The Giants have released veteran righty David Hernandez, as Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area was among those to report on Twitter. Hernandez asked to be cut loose upon being informed that he would not crack the active roster to start the season.
Hernandez, 31, always faced an uphill battle to make the club with a variety of righties ahead of him in the pecking order. And he didn’t do enough to impress in his 5 2/3 spring frames, allowing three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while recording four strikeouts.
San Francisco took a shot on Hernandez with a minors deal that would have paid him $1.5MM had he made the roster. Last year, with the Phillies, he worked to a 3.84 ERA over 72 2/3 innings. With a 94.0 mph average fastball and 9.9 K/9 on the year, there were some positives, though he also walked 4.0 batters per nine with a meager 37.3% groundball rate while permitting 1.36 home runs per nine.
I don’t quite understand this move. He was decent with the phillies. Just not a roster spot?
I don’t get it either with Will Smith out for a TJS, we needed a veteran who could have handled the 7th and or 8th and I was excited with him on a minors deal. Looks like we messed this one up. Wish him the best of Luck elsewhere, I won’t be surprised if he is striking out the Giants in the regular season
Bobby Evans running the show…..who knows the decisions he makes!
Don’t understand it as well
They have younger cheaper options. They need to find a lefty who can get a righty out.
Are the Giants looking for a possible lefthander in the pen……???
That would be my guess with Smith out with TJS.