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Teoscar Hernández
Hernández with the Houston Astros in 2016
Toronto Blue Jays
Outfielder
Born: (1992-10-15) October 15, 1992 (age 32)
Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez, Dominican Republic
Bats: RightThrows: Right
MLB debut
August 12, 2016, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through April 25, 2017)
Batting average.230
Hits23
Home runs4
Runs batted in11
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
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Teoscar José Hernández (born October 15, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Houston Astros. Hernández is ranked 5th on MLB's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Professional career

Houston Astros

Hernández signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in February 2011. He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Astros. Hernández played 2012 with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Astros and the Class-A Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League. He appeared in 59 total games, and recorded a .243 batting average, five home runs, 23 runs batted in (RBI), and 11 stolen bases. He played the entire 2013 season with the Class-A Quad City River Bandits, and hit .271 with 13 home runs, 55 RBI, and 24 stolen bases. During the offseason, Hernández appeared in 23 games for the Toros del Este of the Dominican Winter League.

Hernández started 2014 with the Lancaster JetHawks of the Advanced-A California League, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Double-A Texas League during the season. In 119 games, Hernández hit .292 with 21 home runs, 85 RBI, and 33 stolen bases. He played the entire 2015 season with Double-A Corpus Christi, batting .219 with 17 home runs, 48 RBI, and 33 steals in 119 games. Hernández began the 2016 season with Corpus Christi, and was promoted to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in late June. On August 12, 2016, the Astros promoted Hernández to the major leagues. He remained with the Astros through the end of the 2016 season, and hit .230 with four home runs and 11 RBI in 41 games. In the minors that year, Hernández batted .307 in 107 games, with 10 home runs, 53 RBI, and 34 stolen bases.

On March 21, 2017, Hernández was optioned to Triple-A Fresno. On April 25, 2017, the Astros promoted Hernández to the major leagues to replace an injured Jake Marisnick. However, he was placed on the 10-day disabled list the next day.

Toronto Blue Jays

On July 31, 2017, the Astros traded Hernández and Nori Aoki to the Toronto Blue Jays for Francisco Liriano.

References

  1. "MLB 2017 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. "Hernandez homers twice, continues to rake". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Teoscar Hernandez Minor & Winter League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  4. Steve Batterson. "River Bandits' Hernandez making a name for himself". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  5. "Astros reward top prospects Hader, Hernandez". CSN Houston. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  6. Kaplan, Jake (August 12, 2016). "Astros call up outfielder Teoscar Hernandez". chron.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. "Teoscar Hernandez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  8. "Houston Astros on Twitter". Twitter. March 21, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  9. Dunsmore, Ryan (April 25, 2017). "Astros place Marisnick on DL; call up Hernandez". crawfishboxes.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  10. Kaplan, Jake (April 26, 2017). "Astros call up Tony Kemp to replace injured Teoscar Hernandez". chron.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  11. Chisholm, Gregor (July 31, 2017). "Toronto gets Aoki, prospect for Liriano". MLB.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

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