday in Boston. |
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| Aug 20 2022 | Hernandez has a bruised left foot and X-rays were negative Saturday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He exited Saturday's contest against the Yankees late in the game after fouling a ball off his foot. The Blue Jays will see how Hernandez's foot feels Sunday morning before determining his status for the series finale. |
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| Aug 9 2022 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will exit the lineup for the first time since June 29, ending a stretch of 34 consecutive starts for the 29-year-old. Raimel Tapia will enter the starting nine in right field in place of Hernandez, who will put a nine-game hitting streak on hold Tuesday unless he's summoned off the bench for a pinch-hitting appearance. |
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| Aug 6 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez extended his hitting streak to seven games, a span in which he's gone 8-for-26 (.308) with three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored. The outfielder is slashing .272/.326/.497 with 16 homers, six steals, 52 RBI and 44 runs scored across 341 plate appearances. He should continue to hit fourth or fifth in the order, which is likely to be a productive spot since Toronto ranks fifth in the majors with 517 runs scored as a team. |
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| Aug 4 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 9-3 win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit safely in five straight games, going 6-for-19 with three homers, six RBI and five runs scored in that span. The outfielder tied the game at 1-1 in the sixth inning with his blast Thursday. For the season, he's slashing .272/.322/.498 with 16 long balls, 52 RBI, 43 runs scored and five stolen bases through 332 plate appearances. While trade-deadline acquisition Whit Merrifield can play right field, it's expected he sees most of his time at second base, so Hernandez's near-everyday role should be safe. |
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| Aug 3 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run and two RBI in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He was the only Toronto hitter to have any real success on the afternoon, as the rest of the Blue Jays managed only two hits combined. Hernandez is batting .295 since the beginning of July with seven of his 15 homers on the season, in addition to two steals, 17 runs and 20 RBI through 28 games. |
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| Jul 30 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 5-3 victory against Detroit. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez slugged a 424-foot shot to center field in the sixth inning to give the Blue Jays a 5-3 lead that held up for the remainder of the contest. The long ball is his only hit over his past four games, during which Hernandez has gone 1-for-14. He hasn't quite matched his production from his breakout 2020 and 2021 campaigns, but Hernandez has registered a solid .270/.321/.485 slash line with 14 homers, 49 RBI and five steals over 315 plate appearances on the season. |
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| Jul 23 2022 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk, three additional runs and an additional RBI in Friday's 28-5 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's four runs tied Santiago Espinal and Danny Jansen for the team lead on a night the Blue Jays established a new single-game franchise scoring record. The 29-year-old initially struggled to produce at the plate upon returning in early May from a stint on the injured list due to an oblique strain, but dating back to the beginning of June, he's slashing .318/.362/.591 with 11 home runs, four stolen bases, 34 RBI and 28 runs in 45 games. |
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| Jul 16 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a double, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 8-1 win over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His third-inning blast off Zack Greinke gave the Jays a 4-0 lead. Hernandez has hit safely in seven straight games and nine of the last 10 as he continues to distance himself from his early-season struggles. The outfielder batting .368 (14-for-38) over that 10-game stretch with four of his 12 homers on the year. |
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| Jul 13 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took Zack Wheeler deep for a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning and then later another two-run homer off Bubby Rossman in the eighth. The two long balls have his season total up to 11 and he now owns a five game hit streak. Over those contests, Hernandez has gone 8-for-19 with two home runs, two doubles, seven RBI, three runs and two stolen bases. Hernandez is now batting .267 with 11 home runs, 39 RBI, 30 runs and five stolen bases over 247 at-bats in 65 games this year. |
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| Jul 8 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with an RBI, two stolen bases, a run scored and a walk in Friday's 5-2 extra-innings loss to the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez singled, stole second and scored in the second inning and added an RBI single in the fifth before working the front end of a double steal with Lourdes Gurriel. Speed hasn't been a huge part of Hernandez's game this year -- he hasn't attempted more than three steals in any month, and he's now 5-for-7 on the basepaths. The outfielder has added a decent .259/.312/.444 slash line with nine home runs, 33 RBI, 28 runs scored, 14 doubles and a triple through 61 contests. He's hitting .242 (8-for-33) so far in July. |
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| Jul 5 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez posted his fifth multi-hit effort in his last 10 games. In that span, the outfielder's gone 12-for-35 (.343) with two homers, four RBI and four runs scored. He's up to a decent .258/.308/.452 slash line through 237 plate appearances. Hernandez has added nine homers, 32 RBI, 27 runs scored, three stolen bases, 14 doubles and a triple. |
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| Jul 1 2022 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double and a two-run home run in Thursday's win over the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 29-year-old wrapped up his June resurgence with one last big performance, taking Ryan Yarbrough deep in the second inning to give the Blue Jays a lead they wouldn't relinquish. Hernandez has five multi-hit efforts in the last 10 games, and he slashed a blistering .327/.357/.607 through 27 games in June with six of his eight homers and 20 of his 31 RBI on the season. |
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| Jun 29 2022 | Hernandez isn't in the lineup Wednesday against Boston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is getting a rare day off after he went 4-for-16 with a double, a run, an RBI and six strikeouts over the last four games. Raimel Tapia will start in right field and bat sixth. |
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| Jun 22 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a double during Wednesday's 9-5 win over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez crushed a 421-foot shot to left field during the seventh inning to put Toronto up 9-1, and he also doubled in the fifth. The 29-year-old had a slow start to the season but is hitting .329 with five home runs, eight doubles, 17 RBI and 14 runs through 20 games in June. |
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| Jun 20 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a second run scored in Sunday's win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Blue Jays hit for the homer cycle as a team, getting a solo shot from George Springer, a two-run blast from Vladimir Guerrero and a grand slam from Lourdes Gurriel, but it was Hernandez's three-run bomb in the seventh inning off Wandy Peralta that proved to be the game-winning hit. Hernandez has launched half of his six homers on the year over the last five games, part of a June surge that has seen him slash .329/.373/.600 with 13 RBI through 17 games on the month. |
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| Jun 17 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Thursday against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took Tyler Wells yard in the fourth inning to record his fifth home run of the season. After a slow two months to begin the season, Hernandez has collected at least one hit in 18 of his last 19 starts, maintaining a .351 average with three home runs, 14 RBI and 12 runs scored in that span. Hernandez has also homered in consecutive games and has tallied 11 extra-base hits across his last 15 games. |
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| Jun 15 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a stolen base in Wednesday's 7-6 extra-inning win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went deep in the third inning and added a steal in after his single in the eighth. He extended his hitting streak to eight games Wednesday, posting a .353 average (12-for-34) in that span. The outfielder continues to rebound from a poor stretch in May, and he's gotten his slash line up to .252/.308/.408 with four homers, three stolen bases, 20 RBI and 16 runs scored through 159 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 13 2022 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Monday's 11-1 win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez extended his current hitting streak to six games with a first-inning single, and he also had an RBI double and a run in the fifth. During the streak, the outfielder is 9-for-25 (.360) with three doubles, four RBI and a pair of runs. He's only been held without a hit once since May 24, and it appears he's getting back on track after losing nearly a month with an oblique injury earlier in the season. Hernandez is slashing .246/.307/.391 with three home runs, 18 RBI, 15 runs scored, two stolen bases, nine doubles and a triple through 150 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 8 2022 | Hernandez isn't starting Wednesday against the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will get a breather after he hit .364 with a homer, a triple, five doubles, eight RBI, seven runs and a stolen base while starting in the last eight games. Raimel Tapia will start in right field and bat fifth. |
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| Jun 3 2022 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Thursday's win over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took Johnny Cueto deep in the sixth inning, as Hernandez snapped a 14-game homer drought. The 29-year-old slugger has had a rough, injury-marred start to the season but appears to be catching fire along with the rest of the Toronto offense, hitting safely in seven straight games and batting .385 (10-for-26) with four doubles, six runs and six RBI over that stretch. The hot streak has pushed Hernandez's slash line up to .210/.282/.360 with three home runs, 11 runs and 13 RBI through 27 contests. |
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| May 31 2022 | Hernandez (hip) will start in right field and bat cleanup in Tuesday's game against the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was one of three Blue Jays regulars who was on the bench for Sunday's 11-10 win over the Angels with a minor injury, but he, Vladimir Guerrero (wrist) and Danny Jansen (hip) will all be back in the starting nine Tuesday as Toronto begins a six-game homestand. Though the hip issue shouldn't be anything that affects Hernandez moving forward, the 29-year-old has struggled to get his timing back at the plate since returning May 7 from a stint on the 10-day injured list due to an oblique strain. In his 18 games since returning, Hernandez has slashed .130/.178/.188 with two extra-base hits and a stolen base. |
