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Nick Hernandez

Nick Hernandez

American baseball player (born 1994)

Nick Cody Hernandez (born December 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2023 for the Padres.

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Career

Hernandez is from Missouri City, Texas. He graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Hernandez played college baseball for Alvin Community College for two seasons, and transferred to the University of Houston for the 2016 season, where he was the closer for the Houston Cougars.[1]

Houston Astros

The Houston Astros selected Hernandez in the eighth round, with the 247th overall selection, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He spent his first professional season with the Low–A Tri-City ValleyCats and Single–A Quad Cities River Bandits, accumulating a 1.73 ERA across 19 appearances.[2] In 2017, Hernandez made 38 appearances out of the bullpen split between the High–A Buies Creek Astros and Double–A Corpus Christi Hooks, registering a combined 3.38 ERA with 70 strikeouts and 10 saves across 58+2⁄3 innings pitched. He underwent Tommy John surgery prior to the 2018 season and missed the entire year as a result.[3]

Hernandez split the 2019 season between Corpus Christi and the High–A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, pitching to a combined 4.02 ERA with 37 strikeouts across 23 contests. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] He returned to action in 2021 with Corpus Christi, also making one appearance in Triple–A. In 32 games for the Hooks, Hernandez recorded a 1.67 ERA with 68 strikeouts and 6 saves in 54 innings.[5] In 2022, he spent the year with the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys, appearing in 48 games and posting a 5–5 record and 3.92 ERA with 77 strikeouts across 59+2⁄3 innings of work.[1][6] Hernandez elected free agency following the season on November 10, 2022.[7]

San Diego Padres

On February 3, 2023, Hernandez signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.[8] He began the 2023 season in Triple-A with the El Paso Chihuahuas.

On September 11, 2023, Hernandez was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[9] He made his MLB debut the following day.[10] In two appearances for San Diego, he allowed four runs on three hits with five strikeouts in three innings of work. Following the season on November 6, Hernandez was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to the Triple–A El Paso Chihuahuas; he elected free agency the same day.[11]

Hernandez re-signed with the Padres on a minor league contract on January 26, 2024.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dulles alum's MLB pursuit coming full circle in Sugar Land". Fort Bend Star. June 28, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Nick Hernandez Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Hooks still in Texas League first half race despite roster turnover". caller.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  4. [4]
    "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Nick Hernandez - Baseball Stats". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Corey Julks, Nick Hernandez chart course from UH to Space Cowboys to (they hope) Astros". 6 June 2022.
  7. [7]
    "2022-23 Minor League Free Agents For All 30 MLB Teams". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  8. [8]
    "Padres Select Nick Hernández". yardbarker.com. 11 September 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  9. [9]
    "Padres pregame: Robert Suarez activated; Tim Hill to 60-day IL; Nick Hernandez called up". San Diego Union-Tribune. September 11, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "No comeback this time as Dodgers rout Padres". 13 September 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Padres' Nick Hernandez: Loses roster spot". cbssports.com. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Transactions".
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