Yonny José Hernández (born May 4, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Yonny Hernández | |
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Oakland Athletics | |
Infielder | |
Born: (1998-05-04) May 4, 1998 (age 24) Maturín, Venezuela | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 5, 2021, for the Texas Rangers | |
MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
Batting average | .198 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 6 |
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Hernández signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2014 for a $200,000 signing bonus.[1] He played for the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League in 2015 and 2016, hitting .233/.366/.273/.639 with 13 RBI in 2015 and .293/.402/.367/.769 with 31 RBI in 2016.[2] He split the 2017 season between the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League, hitting a combined .233/.370/.301/.671 with 1 home run and 21 RBI.[2] He played for the Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Winter League in the 2017 offseason.[3] Hernández split the 2018 season between Frisco and the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting a combined .261/.374/.325/.699 with 2 home runs and 41 RBI.[2] He split the 2019 season between Frisco and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, hitting a combined .289/.413/.330/.744 with 50 RBI.[2] Hernández played for the Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League following the 2019 season, hitting .229 with 9 RBI over 27 games.[4] Hernández spent time at the Rangers' alternate training site in 2020, with the cancelation of the minor league season due to the COVID 19 pandemic.[5] Hernández opened the 2021 season with the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West,[6][7] hitting .250/.424/.323/.747 with 1 home run, 13 RBI, and 21 stolen bases.[8] On August 5, Texas selected his contract and promoted him to the active roster to make his major league debut.[9][10] He recorded his first career hit on August 6, a single off Chris Bassitt.[11] Over 43 games for Texas in 2021, he hit .217/.315/.252/.567 with 6 RBI and 11 stolen bases.[12]
On April 7, 2022, Hernández was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Jeferson Espinal.[13]
On November 3, 2022, Hernández was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics.[14]
Hernández played for Venezuela in the 2011 Little League World Series.[15][16] Hernández played for Venezuela in the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[17]
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