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| May 29 2022 | Hernandez didn't start Sunday against the Angels due to a minor hip injury, Gregor Chisholm of the Toronto Star reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Although Hernandez wasn't in the starting lineup Sunday, he came off the bench and went 1-for-1 with an RBI and a walk. It's encouraging that he was on the field for the final few innings of Sunday's win, and he should tentatively be considered day-to-day prior to Tuesday's series opener against the White Sox. |
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| May 26 2022 | Hernandez isn't starting Thursday's game against the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has gone just 1-for-20 with an RBI, two walks and five strikeouts over the last five games, and he'll get a chance to reset during Thursday's series opener against the Angels. Ramie Tapia will shift to right field while Cavan Biggio enters the lineup at first base. |
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| May 23 2022 | Hernandez went 0-for-3 with a walk Sunday in the Blue Jays' 3-2 loss to the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Fantasy managers were hoping that Hernandez would provide a shot in the arm after he returned to action May 7 following a three-plus-week stint on the injured list due to an oblique strain, but the 29-year-old has instead been one of the majors' least productive everyday players in the ensuing two weeks. In his 13 starts since rejoining the Toronto lineup, Hernandez is slashing .100/.135/.180 with a 3.8 percent walk rate and 30.8 percent strikeout rate. |
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| May 9 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Guardians. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He got the Blue Jays on the board with a two-run single in the first inning, his first RBI since coming off the injured list Saturday. Hernandez has struck out four times in seven at-bats since his return, so he hasn't quite found his swing yet, but hitting cleanup behind George Springer, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero should afford him plenty of chances to make up for lost time. |
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| May 7 2022 | Hernandez is starting in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was activated from the 10-day injured list Saturday, but he didn't appear in the matinee against Cleveland. However, he'll start in right field and bat fourth during the second game of the twin bill. Over his first six major-league games of the season, Hernandez hit .316 with a homer, a double, three runs and three RBI. |
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| May 6 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) has arrived in Cleveland and is expected to be available for the Blue Jays' weekend series against the Guardians, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez played in a final rehab game at Single-A Dunedin on Thursday, and he ultimately went 5-for-11 with two homers, two doubles, four runs, four RBI and a steal over three minor-league matchups during his rehab assignment. The 29-year-old should be reinstated from the 10-day injured list prior to Saturday's doubleheader against Cleveland. |
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| May 5 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) will make another rehab appearance at Single-A Dunedin on Thursday, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Although manager Charlie Montoyo was optimistic that Hernandez would rejoin the Blue Jays on Thursday, he'll require at least one more minor-league game before being activated from the injured list, likely at some point this weekend. The 29-year-old has gone 3-for-7 with a homer, two doubles, three RBI and two runs over his first two rehab games. |
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| May 4 2022 | Manager Charlie Montoyo said Hernandez (oblique) is expected to be activated off the 10-day injured list Thursday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 29-year-old is playing in his second rehab game with Single-A Dunedin on Wednesday after going 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI on Tuesday. Hernandez has been out since April 13 with a strained left oblique, but he's set to return after a quick two-game rehab stint in the minors. |
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| May 1 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) will begin a rehab assignment at Single-A Dunedin on Tuesday, Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez participated in live batting practice Saturday, and he'll be cleared to return to game action in the minors several days later. The outfielder had hoped to play at Triple-A Buffalo, but he'll head to Dunedin since there's expected to be better weather there. Assuming he feels good after appearing in some rehab games, the Blue Jays are hopeful that Hernandez will be able to return sometime during their series against Cleveland, which begins Thursday. |
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| Apr 30 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) took live batting practice Saturday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took part in a full workout while hitting off a pitching machine Friday, and he faced live competition for the first time a day later. The 29-year-old will likely require a rehab assignment before he's cleared to rejoin the Blue Jays, but the team is hopeful that he'll be available for its upcoming series in Cleveland, which begins Thursday. |
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| Apr 26 2022 | Hernandez felt good after taking batting practice Tuesday, saying he no longer feels his oblique strain at all, Mike Wilner of the Toronto Star reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has missed just shy of two weeks with the injury. In addition to batting practice, he also went through fielding drills in the outfield Tuesday, so it appears as though he's not too far from a return. He may still need a few more days to recover his timing and feel at the plate, however, and the Blue Jays have yet to set a specific date for his return. |
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| Apr 25 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) is progressing well in his recovery and will take part in live batting practice this week, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez began his hitting progression Friday, and he'll take another step in his recovery by facing live pitching this week. He's been on the injured list for just over 10 days due to a left oblique strain, and the Blue Jays haven't yet indicated when he'll be able to return to game action. |
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| Apr 22 2022 | Hernandez (oblique) began a hitting progression Friday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has been out for over a week with a strained left oblique. While beginning his hitting progression represents a big step in the right direction, he still has work to do before he's ready to return and doesn't have a clear timetable. |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Hernandez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain Thursday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez underwent an MRI that revealed an oblique strain, and the issue will force him to spend time on the IL. The 29-year-old missed time with a similar injury in 2020, and he expects to miss approximately two weeks during his current IL stint, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports. Lourdes Gurriel and Bradley Zimmer should see an uptick in playing time in the outfield, while Gosuke Katoh was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday. |
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| Apr 13 2022 | Hernandez will undergo an MRI after leaving Wednesday's win over the Yankees with discomfort in his left side, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez said the issue feels similar to the oblique injury he dealt with during the 2020 campaign, which required a brief stint on the 10-day injured list. The 29-year-old's outlook should receive additional clarity after he undergoes the MRI on Thursday, and he may be unavailable for the series finale against the Yankees regardless of the imaging results. |
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| Apr 9 2022 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 with two walks, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 10-8 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Jose Berrios and the Toronto bullpen dug an early 7-0 hole, but Hernandez was quick to help his team climb out of it, crushing a Josh Sborz fastball the other way in the fifth inning that tied the score. The Jays eventually completed the largest comeback on a team's Opening Day since the Yankees rallied from nine runs down in 1950. Hernandez is coming off a career-best 2021 campaign that saw him win a Silver Slugger Award, and the 29-year-old doesn't seem inclined to slow down this season. |
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| Mar 27 2022 | Hernandez (wrist) is batting fourth and playing right field in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez suffered a wrist sprain early in camp, though the issue was never expected to sideline him for an extended time. He played in a minor-league spring game Saturday and now returns to his typical role in Toronto's lineup. |
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| Mar 26 2022 | Hernandez (wrist) homered in a minor-league spring game Saturday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has been dealing with a sprained wrist this week, but it was encouraging to see him appear in a game with the minor-league squad Saturday. Manager Charlie Montoyo expects Hernandez to return to Grapefruit League action Sunday against the Phillies. |
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| Mar 22 2022 | Hernandez (wrist) agreed to a one-year, $10.65 million contract with the Blue Jays on Tuesday to avoid arbitration, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is in his penultimate year of arbitration eligibility and was able to agreed upon a deal with Toronto for 2022. The 29-year-old recently suffered a left wrist sprain during a workout, but is expected to return to game action within a couple days. Hernandez hit .296/.346/.524 with 32 home runs, 29 doubles, 92 runs, 116 RBI and 12 stolen bases last season. |
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| Oct 3 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with three RBI, one run scored and a steal in Sundays' 12-4 win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez knocked an RBI single in the first inning and drove in two more in the fourth. He also collected his 12th stolen base of the year. The 28-year-old outfielder improved his slash line to .296/.346/.524 with 116 RBI and 61 extra-base hits through 595 plate appearances. |
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| Oct 2 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 10-1 rout of the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took John Means deep in the first inning, staking the Jays to an early 3-0 lead. The blast snapped an 0-for-14 mini-slump for Hernandez over the last four games, but since the beginning of September the outfielder has slugged 10 of his 32 homers and collected 27 of his 113 RBI on the season. |
