Xavier Hernandez  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Hernandez has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Dating back to his days in the minors, Hernandez has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hernandez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hernandez has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Hernandez as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Hernandez doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 CIN 83 20 67 57 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 49 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 6 17 49 297
1999 CIN 87 20 68 57 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 49 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 305
2000 MIN 87 20 68 57 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 50 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 305
2001 MIN 87 19 68 56 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 303
2002 MIN 87 18 68 57 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 303
2003 MIN 85 19 68 57 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 299
2004 MIN 85 18 68 55 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 37 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 295
2005 MIN 87 17 68 54 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 38 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 297
2006 FA 85 16 67 54 57 42 54 51 54 59 0 58 51 0 0 0 39 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 290
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -1                           +1 +1           -2 -7
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.