Jose E. Hernandez #9

Jose Hernandez... Is from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, the same hometown of current NBA Player Al Horford and his father Tito, current Major League pitcher Carlos Martínez and former Major Leaguer Oscar Taveras.

2023

Rule 5 Draft selection made his Major League debut on 4/1 at Cincinnati; faced a total of four batters while tossing a scoreless eighth inning…Made three scoreless appearances (3.1ip) to begin his career…Made five consecutive scoreless outings (6.1ip) between 4/12-30... Posted a 0.77 ERA (11.1ip/1er) in nine appearances in April… Struck out at least one batter in 12 straight games from 4/4- 5/9...Whiffed two of the three batters he faced on 5/7 vs. Toronto…Pitched a career-high 3.0 scoreless innings on 5/27 at Seattle…Made nine consecutive scoreless outings (9.2ip) from 5/17 thru 6/14; streak was snapped on 6/15 at Chicago-NL (0.1ip/2r/1er)…Was placed on the 15-day injured list on 6/18 with a right calf strain…Posted a 3.38 (5.1ip/2er) in five rehab appearances thru 7/18...Was returned from rehab and reinstated from the I.L. on 7/21…Struck out four batters in 1.2 scoreless innings of work on 8/11 vs. Cincinnati…Surrendered just one earned run in seven games (7.0ip) from 8/7-23… Began the month of September with four straight scoreless outings (4.0ip)…Picked up his first Major League win on 9/23 at Cincinnati in Pittsburgh’s historic 13-12 comeback victory.

2022

Went a combined 4-4 with a 3.32 ERA (59.2ip/22er), 69 strikeouts, .215 batting average against and 1.21 WHIP in 51 appearances (two starts) between Great Lakes (Dodgers’ High-A) and Tulsa (Dodgers’ Double-A)… Began the season with Great Lakes, where he was charged with one earned run, struck out 18 batters and recorded a .156 batting average against and 0.98 WHIP in his last 13 appearances (17.1ip) before being promoted to Double-A on 5/28…Tossed 1.0 scoreless inning in his Double-A debut on 5/28 vs. Springfield…Allowed one run in 1.0 inning in his first start of the season on 7/17 at Springfield…Made his second and final start on 7/31 vs. Arkansas…Recorded a 2.93 ERA (15.1ip/5er), 26 strikeouts, .135 batting average against and 1.04 WHIP in his last 15 outings from 8/7 through the remainder of the season (four of his five earned runs in that stretch came in one outing on 9/11).