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| Sep 25 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 6-1 win over Minnesota. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The outfielder tied the game at 1-1 with his second-inning blast. He also scored in the eighth inning on a Danny Jansen single. Hernandez has cooled off a little lately, going 9-for-40 with four homers, nine RBI and seven runs scored across his last 11 games. Overall, he still owns an excellent .302/.352/.533 slash line with 31 long balls, 111 RBI, 90 runs scored and 11 stolen bases through 566 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 21 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez opened up the scoring with a solo blast to right-center field in the second inning to put the Blue Jays up 1-0 but was quiet at the plate the rest of the night. The first-time All-Star this year has been heating up as October approaches, slashing .346/.433/.679 with seven homers, 23 RBI, 23 runs scored, two steals and 8:22 BB:K over his last 21 games. Hernandez continues to enjoy a career year in which he's already set personal bests across almost every single hitting category. For the year, he's slashing .303/.353/.529 with 29 homers, 107 RBI, 86 runs scored, 11 steals and 34:139 BB:K over 546 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 18 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez landed the big blow for the Blue Jays on Saturday, taking Bailey Ober deep to left field for a three-run homer that gave Toronto a 4-2 lead. After going ice cold at the end of August, the 28-year-old has turned it around with a .371 average and six home runs in September. |
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| Sep 14 2021 | Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Monday's 8-1 win over the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Jays rang up 17 hits in total, with Hernandez leading the way. The 28-year-old has put together a career year, slashing .308/.359/.532 and already setting personal bests in homers (27), RBI (102), runs (83), steals (11) and hits (149). |
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| Sep 12 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a home run, two hit-by-pitches, five RBI and four runs scored in Sunday's 22-7 win over Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The outfielder's first plunking came with the bases loaded in the first inning to force in the opening run. Hernandez followed up with a grand slam in the third. He's recorded multiple hits in four of his last five games, going 10-for-19 (.526) with two homers, three doubles, eight RBI and 10 runs scored in that span. The hot stretch has lifted his batting average to .301 for the year, the first time he's been north of .300 since Aug. 27. He's added a career-high 27 long balls, 102 RBI, 81 runs scored and 11 stolen bases through 518 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 11 2021 | Hernandez went 5-for-8 with a home run, two doubles, three RBI and five runs scored across both games of Saturday's doubleheader versus Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 28-year-old played an instrumental role in both of Toronto's comeback wins. He scored three of the team's 11 runs in the first game after doubling twice in the contest. Hernandez then contributed a three-run home run to cap off an 11-run seventh inning in the nightcap. The outfielder's massive performance has his slash line up to .299/.349/.518 with 26 homers, 97 RBI, 77 runs scored, 11 stolen bases and 26 doubles through 513 plate appearances this year. |
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| Sep 9 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The outfielder has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, but Thursday's was his first multi-hit effort. He's added three home runs and two doubles during his recent hot run. Hernandez lifted his slash line to .296/.346/.510 with Thursday's three-hit game. He's added 25 home runs while notching career highs in RBI (94), runs scored (71) and stolen bases (11) this year as a near-everyday option in right field. |
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| Sep 6 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Monday's 8-0 win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Jays only managed seven hits on the afternoon, but four of them left the yard with Hernandez doing his part in the ninth inning off Brooks Kriske. The outfielder has three homers in his last four games to give him 25 on the year, leaving Hernandez one shy of his career high, and he also needs to drive in seven more runs to record his first 100-RBI campaign. |
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| Sep 4 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run, a walk, a hit by pitch and an additional run scored in Saturday's 10-8 win over Oakland. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The outfielder strengthened Toronto's lead with his three-run blast in the seventh inning. Hernandez has gone 5-for-17 during a five-game hitting streak, including homers in each of the last two contests. He's slashing .295/.342/.509 through 477 plate appearances this year, although he hasn't recorded a multi-hit effort since Aug. 18. The 28-year-old has also contributed 24 homers, 92 RBI, 68 runs scored and nine stolen bases. |
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| Aug 28 2021 | Hernandez isn't starting Saturday's game against the Tigers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit just .097 with two runs, a stolen base, two walks and 13 strikeouts in the last eight games, and he'll be out of the lineup for the first time since Aug. 5. Lourdes Gurriel, Randal Grichuk and Corey Dickerson will start in the outfield from left to right. |
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| Aug 25 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run Tuesday in the Blue Jays' 5-2 loss to the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has fallen into a 1-for-19 slump over the past five games, but since that was preceded by a 10-game hitting streak, the outfielder is still hitting over .300 on the season. He's supplemented the strong average with 22 home runs, nine steals, 84 RBI and 62 runs, making him a screaming value for those that selected him in the middle rounds of fantasy drafts. |
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| Aug 19 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double Wednesday in the Blue Jays' 8-5 loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went yard in his first at-bat of the day in the top of the second inning, extending his home-run streak to four games and bringing his total up to 22 on the season. In spite of Hernandez wielding a hot bat, the Blue Jays have still dropped five of their past six games to plummet to fourth place in the American League East, 10 games behind the division-leading Rays. |
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| Aug 18 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 12-6 loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took Erick Fedde deep in the fifth inning, but the Jays were already in an 8-1 hole by that point. Hernandez extended his hitting streak to nine games with the performance, a stretch during which he's slashing a stunning .528/.541/.917 with 10 runs, 14 RBI and four of his 21 homers on the season. |
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| Aug 16 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a stolen base and an additional run Sunday in the Blue Jays' 8-3 win over the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez concluded the series in Seattle with back-to-back three-hit games, with the 28-year-old cracking home runs in both contests. He's proving that his breakout showing during the 60-game 2020 season wasn't a fluke. While having already picked up nearly twice the amount of plate appearances in 2021 as the season before, Hernandez has supplied a .881 OPS, which lags only slightly behind his 2020 mark (.919). |
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| Aug 15 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and two total RBI in Saturday's loss to Seattle. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez got the Blue Jays on the board with a second-inning solo homer and followed with a run-scoring single in the third. The multi-hit effort was his fifth in his past seven games. Over that stretch, Hernandez has registered a scorching-hot .500/.500/.750 slash line along with two homers, 11 RBI and six runs. |
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| Aug 12 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and an additional run Wednesday in the Blue Jays' 10-2 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After breaking the game open with a fifth-inning grand slam, Hernandez tallied an infield single in the top of the eighth to give him his fourth consecutive multi-hit effort. His batting average is now up to .305 on the season, 16 points better than the career-best mark he posted in 2020. |
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| Aug 9 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI in Sunday's 9-8 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez already has four three-hit games to his name since the All-Star break, allowing him to keep his average just below .300 for the season. While an abnormally high .368 BABIP has certainly helped Hernandez, he's created some of his own good fortune by cutting down his strikeout rate to 25.4 percent -- nearly five points less than his career rate (30.3 percent). |
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| Aug 7 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-4 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Every Jays starter (except, oddly, Vladimir Guerrero) recorded multiple hits in the rout, but Hernandez led the charge. The 28-year-old has three three-hit performances in his last nine games, and the hot streak has boosted his slash line on the season to .298/.345/.503 with 17 homers, a career-high seven steals, 50 runs and 69 RBI through 88 contests. |
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| Aug 5 2021 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against Cleveland. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Blue Jays will send one of their regular outfielders to the bench for the third game in a row, with Hernandez taking a seat Thursday after Randal Grichuk and Lourdes Gurriel sat out Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Hernandez's day off clears a spot in the lineup for the recently activated Corey Dickerson, who draws a third consecutive start. |
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| Aug 3 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 7-2 win over Cleveland. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took Cleveland starter Zach Plesac deep in the first inning for a two-run homer, then later knocked in another run with a single in the fifth. While the home runs have curtailed a bit in 2021, the slugger's average has remained where it was during his breakout 2020 campaign. After a perfect night, it now sits at .294, which would be a career-high if the outfielder could maintain his pace for the rest of the season. |
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| Jul 31 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-4 win over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He got the scoring started by leading off the second inning with a rocket to left field off rookie Daniel Lynch. Hernandez has been dangerous since the All-Star break, slashing .283/.340/.674 in 13 games with five of his 16 homers on the season. |
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| Jul 29 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs in Thursday's 13-1 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled home a pair of runs in the first inning and added an RBI single in the seventh to bust out of a modest 2-for-14 skid. The All-Star outfielder is slashing .295/.342/.495 in 339 plate appearances this season, providing 15 home runs, 62 RBI and a career-high seven stolen bases (10 attempts). |
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| Jul 25 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI and a walk in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez homered off Taijuan Walker in the third inning and off Anthony Banda in the ninth inning. It was his third multi-homer game of the season. He is batting .342 with a 1.155 OPS over his last 11 games. The 28-year-old is slashing .297/.345/.503 with 15 long balls, 57 RBI, 42 runs and seven steals in 319 plate appearances. |
