The Mets' pitching depth has taken another hit. Depth starter Elieser Hernandez will begin the season on the IL due to a right shoulder strain, as GM Billy Eppler told reporters on Wednesday.
Hernandez came to the Mets alongside Jeff Brigham in a trade with the Marlins. If you hadn’t noticed the body of work that Elieser Hernandez has put together during spring training this year, it would be hard to blame you.
The New York Mets will play the St. Louis Cardinals Friday at 6:05 p.m. ET at the Cardinals' spring training home, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.
If there’s a silver lining for the Mets, it’s that even through all of the turnover in the rotation, they’ve managed to maintain a solid amount of depth beyond the projected Opening Day.
While the Mets have been linked to a number of starting pitchers this winter beyond the two they’ve signed, their reported interest in Ross Stripling is new.
Right-handed pitchers Elieser Hernandez and Jeff Brigham are going from Miami to New York while minor-league pitcher Franklin Sanchez is the return.
Once given an opportunity in the majors, Leblanc showed that he belongs. Every winter during the Rule 5 draft, all 30 major league clubs have the opportunity to catch lightning in a bottle.
It isn’t clear what Hernandez’s role will be upon his return. He could be asked to step into the rotation or slot into the bullpen.
The Marlins have optioned right-hander Elieser Hernandez to Triple-A.
The jokes write themselves. The Marlins promoted Friday night’s game against the Giants by unveiling a new “NFT art display.” How appropriate that it took only a couple innings of awful baseball to turn us all into bored apes.
The Marlins played eight full series during the month of May and lost seven of them. In the final game of a crucial 3-game set against the Atlanta Braves, the Marlins lost, 6-3.
Elieser Hernandez seems to be an unpopular member of the Miami marlins rotation, with many calling for his replacement. We even suggested it ourselves.
Elieser Hernandez entered the 2021 season as a member of the Miami Marlins starting rotation coming off a career-year during the shortened 2020 season.
Evaluating the ups and downs of Elieser Hernandez’s age-26 campaign. Elieser Hernandez’s lack of durability and a vulnerability to home runs continued to be his two main weaknesses in 2021.
Elieser Hernandez has been reinstated off the 60-day IL.
Hernandez ran home from third base on an RBI grounder from Jesus Aguilar, but he fell to the ground after crossing the plate and had to be helped off the field.
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