Bats Left Throws Right Home runs 1 Height 1.83 m Salary 507,500 USD (2016) | Batting average .294 Runs batted in 5 Weight 91 kg | |
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Marco Antonio Hernández (born September 6, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6' 0" , 170 lb. , he bats left handed and throws right handed.
Hernández was originally signed by the Chicago Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2009. He was acquired by Boston as the player to be named later in the deal that brought Félix Doubront to the Cubs in August 2014.
Professional career
Hernández is a solid defensive shortstop and a line drive hitter with fringe average power, according to scouting report, being able also to play at second and third bases. He played from 2010 through 2014 in the Cubs' system, where he was named to the Florida State League mid-season All-Star team in 2014, while leading Class A+ Daytona Cubs with seven triples and 22 stolen bases, hitting .270 (119-for-441) with 13 doubles, three home runs, and 55 RBI in 122 games. Overall, he posted a slash line of .273/.315/.376 with 17 home runs and 202 RBI in 463 games for the organization.
Hernández opened 2015 with the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate team of the Boston Red Sox, where he slashed .326/.349/.482 in his first 68 games for Portland, mostly as a leadoff hitter, to become one of five Sea Dogs chosen for the Eastern League All-Star team. He then made a huge impact on the All-Star Game at Hadlock Field, going 2-for-2 with two runs, a single and a two-run home run, which earned him MVP honors. Hernández came into the game as the league’s leading hitter with a .326 average. As a result, he earned a promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. He hit .271 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 46 games for Pawtucket, ending the season with an accumulative .305/.330/.454 slash line along with nine homers and 53 RBI in the two stints.
Hernández was added to the Red Sox 40-man roster in November 2015, and made a strong impression at the 2016 spring training camp at JetBlue Park. He started the regular season at Pawtucket, then gained a promotion to the Red Sox on April 16 and debuted with the big team the next day. He hit his first career home run on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, against the Baltimore Orioles.