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| Jul 22 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to Boston on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After George Springer brought Toronto within two runs with a two-run shot in the sixth inning, Hernandez immediately followed with a solo blast of his own to close the gap to one run. However, that would be the final tally put on the board by the Blue Jays in the contest. Hernandez, who has five RBI over his last five games, has backed up his 2020 breakout campaign with another solid season at the plate, slashing .298/.344/.488 with 13 homers, 53 RBI and seven stolen bases. |
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| Jul 22 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to Boston on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After George Springer brought Toronto within two runs with a two-run shot in the sixth inning, Hernandez immediately followed with a solo blast of his own to close the gap to one run. However, that would be the final tally put on the board by the Blue Jays in the contest. Hernandez has backed up his 2020 breakout campaign with another solid season at the plate, slashing .298/.344/.488 with 13 homers, 53 RBI and seven stolen bases. |
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| Jul 18 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-1 with a double, two runs, an RBI and two walks in the second game of Sunday's 10-0 doubleheader sweep of Texas. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez doubled and scored in the first to begin a six-run inning, walked and scored in the second and walked again in the fifith. This was Hernandez's first perfect day at the dish all season, though it came in a seven-inning game, and the impressive outing raised his slash line to .299/.347/.484. |
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| Jul 17 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 10-2 rout of the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He turned around a Jordan Lyles offering in the third inning, one of five Jays long balls on the night. Hernandez hadn't gone yard in 12 straight games to close out the first half, but on the season he's slashing a strong .296/.340/.480 with 12 homers, six steals, 36 runs and 50 RBI through 69 contests. |
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| Jul 8 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 10-2 rout of the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 28-year-old continues to be a key contributor in one of the league's most dangerous offenses. Over the last 10 games Hernandez is slashing .302/.333/.465, and on the year he's batting .297 with 11 homers, five steals, 34 runs and 48 RBI through 65 contests. |
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| Jun 26 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two additional RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday's win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez endured eight straight games without a homer but ended that streak with his long ball during the third inning off Keegan Akin. That's not the only way he made his presence felt, however, as he also delivered a two-run single that scored both Santiago Espinal and Marcus Semien in the bottom of the sixth. The 28-year-old slugger now has 11 homers on the season, but he's been seeing the ball well of late too and has at least one knock in all but one of his last 10 games. |
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| Jun 20 2021 | Hernandez was reinstated from the paternity list ahead of Sunday's game at Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was placed on the paternity list Thursday and will rejoin the Blue Jays after spending the past couple days with his family. The 28-year-old is 10-for-30 with two homers, two doubles and nine RBI over his past seven games and should reclaim his everyday role in the outfield. Jared Hoying was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding move. Hernandez will serve as Toronto's designated hitter Sunday and bat cleanup. |
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| Jun 17 2021 | Hernandez was placed on the paternity list Thursday, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez went 7-for-17 with two homers, two doubles and seven RBI across the last four games, but he'll now be away from the team briefly following the birth of his child. Jared Hoying was promoted to the active roster in a corresponding move and could see some playing time in the outfield while Hernandez and Jonathan Davis (paternity) are unavailable. |
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| Jun 13 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-6 with two home runs, a double, six RBI and one strikeout in Sunday's 18-4 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez put the Blue Jays on the board with a three-run homer in the top of the first inning, and he plated three more runs with a home run in the fourth. The 28-year-old is now hitting .294 with 10 home runs, 40 RBI and 25 runs this year. |
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| Jun 12 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with two RBI in Friday's loss against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was one of five Toronto players that recorded at least two knocks, but he also made his presence felt on the box score after plating two runs -- he drove Bo Bichette home with an RBI single both times, during the first and second innings. Hernandez has hit safely in back-to-back games and has reached base safely in five of his last seven contests, tallying four RBI and two runs scored but also striking out 10 times across 27 at-bats during that span. |
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| May 30 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a home run in Sunday's win over Cleveland. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit safely in eight of the Blue Jays' last nine contests and has gone deep thrice during that span, though his solo shot Sunday ended a streak of four straight games without a long ball. The 28-year-old outfielder continues to be one of the most productive hitters for Toronto and is hitting .317 with a .885 OPS on the season. |
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| May 24 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, an additional RBI and an additional run scored in Sunday's loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit safely in three straight games while hitting safely in all but two of his last 13 appearances, a stretch in which he's hit .423 with a 1.156 OPS, three homers, 11 RBI, seven runs scored and a 6:7 BB:K across 58 plate appearances. He also has eight multi-hit games in that 13-game stretch. |
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| May 19 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has hit safely in each of his last three games, but he's also recorded five multi-hit contests over his last eight appearances. He's hitting .452 with a 1.256 OPS during that eight-game stretch, a span in which he's also recorded two homers, six RBI and five runs scored. |
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| May 15 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in the 4-0 win over the Phillies on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After breaking his hitting streak Friday, Hernandez tallied a single Saturday. However, it was after his first-inning walk that he successfully stole second. The 28-year-old has had a solid start, especially in May since returning from the injured list. He is slashing .291/.344/.477 with five home runs, 18 RBI and a pair of steals through 93 plate appearances. |
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| May 12 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBI and a walk Wednesday against Atlanta. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez powered the Blue Jays to victory by blasting a solo home run in the seventh inning followed by a two-run shot in the ninth frame. He now has five long balls on the season, three of which have come in his last five games. Overall, Hernandez has managed a .293/.338/.507 line with 11 runs scored and 17 RBI across 80 plate appearances. |
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| May 7 2021 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 10-4 loss to Houston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's third home run of the season came off Kent Emanuel in the ninth inning of Friday's blowout loss. He's up to 13 RBI with a .697 OPS through 64 plate appearances. |
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| Apr 30 2021 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Friday's 13-5 win over Atlanta. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: In his first game back in the lineup following his activation from the COVID-19 IL, Hernandez took Jacob Webb deep in the sixth inning -- one of six Toronto homers on the night. After slugging 42 homers in 175 games over the prior two seasons, expect the 28-year-old to continue making up for lost time after he played only eight games in April. hitting .235 with two home runs and five RBI. |
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| Apr 25 2021 | Hernandez (illness) will play in a rehab game at the Blue Jays' alternate training site Sunday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez cleared intake protocols Friday, and he'll serve as a designated hitter at the team's alternate training site Sunday. It's not yet clear when Hernandez will be able to return to game action, but he's trending in the right direction. |
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| Apr 23 2021 | Hernandez (illness) was cleared to return to team facilities Friday but needs a few days to build up before returning to game action, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has been out for two weeks due to a positive COVID-19 test. He's unlikely to miss many more games, though it's not clear exactly when the Blue Jays expect him to return. |
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| Apr 22 2021 | Hernandez (illness) will have a clearance test Friday to return to the team facilities, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 13 but hasn't been experiencing symptoms across the past several days. He'll be eligible to resume baseball activities if he clears intake testing Friday, and the team will then determine how much time he needs to ramp up his activity before returning to game action. |
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| Apr 17 2021 | Hernandez (illness) is no longer experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and was symptomatic for several days. Although he'll miss at least 10 days due to the league's health and safety protocols, Hernandez will be eligible to return as soon as April 23 against the Rays if he can test negative before then. |
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| Apr 13 2021 | Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and will remain quarantined for at least the next 10 days, Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He had close contact with someone outside the team last week who ended up testing positive and has been quarantined since Friday. Hernandez is currently symptomatic, so while he could return April 23 against the Rays, it remains to be seen if he will need more time than that to get right. |
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| Apr 10 2021 | Hernandez (undisclosed) is slated to be out until at least Thursday while he's on the COVID-19 injured list, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Friday after exposure to someone who'd tested positive outside of the team, and the league's protocols will keep him out for the remainder of the homestand. It's not clear whether Hernandez himself has tested positive, but Randal Grichuk, Jonathan Davis and Josh Palacios could see increased playing time while Hernandez is sidelined. |
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| Apr 9 2021 | Hernandez was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Friday after exposure to someone who'd tested positive outside of the team, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He will need to go through the proper testing protocols before returning. The team did not answer questions about whether Hernandez himself tested positive, due to privacy reasons, just referencing a possible exposure to the virus. |
