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Diamondbacks, Ronaldo Hernandez Agree To Minor League Contract

By Anthony Franco | December 20, 2023 at 7:31pm CDT

The Diamondbacks are signing catcher Ronaldo Hernandez to a minor league deal, reports Kiley McDaniel of ESPN (X link). He’ll get an invitation to big league Spring Training.

Hernandez, 26, was a top prospect during his early days in the Rays system. Tampa Bay traded him to the Red Sox in a deal that sent left-hander Jeffrey Springs to Tampa Bay going into the 2021 season. While that was a controversial decision for the Rays given Hernandez’s prospect status, it turned out to be a significant win. Springs has been a productive starter, while Hernandez stalled out at the upper levels of the Boston system.

The right-handed hitter has spent the past two seasons at Triple-A Worcester. Hernandez has had decent but unspectacular numbers in both years. He hit 17 homers in each season with middling on-base numbers. The Colombia native owns a .255/.319/.448 batting line over 860 plate appearances at the top minor league level.

Hernandez spent a couple years on Boston’s 40-man roster. He was called to the majors on a pair of occasions but didn’t get into an MLB game. The Sox ran him through outright waivers last offseason. When he wasn’t reselected onto the 40-man roster, he became a minor league free agent last month.

Arizona only has two catchers on the 40-man roster: Gabriel Moreno and Jose Herrera. The former is one of the sport’s top young catching talents and is entrenched as the starter. Herrera is a light-hitting backup with a career .198/.272/.231 slash in 90 big league contests. The Snakes could still look for an experienced catcher on a low-cost deal or via minor league pact. As things stand, there’d be a decent opportunity for Hernandez to get an MLB look at some point in 2024.

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  1. User 4245925809

    2 years ago

    Wild swinger, rough behind the plate. Looked good at very early levels and never progressed. How often have we seen this?

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  2. MLB-1971

    2 years ago

    Ronaldo Hernandez was a decent hitter the last couple of years in the Red Sox system, but the problem is that he is NOT a MLB quality catcher (per Soxprospect.com). He was out righted and could have been chosen by any team but was not. Not every highly rated prospect succeeds.

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  3. tbfern

    2 years ago

    Rays don’t miss.

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  4. Moleyrussell’swart

    2 years ago

    Way to give up Springs Chaim. Loser

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    • Ghost of hermanfranks

      2 years ago

      Jose Herrera is arguably the best back up catcher in MLB. That said, he is a back up.

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    • cr4

      2 years ago

      Springs would have sucked if he stayed on the Sox. It’s just the rays magic that changes these guys into aces

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    • MLB-1971

      2 years ago

      Moldy – Springs had a 7.08 ERA, and his WHIP was 1.82 with the Red Sox, and he and Chris Mazza were getting a DFA. Springs was BAD with Boston, and I presume some of it was that his style of pitching was a bad fit in Fenway.

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  5. tjg25

    2 years ago

    Surprised the White Sox didn’t add him to their stockpile of failed catchers.

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