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Marlins To Select Heriberto Hernandez

By Steve Adams | May 30, 2025 at 9:18am CDT

The Marlins are planning to select the contract of outfielder Heriberto Hernandez from Triple-A Jacksonville, as first reported by Jeremiah Geiger of the Locked On Marlins podcast. He’ll be added to the roster today, Daniel Alvarez Montes of El Extra Base adds. Miami has a full 40-man roster, so they’ll need to free a spot to add Hernandez, although that could be accomplished by simply transferring injured reliever Declan Cronin from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Cronin has been out all season so far due to a hip injury and has thus already spent more than 60 days on the IL.

Hernandez, 25, will be making his MLB debut the first time he gets into a game. The former catcher was originally signed by the Rangers as an amateur out of the Dominican Republic and was traded to the Rays in the 2020 swap that shipped first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to Texas. That swap didn’t pan out for Tampa Bay, as none of Hernandez, Osleivis Basabe or Alexander Ovalles made a significant impact on their roster. Lowe, of course, broke out as the Rangers’ everyday first baseman and held that role for four years before being flipped to the Nationals this past offseason in a trade for reliever Robert Garcia.

The Rays and Hernandez parted ways this offseason when he became a minor league free agent. Hernandez didn’t go far, signing with Florida’s other club on a minor league pact and heading to Jacksonville to open his season. He’s hitting .220/.319/.454 on the season (109 wRC+), though he enjoyed a torrid 11-game stretch in the middle of this month before falling into a hitless slump over his past four contests.

Hernandez boasts big raw power and draws plenty of walks, but his offensive ceiling is capped by a questionable hit tool. He’s fanned in 35% of his 163 plate appearances this season and in nearly 28% of his total minor league turns at the dish dating back to 2018. He’s limited to the outfield corners, defensively, and has played left field exclusively this season. Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix is plenty familiar with Hernandez’s strengths and shortcomings, having served as the Rays’ GM prior to being hired away and elevated to his current president title in Miami.

The Marlins optioned infielder Graham Pauley to Triple-A last night and didn’t announce a corresponding roster move. Hernandez will step into that roster spot, providing manager Clayton McCullough with some right-handed thump on a bench that previously skewed quite right-handed. The Fish are slated to face left-handed starters Kyle Harrison and Robbie Ray today and tomorrow, so Hernandez could slot right into the starting lineup on either or both days. He’s posted middling numbers against southpaws in a tiny sample of 25 plate appearances this year but turned in a .247/.397/.527 performance against left-handers in the Rays’ system last year.

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  1. davehuntuk

    2 months ago

    Busy day for the Fish 👀

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