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| Apr 2 2021 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a second run scored during Thursday's win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His sixth-inning blast helped chase Gerrit Cole from the game and tied the game at 2-2, setting the stage for some extra-inning heroics by Randal Grichuk. Hernandez has launched 42 homers in 175 games over the last two seasons, and while the Jays' batting order will get shuffled around once George Springer (oblique) is healthy, the 28-year-old is currently hitting cleanup in a very potent offense to add to his fantasy appeal. |
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| Mar 19 2021 | Hernandez has gone 5-for-20 (.250) with four doubles and a 5:5 K:BB through nine Grapefruit League games. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: While he's still looking for his first spring homer, Hernandez has otherwise looked good at the plate, with his batting eye being especially noteworthy after he posted a 14:63 BB:K through 50 games in 2020. The 28-year-old is set to start in right field in a crowded Toronto outfield as he looks to prove that his career-high .289 batting average and .919 OPS last year were no fluke. |
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| Jan 15 2021 | Hernandez signed a one-year, $4.325 million contract with the Blue Jays on Friday to avoid arbitration, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: It's the first year of arbitration eligibility for the 28-year-old, and he earned a solid figure after posting a .289/.340/.579 slash line with 16 homers, 34 RBI and six stolen bases in 50 games during 2020. Hernandez should enter spring training with a starting role in Toronto's outfield. |
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| Sep 27 2020 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Sunday against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez started the last 11 games since returning from the injured list in mid-September and will receive a breather for the regular-season finale. Jonathan Davis receives the start in right field Sunday, batting eighth. |
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| Sep 20 2020 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's 16th long ball of the season came in the seventh inning of Sunday's win, pushing Toronto's lead to 6-1. The 27-year-old outfielder is rocking a .994 OPS with 30 RBI and 30 runs scored in his breakout campaign. |
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| Sep 19 2020 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and a second run scored during an 8-7 loss to the Phillies in the second game of Friday's doubleheader. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After going 0-for-2 with a walk in the matinee, Hernandez took David Hale deep in the fourth inning of the nightcap to get the Jays on the board. The three hits were his first in three games since coming off the IL, and on the season he's slashing .306/.357/.637 -- career highs in all three categories -- with 15 homers and 28 RBI over 42 games. |
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| Sep 17 2020 | Hernandez is starting in right field and batting cleanup Thursday against the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 27-year-old was activated off the injured list Wednesday, and while he didn't see the field during the loss to the Yankees, he will rejoin the starting nine for the series finale. The team still figures to be cautious with his playing time after he dealt with the oblique issue. Hernandez has a .308/.358/.637 line with 14 homers, 27 runs, 27 RBI and five stolen bases in 39 games this season. |
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| Sep 16 2020 | Hernandez (oblique) was activated from the 10-day injured list Wednesday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez isn't starting Wednesday against the Yankees, but he could be available as a pinch hitter if needed. Manager Charlie Montoyo said that he took swings, ran the bases and threw Wednesday, but the team will monitor how he feels to determine his playing time. Derek Fisher (knee) was placed on the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. |
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| Sep 15 2020 | Manager Charlie Montoyo said Tuesday that Hernandez (oblique) could return "any day after [Wednesday]," Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez ran the bases Tuesday and will take live at-bats Wednesday. If all goes well, his return to action could be imminent as the Blue Jays compete for a playoff spot. Once he returns, he should reclaim his spot in the heart of Toronto's lineup. |
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| Sep 13 2020 | Hernandez (oblique) took swings off to the side during the Blue Jays' batting-practice session prior to Sunday's game against the Mets, Arash Madani of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The activity is another small step forward for Hernandez, who hit off a tee Saturday. The Blue Jays remain unwilling to put a timeline on his return from the 10-day injured list, but the team is seemingly maintaining hope that he'll be ready to go well before the regular season ends Sept. 27. |
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| Sep 12 2020 | Hernandez (oblique) hit off a tee Saturday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez landed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left oblique strain. While initial reports held that he would miss significant time, later reports called the issue "mild." The fact that he's already swinging again is certainly a good sign, but he has no clear timetable for his return. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Hernandez has been diagnosed with a mild left oblique strain and will take part in rotational work Friday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 27-year-old was expected to miss significant time after his initial MRI earlier this week revealed the oblique strain, but the secondary results brought back more encouraging news. Hernandez remains without a timetable for his return, but the fact he's already beginning to work through rotation drills is a good sign he may return before the end of the regular season. |
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| Sep 7 2020 | Hernandez (oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is expected to miss significant time while dealing with his left oblique strain. The 27-year-old was putting together a career-best season prior to the injury, as he was slashing .308/.358/.637 with 14 home runs, 27 RBI and five stolen bases. Whether he's able to return to the Blue Jays before the end of the season remains to be seen. Derek Fisher should see increased playing time in right field while Hernandez recovers. |
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| Sep 6 2020 | Hernandez (ribs) will undergo a second MRI to determine the severity of his injury, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez underwent an MRI on Sunday, but it was difficult to read due to the amount of swelling. As a result, he'll undergo another test when the swelling goes down. A timetable for his return could be established once the results of the second MRI are known, but Hernandez is expected to miss significant time. |
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| Sep 5 2020 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's 9-8 loss to the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second inning. He then got aboard with a single and scored on a Vladimir Guerrero homer in the sixth. Hernandez added an RBI single in the seventh and scored on Joe Panik's double to give the Blue Jays a 7-6 lead at the time. The 27-year-old Hernandez is at 14 homers, 27 RBI, 27 runs scored and five stolen bases while slashing .308/.358/.637 in 39 games. |
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| Sep 3 2020 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in a 10-inning victory over Boston on Thursday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez continued his breakout campaign by playing a central role in Toronto's comeback win. He scored the Blue Jays' first run of the contest -- and logged their first hit -- in the seventh inning, then belted a three-run shot in the 10th to help guide the team into a tie for second place in the AL East. In addition to a .311/.361/.644 slash line on the season, Hernandez is tied for first in the majors with 13 home runs and has collected 25 RBI. |
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| Sep 1 2020 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Tuesday against Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez owns a .985 OPS on the season and is riding a 12-game hitting streak, but that doesn't make him immune from the occasional day off. Derek Fisher gets the start in right field in this one. |
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| Aug 30 2020 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez poked a single through the infield in the ninth inning, bringing in two runs and securing the walk-off win. He's up to 22 RBI on the season with a 1.001 OPS. |
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| Aug 26 2020 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 9-7 loss to the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His ninth-inning blast off Boston closer Matt Barnes made things a bit interesting, but Toronto couldn't complete the rally. Hernandez extended his hit streak to seven games with the long ball, a stretch during which he's batting .348 (8-for-23) with half his hits leaving the yard. On the year, the 27-year-old is slashing .292/.339/.651 with 11 homers -- tying him with Nelson Cruz and Jose Abreu for the American League lead -- and 19 RBI. |
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| Aug 23 2020 | Hernandez went 1-for-1 with a solo home run, three walks, two runs scored and two stolen bases in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez opened up the scoring with a solo homer off Josh Fleming in the second inning. He walked in each of his next three plate appearances and also added a pair of stolen bases in the sixth inning. The outfielder now has four stolen bases while pacing the Blue Jays in homers (10) and RBI (18). |
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| Aug 22 2020 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's extra-inning win over the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He opened the scoring for the Jays in the second inning with a blast off Ryan Yarbrough. Hernandez could be heating up again, as he also homered in his first at-bat in the second game of Thursday's doubleheader. On the season, the 27-year-old is slashing .290/.316/.634 with nine homers and 17 RBI through 24 games. |
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| Aug 20 2020 | Hernandez went 3-for-7 with one walk, one home run, two RBI and three runs scored across both games of the Blue Jays' doubleheader Thursday against the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez recorded one knock in the first game, but came through with the majority of his production in the later contest. He delivered a two-run home run in the first inning, taking Vince Velasquez deep for his eighth home run of the season. He's gotten off to a strong start to the campaign, as he's now hitting .289/.309/.611 to go along with 16 RBI and 13 runs scored across 94 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 19 2020 | Hernandez (back) will start in right field and bat second Wednesday against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez was withheld from the lineup for Tuesday's 8-7 win due to back tightness, but manager Charlie Montoyo still allowed the 27-year-old to enter the contest as a pinch hitter. The Blue Jays' decision to include Hernandez in the starting nine a day later suggests the back issue is something that he'll be able to regularly play through moving forward. Through 13 games in August, Hernandez is batting .280 with three home runs, three doubles, eight RBI and four runs. |
