Elieser Hernandez Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 0" / 210 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 5/3/1995 (27)
- Experience
- 2
- College
- None
Elieser Hernandez Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Elieser Hernandez News
Miami Marlins pitcher Elieser Hernandez (forearm) will start against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. He exited his final Spring Training start after being hit in the right forearm by a line drive, but won't miss any time. According to Marlins manager Don Mattingly, Hernandez is fine and will make his start on Monday in Anaheim. The 26-year-old posted a 1-3 record, a 4.18 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, and a 53:14 K: BB over 51 2/3 innings in 2021. Hernandez is in line for two starts next week, and fantasy managers can use him as a streamer in most league formats.
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Elieser Hernandez (forearm) left his Grapefruit League outing against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday with a right forearm contusion after being hit by a comebacker. The line drive that hit his arm had an exit velocity of 105 mph off the bat of outfielder Tyler O'Neill. Hernandez is fortunate to have avoided a more serious injury on the final day of spring training. The 26-year-old should be able to enter the season as a member of Miami's starting rotation, and he's tentatively scheduled to make his season debut on Sunday on the road against the San Francisco Giants. Hernandez went 1-3 with a 4.18 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 53 strikeouts and 14 walks in 51 2/3 innings over 11 starts in his fourth big-league season in 2021.
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Elieser Hernandez got the start in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the New York Mets and pitched well, allowing just one hit while striking out three in two innings. Hernandez has missed some time with injury over the past few seasons, but he's been more than solid when on the mound. He's a risky fantasy asset because of the injury possibility, but he's got enough upside to make it easy to see the risk paying off.
Batting Order
| 1 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. |
| 2 | Jesús Aguilar |
| 3 | Garrett Cooper |
| 4 | Avisaíl García |
| 5 | Brian Anderson |
| 6 | Bryan De La Cruz |
| 7 | Jacob Stallings |
| 8 | Miguel Rojas |
| 9 | Erik González |
Elieser Hernandez Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. |
| 2 | Jesús Aguilar |
| 3 | Garrett Cooper |
| 4 | Avisaíl García |
| 5 | Brian Anderson |
| 6 | Bryan De La Cruz |
| 7 | Jacob Stallings |
| 8 | Miguel Rojas |
| 9 | Erik González |
Miami Marlins starter Elieser Hernandez was in the midst of a breakout season before going down with a lateral strain in September. Hernandez posted a sparkling 3.16 ERA and a 6.8 K/BB rate in six starts before his season ended prematurely. Hernandez's weapon of choice was his knee-buckling slider, a pitch that opposing batters mustered a meager .114 BA against last season. Hernandez also generated a monster 21% swinging strike rate with the pitch. While Hernandez only tossed 25.1 innings in 2020, his 17.7% swinging strike rate with his slider in 2019 shows that this is a bona fide strikeout pitch. Outside of his killer slider, Hernandez is a rather flawed pitcher. He was practically a two-pitch pitcher in 2020, throwing either a four-seam fastball or slider 94% of the time. While challenged by his slider, batters had no problem with Hernandez's 91.4 MPH heater. Opponents hit .274 against Hernandez's fastball with a .210 ISO and an 81.3% contact rate. Perhaps most embarrassing for Hernandez is that batters had a 92.3 MPH average exit velocity against his fastball, meaning that on average hitters sent Hernandez's fastball back harder than he threw it. Hernandez's poor fastball has given him a case of chronic Gopheritis, as Hernandez allowed 1.75 HR/9 last season, and has a 1.87 HR/9 rate for his career. Hernandez has surrendered 36 home runs in his career, and 23 of them have come off his fastball. Hernandez might be able to get away with having bad fastball if he had another solid pitch, but his changeup is nothing more than a show-me pitch and he ditched a subpar sinker heading into 2020. Hernandez could be a good streaming option in 2021, especially at home where he owns a 3.53 ERA all time, but he's volatile and shouldn't be trusted to delivery quality innings in high volume.
