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Dodgers Outright Elieser Hernández

By Darragh McDonald | June 6, 2024 at 4:40pm CDT

The Dodgers have sent right-hander Elieser Hernández outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week. He has the right to elect free agency but it’s not yet clear if he’s chosen to do so.

Hernández, 29, signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers in the offseason. He tossed 28 2/3 innings over six outings for Oklahoma City, five of those being official starts and the other being a five-inning appearance after an opener. He allowed 2.83 earned runs per nine frames in that time, despite the hitter-friendly nature of the Pacific Coast League, striking out 29.8% of batters faced while giving out walks at just a 7% clip.

The Dodgers added him to their big league roster in the middle of May, giving him a spot start as they looked to give their other rotation members a breather. He allowed three earned runs in six innings and then got bumped to the bullpen, as he is not allowed to be optioned.

His work as a reliever was mixed but his most recent outing was especially poor. Against the Mets on May 29, he allowed a single, a home run and a walk before being pulled. The walk eventually came around to score, leaving him charged with three earned runs without recording an out. That bumped his season-long ERA to 8.38 and the Dodgers cut him from the roster two days later.

Hernández has more than enough service time to reject this assignment and return to the open market. He once looked like a potential rotation building block with the Marlins, posting a 3.84 ERA over 2020 and 2021 with a 26.3% strikeout rate and 5.7% walk rate. But he also missed time due to a strained right latissimus dorsi, right biceps inflammation and a right quad strain, only throwing 77 1/3 innings over those seasons.

But he then struggled badly in 2022 with a 6.35 ERA before more injury troubles largely wiped out his 2023. He only threw 9 1/3 innings in the minor leagues last year due to a right shoulder strain and right pectoral strain.

Hernández seemed to be back in decent form with OKC earlier and he’ll have to decide whether he wants to return to that environment or pursue opportunities elsewhere. The fact that he went unclaimed on waivers suggests that no club was willing to give him a roster spot, but perhaps a minor league deal with a team that has a weaker pitching staff than the Dodgers could increase his chances of getting back to the majors.

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7 Comments

  1. Americanentropy

    1 year ago

    Churn that pen Friedman.

    Reply
  2. Shadow Banned

    1 year ago

    Trade him for Alonso. The Mets would do it I bet

    Reply
  3. letitbelowenstein

    1 year ago

    Should send Enrique Hernandez with him.

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    • mlb fan

      1 year ago

      Nobody wants Kiki. Every team’s top position player prospect should be considerably cheaper and better than him.

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      Reply
    • BlueSkies_LA

      1 year ago

      He’s only getting so much playing time lately because of the injury to Muncy and the stinkatude of Taylor. Otherwise he’s a role player who normally gets hardly any exposure to RHPs.

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  4. Wren

    1 year ago

    yeah CT (miss flailor) is the guy that absolutely HAS to go. he’s been lost for years. Kike still runs into one like today.

    Reply
  5. Jerry Hairston Jr's Toupee

    1 year ago

    Please elect free agency….

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