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| Aug 18 2020 | Hernandez was held out of Tuesday's lineup versus the Orioles due to back tightness, Scott Mitchell of TSN.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 27-year-old apparently isn't completely unavailable for Tuesday's game, but the team is likely to give him the full night off if possible. It doesn't appear to be a serious concern, so Hernandez should be considered day-to-day. Cavan Biggio will slide out to right field while Brandon Drury starts at the keystone in Baltimore. |
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| Aug 14 2020 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Friday's win against the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez provided the Blue Jays with a late-game power surge Friday as the team cruised to a comfortable 12-4 win. The 27-year-old has now hit three home runs over the past two games, and he's had a nice start to the season with a .986 OPS, seven home runs and 13 RBI. |
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| Aug 13 2020 | Hernandez went 1-for-6 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's extra-inning loss to the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His blistering start to the season has predictably cooled; Wednesday's homer was his fifth of the year, but his first in August. Hernandez is still slashing a solid .267/.286/.583, however, with nine RBI and eight runs through 15 games. |
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| Aug 6 2020 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Thursday against the Braves. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has started all nine games for the Blue Jays this season, going 10-for-36 with four home runs and two steals in the process. Lourdes Gurriel, Randal Grichuk and Cavan Biggio are starting in Toronto's outfield from left to right Thursday. |
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| Jul 30 2020 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two RBI and two runs scored Thursday against the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez hit a pair of solo home runs, the first coming in the fourth inning off Erick Fedde. He followed that up in the eighth frame, taking Tanner Rainey yard. It was Hernandez's second two-homer effort in the last four games, and he now has four long balls on the season. While he continues to strike out plenty, Hernandez has still managed to collect nine hits -- eight have gone for extra bases -- in 31 plate appearances. |
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| Jul 27 2020 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with two solo home runs in Monday's 4-1 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: All four Toronto runs scored on solo shots, with Hernandez leading the power surge. The 27-year-old has gone 5-for-17 to begin the season, with four of his five hits going for extra bases (two doubles and two homers), but his 0:7 BB:K suggests the hot streak won't last. |
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| Mar 10 2020 | Hernandez (groin) will start in right field and hit sixth in Tuesday's spring game against the Yankees, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez saw DH duty Monday after a missing of week of action but will start in the outfield a day later, signaling he has put his injury behind him a couple weeks before Opening Day. |
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| Mar 9 2020 | Manager Charlie Montoyo said that Hernandez (groin) could be ready to play the outfield as soon as Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Montoyo noted that Hernandez is feeling better after tweaking his groin last week, which explains the team's decision to include him in the lineup for Monday's split-squad game with the Pirates as a designated hitter. Assuming he makes it through that contest unscathed, Hernandez should be able to reclaim a spot in the outfield by the end of the week. Hernandez doesn't look in any real danger of missing Opening Day. |
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| Mar 6 2020 | Hernandez has been held out of game action with groin soreness, Mike Wilner of Sportsnet 590 The Fan reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: It's unclear when exactly Hernandez was first bothered by the injury, but he hasn't seen Grapefruit League action in at least a few days. The injury isn't believed to be severe, but the 27-year-old has no official timetable for his return. |
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| Nov 13 2019 | General manager Ross Atkins said Tuesday that Hernandez has been working out at first base during the offseason, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez has exclusively played the outfield during his nine-year professional career, but he looks like he'll at least be in line to experiment at first base during spring training in any attempt to add some versatility. Atkins also said that Hernandez has been taking grounders at second base, but the 27-year-old is being viewed as more of an emergency option at that position. Hernandez delivered some interesting counting stats -- namely, 26 home runs and six steals -- in his 464 plate appearances a season ago, but his .230/.306/.472 slash line (102 wRC+) barely made him a league-average contributor from a real-life standpoint. |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs and three RBI in Sunday's season finale victory over the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez's homer, a three-run shot off Yonny Chirinos in the fourth inning, gave him 26 for the season. He'll finish the year with a .230/.306/.472 slash line, good for a 102 wRC+. That number looks better for a center fielder than for a corner outfielder, and Hernandez did make the majority of his starts in center, but he graded out quite poorly there according to both DRS and UZR. A league-average bat on a player who really should be playing an outfield corner sure looks like a fourth outfielder, though the Blue Jays may not have the players to push him to a bench role next season. |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs and three RBI in Sunday's season finale | victory over the Rays. |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double and a walk Friday against the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez brought his club within a run in the seventh inning with a two-run shot over the wall in right field, but Tampa Bay would go on to clinch a postseason berth with a 6-2 victory. He sits with 24 home runs, 61 RBI and five stolen bases over 123 contests this year. |
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| Sep 24 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will head to the bench after going 1-for-7 in Monday's extra-innings victory against Baltimore. In his place, Anthony Alford is starting in center field and hitting eighth. |
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| Sep 18 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-6 with a three-run home run Wednesday against the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez took Shawn Armstrong deep in the seventh inning to record his 23rd home run of the season -- setting a new career-high. On the other hand, he continued his season-long struggle to make contact by whiffing three times. Now striking out at a 34 percent clip, Hernandez is hitting just .219/.292/.440 across 435 plate appearances for the campaign. |
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| Sep 12 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Thursday against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez will sit for the second time in three games as the Blue Jays go with an outfield consisting of Derek Fisher, Randal Grichuk and Billy McKinney (from left to right). Since the beginning of September, Hernandez is slashing just .167/.200/.333 with one home run and a 56 percent strikeout rate. |
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| Sep 10 2019 | Hernandez isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez is set for a night off after going 0-for-8 at the dish over his last three contests. Jonathan Davis will start in center field and hit eighth. |
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| Sep 7 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup Saturday against the Rays, Mike Wilner of Sportsnet 590 The Fan reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Hernandez owns a poor .167/.245/.354 slash line over his last 16 games, striking out in 43.4 percent of his plate appearances over that stretch. Jonathan Davis will get the start in center field Saturday. |
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| Sep 1 2019 | Hernandez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros. | |
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| Aug 27 2019 | Hernandez is not starting Tuesday against Atlanta. | |
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| Aug 24 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 wit ha solo home run, two runs scored and a pair of walks | in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Mariners. |
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| Aug 22 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Dodgers. | |
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| Aug 17 2019 | Hernandez is not in Saturday's lineup against the Mariners. | |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Tuesday against the Rangers. | |
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| Aug 10 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and two walks during a 5-4 victory | against the Yankees on Saturday. |
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| Aug 8 2019 | Hernandez is not starting Thursday against the Yankees, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca | reports. |
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| Aug 5 2019 | Hernandez will be on the bench Monday against Tampa Bay, Dawn Klemish of MLB.com | reports. |
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| Jul 30 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Monday's | win over the Royals. |
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| Jul 27 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-6 with a 12th-inning walk-off home run to give the Blue Jays | a 10-9 victory. |
