Marco Hernández
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Hernández with the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Boston Red Sox – No. 41 | |||
| Infielder | |||
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Born: September 6, 1992 Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 2016, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .294 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 5 | ||
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Marco Antonio Hernández (born September 6, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6' 0" [1.83 m], 170 lb. [77 k], he bats left handed and throws right handed.[1]
Hernández was originally signed by the Chicago Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2009. He was acquired by Boston as the player to be named later in the deal that brought Félix Doubront to the Cubs in August 2014.[2]
Professional career
Hernández is a solid defensive shortstop and a line drive hitter with fringe average power, according to scouting report,[1] being able also to play at second and third bases. He played from 2010 through 2014 in the Cubs' system, where he was named to the Florida State League mid-season All-Star team in 2014,[2] while leading Class A+ Daytona Cubs with seven triples and 22 stolen bases, hitting .270 (119-for-441) with 13 doubles, three home runs, and 55 RBI in 122 games.[2] Overall, he posted a slash line of .273/.315/.376 with 17 home runs and 202 RBI in 463 games for the organization.[2]
Hernández opened 2015 with the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate team of the Boston Red Sox, where he slashed .326/.349/.482 in his first 68 games for Portland, mostly as a leadoff hitter,[1] to become one of five Sea Dogs chosen for the Eastern League All-Star team.[3] He then made a huge impact on the All-Star Game at Hadlock Field, going 2-for-2 with two runs, a single and a two-run home run, which earned him MVP honors. Hernández came into the game as the league’s leading hitter with a .326 average.[4] As a result, he earned a promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. He hit .271 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 46 games for Pawtucket, ending the season with an accumulative .305/.330/.454 slash line along with nine homers and 53 RBI in the two stints.[1]
Hernández was added to the Red Sox 40-man roster in November 2015, and made a strong impression at the 2016 spring training camp at JetBlue Park.[5] He started the regular season at Pawtucket, then gained a promotion to the Red Sox on April 16 and debuted with the big team the next day.[6] He hit his first career home run on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, against the Baltimore Orioles.
Sources
- 1 2 3 4 Marco Hernandez report. SoxProspects.com. Retrieved on April 17, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Red Sox Acquire SS Marco Hernandez from Cubs". MiLB.com Retrieved on July 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Five Sea Dogs chosen for Eastern League All-Star team". SoxProspects.com. Retrieved on July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Boston Red Sox prospects shine In Eastern League All-Star Game. Vavel.com. Retrieved on July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Marco Hernandez, 'exciting' Boston Red Sox prospect from Dominican Republic. Masslive.com. Retrieved on April 17, 2016.
- ↑ 2016 Red Sox Transactions. SoxProspects.com. Retrieved on April 17, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)