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| Jul 27 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-6 with a 12th-inning walk-off home run to give the Blue Jays a 10-9 victory. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Hernandez is not in Monday's lineup against the Indians, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Friday's 12-1 win over the Tigers. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 17 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-2 with two walks, two solo home runs and a third run scored in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 16 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored Tuesday against the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 15 2019 | Hernandez is out of the lineup<\/a> for Monday's game against the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 13 2019 | Hernandez is out of the lineup<\/a> versus the Yankees on Saturday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 7 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Sunday's win over the Orioles. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 4 2019 | Hernandez (shoulder) is back in the lineup<\/a> Thursday against the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 3 2019 | Hernandez (shoulder) remains out of the lineup<\/a> Wednesday against the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 2 2019 | Hernandez is not starting Tuesday<\/a> against the Red Sox. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 2 2019 | Hernandez is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game against Boston due to a sore right shoulder, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 2 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's win over the Royals. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 29 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup<\/a> for Saturday's game against the Royals. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 26 2019 | Hernandez went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 24 2019 | Hernandez sits for the second straight game<\/a> Monday against the Yankees. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 23 2019 | Hernandez will hit the bench<\/a> for Sunday's game against Boston. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 20 2019 | Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Thursday's win over the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 20 2019 | Hernandez (wrist) is starting in center field<\/a> and hitting fifth Thursday against the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 19 2019 | Hernandez (wrist) is not in the lineup<\/a> for Wednesday's game against the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 18 2019 | Hernandez is considered day-to-day with a sprained left wrist, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 18 2019 | Hernandez (wrist) isn't in Tuesday's starting lineup against the Angels, the voice of the Blue Jays, Ben Wagner,<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 17 2019 | Hernandez left Monday's game against the Angels due to a left wrist sprain, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 16 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with two homers, four RBI and a walk in Sunday's 12-0 win over the Astros. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 14 2019 | Hernandez is out of the lineup<\/a> for Friday's game against the Astros. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 9 2019 | Hernandez will start in center field and bat fifth<\/a> Sunday against the Diamondbacks. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 6 2019 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with two doubles, a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 5 2019 | Hernandez was recalled<\/a> from Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 5 2019 | Hernandez is starting in center field and hitting sixth<\/a> Wednesday against the Yankees. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 16 2019 | Hernandez was optioned<\/a> to Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 14 2019 | Hernandez isn't in Tuesday's starting lineup against the Giants.<\/a> | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 8 2019 | Hernandez is not in the lineup<\/a> Wednesday against the Twins. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 22 2018 | Hernandez is out of the lineup Sunday against the Orioles, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. | After four straight starts in left field for Hernandez, he will give way to Dwight Smith. It's been a slight rough patch of late for Hernandez, who sports a .194 batting average across his last 10 games. |
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| Jul 15 2018 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk Sunday against Boston. | Hernandez managed to tie the game at 2-2 with a two-run blast to left field in the third inning, but the Red Sox would push across three more runs over the next few innings to take the series finale. The 25-year-old right fielder has notched a base hit in seven of his last 10 games, and he'll head into the break hitting .257 with 15 homers and 39 RBI over 76 games. |
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| Jul 14 2018 | Hernandez (heel) is in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Red Sox. | A sore heel led to Hernandez's scratch from Friday's lineup, but it seems the decision to hold him out was largely precautionary as he's right back in there Saturday against lefty Eduardo Rodriguez. Hernandez has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games and he's slugging .543 against left-handed pitching so far this season. |
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| Jul 13 2018 | Hernandez was scratched from Friday's lineup due to a sore left heel, Mike Wilner of BlueJaysTalk reports. | He was replaced by Dwight Smith in the lineup. Consider Hernandez day-to-day ahead of Saturday's affair. |
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| Jul 12 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 6-4 loss to Boston. | Hernandez got his team on the board early with his first-inning shot, but things fell apart not long after. The 25-year-old outfielder has been a nice surprise for Toronto and fantasy owners during the 2018 campaign. He has 40 extra-base hits with an .816 OPS in 297 at-bats this season. |
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| Jul 10 2018 | Hernandez is out of Tuesday's lineup against the Braves. | This will only be the second time in the last 15 games that he is out of the lineup. Hernandez is hitting .255 with one home run and 17 strikeouts in 55 at-bats over that stretch. Curtis Granderson is starting in left field and leading off in his place. |
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| Jul 7 2018 | Hernandez is not in the lineup against the Yankees on Saturday, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports. | Hernandez will receive a breather following 12 straight starts. In his place, Curtis Granderson will man left field and bat atop the order. |
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| Jul 2 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI during Monday's loss to the Tigers. | Hernandez drove in a run on a groundout to shortstop in the fourth inning, and he also recorded his 19th double of the 2018 campaign. Through 66 games, he's batting .260 with 13 homers, 34 RBI and three stolen bases. |
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| Jun 23 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's win over the Blue Jays. | The homer was his fifth of June and 13th of the season. Hernandez sat out Friday after back-to-back three-strikeout games, and the Blue Jays' outfield is even more crowded now with Steve Pearce returning, but it's hard to imagine Hernandez will be the odd man out very often given the success he's had since getting the call. |
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| Jun 10 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs scored Sunday against the Orioles. | Hernandez blasted a two-run home run in the fifth inning to put the Blue Jays up 12-1 in what turned out to be a 13-3 blowout. He's been enjoying success at the plate over his past 10 games, raising his batting average from .247 to .260, and he's recorded three homers and eight RBI over that stretch. |
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| Jun 5 2018 | Hernandez (foot) is back in the lineup Tuesday against the Yankees. | Hernandez fouled a ball off his foot Saturday, but he escaped with merely a bruise and it seems a couple days off was all he needed to regain full mobility. The 25-year-old will slot in atop the order against lefty CC Sabathia. Hernandez has actually fared better against same-handed pitching to this point, posting a .264/.305/.527 line against right-handers and a .238/.294/.492 line against lefties. |
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| Jun 3 2018 | Hernandez (foot) is out of the lineup Sunday against the Tigers. | Hernandez departed Saturday's game early after fouling a ball off his left foot, so he'll be given Sunday off to recuperate from the injury. X-rays on Hernandez's foot returned negative, leaving the Blue Jays optimistic that the 25-year-old will avoid the disabled list. Randal Grichuk will pick up a start in right field in place of Hernandez in the series finale. |
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| Jun 2 2018 | Hernandez left Saturday's game against the Tigers with a left foot bruise after fouling a pitch off his foot, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports. | Hernandez finished his at-bat with a fly out to left field before gingerly leaving the field, with Curtis Granderson taking over in left field. Fortunately it's just a bruise for Hernandez as the X-rays came back negative, Mae reports. With an off day Monday, it wouldn't be surprising for the 25-year-old to at least be held out of Sunday's lineup. |
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| Jun 1 2018 | Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a triple, one RBI and a run scored in Friday's loss to Detroit. | Hernandez knocked in a run on an RBI triple in the sixth inning, but the Blue Jays would ultimately fall 5-2. He's put together a .257/.304/.520 batting line with eight home runs and 24 RBI through 41 games this season. |
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| May 30 2018 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Wednesday's loss to the Red Sox. | Hernandez took Eduardo Rodriguez deep in the sixth inning to knot the game at 2-2, though J.D. Martinez responded with a two-run homer of his own in the bottom half of the frame which put the Red Sox up for good. The long ball was Hernandez's fourth of May and eighth of the season, though he struck out in his other three at-bats and now owns a tough .212/.245/.404 slash line across 25 games this month. |
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| May 27 2018 | Hernandez is out of the lineup Sunday against the Phillies. | Hernandez has recorded only four hits in 29 at-bats while starting the last seven games, so he'll be given a day to clear his head amid the rough patch. Dwight Smith will pick up a start in left field in Hernandez's stead. |
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| May 19 2018 | Hernandez (back) will man right field and bat atop the Blue Jays' lineup for Saturday's game against Oakland. | Hernandez missed the past two games due to back soreness. Through 30 games this season, he's hitting .272/.324/.560 with seven home runs and 18 RBI. Expect to see him in the lineup the rest of the weekend with a scheduled off day coming Monday. |
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| May 18 2018 | Hernandez (back) is not in the lineup against Oakland on Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | Hernandez will remain on the bench for a second straight day due to back soreness while Dwight Smith gets another start in the outfield. There hasn't been any word as to the severity of Hernandez's injury, so consider him day-to-day moving forward. |
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| May 17 2018 | Hernandez was held out of Thursday's starting lineup due to a sore back, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | Hernandez will get the night off and should be considered day-to-day heading into Friday's tilt. Over the past seven games, the outfielder is hitting .357/.400/.679 with two home runs and four RBI. |
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| May 17 2018 | Hernandez is out of the lineup Thursday against the A's. | Hernandez will head to the bench for the first time since his promotion to the majors in mid-April. Since joining the Blue Jays, the 25-year-old has carved out an everyday role for himself thanks to his solid .272/.324/.560 slash line to go with seven homers and three steals in 30 games. |
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| May 16 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a home run and three RBI in Wednesday's 12-1 rout of the Mets. | The 25-year-old is heating up again, going 10-for-28 (.357) over his last seven games, and Wednesday's blast gives him seven homers in 30 games since his promotion from Triple-A Buffalo. Hernandez is making himself a fixture in the outfield for the Jays, and while his shaky plate discipline (9:32 BB:K in those 30 games) could make him a batting average risk down the road, he looks set to be a consistent source of power for the rest of the season. |
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| May 5 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Rays. | The homer was his fifth of the season in only 21 games. Hernandez has been cooling down recently, but he still carries a .270/.327/.573 slash line and he continues to hit at or near the top of the Jays lineup, providing him with extra at-bats and run-producing opportunities. |
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| Apr 29 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 7-2 victory over the Rangers. | Hernandez has now picked up at least one hit in five consecutive games, as he hit his fourth home run of the season Sunday. The 25-year-old has started the season on a strong note, as he's hitting .316 with a 1.092 OPS after appearing in 14 games. |
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| Apr 22 2018 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Yankees. | Hernandez was the Blue Jays' only source of run production, as his solo home run in the sixth inning was the only run Toronto managed to score against Luis Severino and the Yankees. Hernandez has started to find his groove at the dish lately and has slugged three home runs over the last five games, collecting eight RBI in that time. |
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| Apr 20 2018 | Hernandez went 1-for-3 with two walks, a home run and three RBI in Friday's 8-5 win over the Yankees. | He took Sonny Gray deep in the third inning, giving Hernandez two homers in six games since being called up from Triple-A Buffalo. His .370/.433/.778 slash line will cool down, but with Randal Grichuk struggling at the plate, Hernandez should continue seeing regular playing time as long as he's producing. |
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| Apr 18 2018 | Hernandez went 4-for-6 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's rout of the Royals. | Hernandez came up in the eighth inning needing a double to complete the cycle, but he struck out for his only blemish in what was otherwise a terrific day. He's started and hit second in all four games since being called up from Triple-A Buffalo, and has responded with three multi-hit efforts and five extra-base hits in that span. Hitting like that, Hernandez will remain a mainstay near the top of the Toronto lineup until he starts to cool off. |
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| Apr 13 2018 | Hernandez was called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. | Hernandez went 5-for-18 with two home runs and three RBI during his first four games with Buffalo, and will add a little extra outfield depth to the Blue Jays' roster moving forward. Over 26 appearances with the team in 2017, Hernandez slashed .261/.305/.602 with eight home runs and 20 RBI. |
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| Mar 7 2018 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Tuesday's Grapefruit League loss to the Braves. | We saw this regularly in September, with Hernandez going off for eight homers and a .602 SLG over the final month last season. The 36 strikeouts over that stretch (95 plate appearances) were sobering, and the Blue Jays' additions in the outfield this winter suggest they are hesitant to give Hernandez a steady major-league role right away in 2018. Hernandez will see more time in the immediate future with Steve Pearce down with a calf injury, according to Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca, but if Pearce returns in a few days as expected, there may not be a place for Hernandez on the Opening Day roster. |
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| Sep 27 2017 | Hernandez is emerging as the leading candidate to replace free agent Jose Bautista in Toronto's 2018 starting outfield, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports. | All signs point to Bautista not returning next season, which leaves at least one starting outfield spot up for grabs next year. Hernandez has been impressive -- hitting .274 with a .952 OPS and seven home runs -- in 22 games this season, but his high strikeout rate (33.7 percent) continues to be a sore spot. Manager John Gibbons has offered glowing reviews of the 24-year-old, but the Jays will have money to spend during the offseason if Hernandez struggles learning to stay disciplined at the plate. |
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| Sep 27 2017 | Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 10-7 loss to the Red Sox. | His ninth-inning shot off Brandon Workman was too little too late for the Jays, but it did give Hernandez eight homers in 23 games since coming to Toronto -- with six of those blasts coming in the last six games. The 24-year-old's big finish to 2017 will put him in the driver's seat when it comes to winning a starting spot next spring. |
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| Sep 26 2017 | Hernandez stayed hot Tuesday, going 2-for-5 with a solo homer and a three-run shot against the Red Sox. | He's been on a five-game massacre of opposing pitchers, a span in which Hernandez has gone 7-for-21 (.333) with five homers, nine RBI and eight runs. While he was never known as a power hitter coming up through the minors, Hernandez has now ripped 25 long balls across his three stops (Double-A, Triple-A and the majors) this year, and he also has good speed that he hasn't brought to bear with the Jays yet. Use him well down the stretch, and don't sleep on him next season. |
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| Sep 25 2017 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with two RBI, one run and a walk in Monday's game against the Red Sox. | The outfielder is on quite a roll as the season winds down. Over his last six games, Hernandez has three home runs, seven RBI and seven runs. He continues to strike out at an incredibly high rate, but in leagues that aren't hurt by the punch outs, Hernandez is a top fantasy option for the time being. |
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| Sep 23 2017 | Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Saturday against the Yankees. | Hernandez blasted his fourth homer of the season to put the Blue Jays on the board in the third inning of a game they'd eventually lose. He's homered in back-to-back contests to bring his slugging percentage to .550, and he could be heating up as we enter the last week of the fantasy season. |
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| Sep 22 2017 | Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs Friday against the Yankees. | Hernandez launched his third bomb of the season to give the Blue Jays a third inning lead they'd never relinquish. Although he owns a .518 slugging percentage, he's struggled at the plate since belting a pair of homers on September 9, and he hasn't been a reliable fantasy producer over the last two weeks. |
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| Sep 14 2017 | Hernandez is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins. | Hernandez heads to the bench for the series opener as Ezequiel Carrera draws a start in left. Since the beginning of September, Hernandez is slashing .324/.351/.618 with two home runs and seven RBI. |
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| Sep 13 2017 | Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a walk and scored a run in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles. | The 24-year-old outfielder has impressed since joining the Jays (acquired in a trade from Houston) at the beginning of September. Hernandez has started 10 of the team's 12 games since changing uniforms, going 11-for-34 (.324) with two home runs, four doubles, seven RBI and six runs. As long as he remains in the lineup, Hernandez will be a solid choice in daily formats since the club is committed to getting a good look at the youngster now that the playoffs are out of the question. |
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| Sep 10 2017 | Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and three runs scored Sunday in the Blue Jays' 8-2 win over the Tigers. | Hernandez is trying to use his September to stake a claim in the Blue Jays' future, following his trade from the Astros. The 24-year-old used Anibal Sanchez's offerings to bolster his case in this series finale. His first blast came in the fourth inning, a loft that ducked over the wall in dead center field. He pushed the encore over the right-field fence in the fifth. Hernandez might wind up as a deep sleeper depending on the opportunity he receives in 2018, though he can help AL-only fantasy players and some mixed competitors down the stretch this season. |
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| Sep 3 2017 | Hernandez will start in left field and bat leadoff Sunday against the Orioles. | With Steve Pearce receiving the afternoon off, Hernandez will check in atop the lineup for his second start in three games since joining the Blue Jays as a September callup. Though he had an underwhelming showing with Triple-A Buffalo upon being acquired from the Astros on July 31, batting .222/.294/.505 across 109 plate appearances, the toolsy Hernandez could end up seeing at least semi-regular work over the final month of the season as the Blue Jays look to determine if he'll fit into their big-league plans heading into 2018. |
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| Sep 1 2017 | Hernandez will be called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, John Lott of The Athletic Toronto reports. | The outfielder has had an intriguing Triple-A season combined with the Jays' Bisons and the Astros' Fresno, posting a .265/.351/.490 line with 18 home runs, 66 RBI, 16 stolen bases and 68 runs over 456 plate appearances. Hernandez will occupy a bench role that will make him useful in some deeper AL-only formats. |
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| Sep 1 2017 | Hernandez will make his debut with the Blue Jays on Friday against the Orioles, starting in right field and hitting eighth. | He was recalled with rosters expanding, and immediately gets inserted into the lineup with Jose Bautista getting a day off. It would not be surprising if Hernandez, who is one of the Blue Jays' better hitting prospects, continued to get semi-regular playing time down the stretch, although it will rarely come at Bautista's expense. He hit .265/.351/.490 with 18 home runs and 16 steals in 400 at-bats split between the Astros' and Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliates. |
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| Aug 1 2017 | Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins believes Hernandez, who was acquired via trade Monday, is ready for the big leagues, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports. | The speedy outfielder has enough power to potentially be a 20-20 player in Toronto. "Teoscar is a guy that we've liked for a while," Atkins said. "He's someone that we feel can make an impact in the short term and the long term. If we had a need tomorrow, he can fill in immediately as an everyday major-league player, and certainly moving forward will be an option for us." Unfortunately, the club's outfield is already overcrowded, so Hernandez will likely need to wait until 2018 to be considered a legitimate fantasy option. |
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| Jul 31 2017 | Hernandez was traded to the Blue Jays with outfielder Norichika Aoki in exchange for left-handed pitcher Francisco Liriano, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. | Although Liriano is the centerpiece of the trade, Hernandez is certainly a solid return for Toronto. The 24-year-old outfielder split time between center and right field for Triple-A Fresno this season, slashing .279/.369/.485 with 12 homers and 12 steals in 79 games. Long story short, he's a top-20 organizational prospect who could be up in the majors later this season and could move into a regular role when an outfield spot opens up with the Blue Jays. |
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| May 13 2017 | Hernandez (knee) started a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Fresno on Thursday and went 2-for-4 for the Grizzlies, Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle reports. | Hernandez is officially on a rehab assignment for the major-league game, though he will soon be activated and optioned to the Grizzlies. |
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