Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Logs third steal in win
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in an extra-inning win over the Pirates on Sunday.
The veteran outfielder is already halfway to last season's six stolen bases in 78 fewer games, despite the fact he's seen a disappointing 47-point drop in on-base percentage from .316 to .269. Hernandez is showing some signs of climbing out of an early season funk, however, as he boasts a .281 average and .739 OPS across the 60 plate appearances covering his last 15 games, albeit while striking out at a 33.3 percent clip.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Moved to DH
Rotowire
Hernandez is now listed as the designated hitter for Friday's game against the Pirates.
Hernandez was originally slated for right field. Instead, Jarred Kelenic will get the start in right with Taylor Trammell now listed as the left fielder.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Mashes homer
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's victory over the Athletics.
Hernandez crushed a fastball to center field in the seventh inning. However, Hernandez has struggled in May, as he has just two homers and a .395 slugging percentage. His OPS has dropped to .689 this season, as he has a lot of work to do to reach a .900 OPS for the fourth straight year. He has produced in counting stats with 21 runs and 25 RBI and could top 80 in both categories this season.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Laces three-bagger in loss
Rotowire
Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple and a run in a loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday.
The slugger came through with his first triple of the season, and only his second since 2019, in the fourth inning with Eugenio Suarez and Cal Raleigh aboard to slice the Mariners' 4-0 deficit in half. Hernandez's bat has been heating up, as he now has three multi-hit efforts in the last four games and is hitting .333 with two doubles, Tuesday's three-bagger, a home run, six RBI, four walks, a stolen base and seven runs across 56 plate appearances in the last 13 contests overall.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Swipes bag in loss
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's loss to the Tigers.
Hernandez knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly in the third and grabbed his second steal of the year following an infield hit in the fifth. It's been a struggle for the 30-year-old in his inaugural season with the Mariners. He's taken just five walks in 168 plate appearances and is second in the league with 58 strikeouts. Hernandez hit .267 a season ago, which was his lowest mark since 2019, and he is currently slashing just .229/.268/.414 with eight homers, 20 RBI and 17 runs scored this year.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Three knocks in win
Rotowire
Hernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Saturday's 5-0 win over Detroit.
Hernandez's solo shot in the fourth extended Seattle's lead to 3-0, and he added more insurance in the ninth with an RBI single. It was the outfielder's 10th multi-hit game of the season, but his first three-knock outing. He's still slashing just .229/.270/.418, but he has eight home runs and 19 RBI over 39 games (163 plate appearances).
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Slugs seventh homer Sunday
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a hit-by-pitch and an additional run scored in an extra-inning win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.
Hernandez launched one of four Mariners homers against his old squad in the high-scoring slugfest. The veteran's 371-foot shot to right center in the sixth inning began Seattle's comeback from an 8-4 deficit and snapped an 0-for-16 funk he'd been mired in over the previous four games, a span in which he'd struck out 11 times.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Launches homer in win
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's win over the Phillies.
Hernandez extended Seattle's lead to 4-1 in the sixth inning with a two-run shot off Bailey Falter. The 30-year-old Hernandez now has six homers on the season and three in his last four games. He's now slashing .244/.281/.478 with 15 RBI, 10 runs scored and a stolen base through his first 96 plate appearances with the Mariners.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Belts big homer Saturday
Rotowire
Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Saturday in a 5-4 win against the Cardinals.
The Blue Jays trailed 3-1 in the sixth inning when Hernandez took Miles Mikolas deep for a two-run, game-tying blast. The long ball was his second in as many games after he went deep just once over 13 contests between April 5 and April 19. Hernandez is slashing .256/.295/.476 with five homers, 13 RBI and a stolen base over 21 games on the campaign.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Smacks homer in victory
Rotowire
Hernandez went 2-for-3 with one double, a solo home run and three runs scored in Friday's win over the Cardinals. He also walked once.
Hernandez was easily the most impactful offensive player on the Mariners on Friday. The 30-year-old's 414-foot shot to dead center tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning, and he scored more than half of Seattle's runs. The outfielder now has four homers and 11 RBI through 20 games this year. He now has five multi-hit games dating back to April 12.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Blasts third homer
Rotowire
Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an RBI single in Wednesday's 5-2 victory over the Cubs.
Hernandez gave Seattle the lead with an RBI single in the third and extended the advantage to 4-1 in the eighth with his third home run of the season. It was the outfielder's third multi-hit game, and he's now hit safely in seven of his last eight starts, notching four extra-base knocks and eight RBI during that stretch.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Productive at plate Sunday
Rotowire
Hernandez went 2-for-6 with an RBI single, a double, a stolen base and a run in an extra-innings loss to the Guardians on Sunday.
The slugger showed off some smaller-ball tendencies in Sunday's defeat, although he added his fourth extra-base hit of the season with his two-bagger. Perhaps his second multi-hit effort of the campaign, which included a go-ahead RBI single in the 12th inning that would ultimately go for naught, will serve as a launchpad of sorts at the plate for Hernandez -- he'd come in having gone just 5-for-32 with 12 strikeouts across his first nine games, albeit with a pair of homers and four RBI.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Blasts off twice Tuesday
Rotowire
Hernandez went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 win over the Angels.
After getting off to a 1-for-17 start to the season while striking out seven times in his first five games with the Mariners, Hernandez broke out in a big way Tuesday, delivering the 15th multi-homer game of his career. His long balls came off Angels starter Jose Suarez in the fourth and fifth innings, with the latter blast staking Seattle to a 6-0 lead that ultimately proved insurmountable.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Back in Mariners lineup Saturday
Rotowire
Hernandez slotted back into the Mariners lineup in Saturday's loss to the Guardians after Team Dominican Republic was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, going 1-for-3 while starting in right field.
Hernandez saw his first Cactus League game action since March 5 and picked up where he left off, hitting safely for the fifth time in six spring training games. Hernandez only saw sporadic action in the WBC -- he went 0-for-5 over the Dominican Republic's four games -- but he'll have plenty of time to get his timing back ahead of Opening Day.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Running hot since return
Rotowire
Hernandez, who missed the Mariners' Cactus League games Sunday and Monday due to a back injury, has gone 3-for-6 with a double, a three-run home run and an additional run scored in the two games he's played since his return.
The slugger laced a three-run home run off the Guardians' Aaron Pinto in a 9-8 win Tuesday before going 2-for-3 with the two-bagger Thursday versus the Padres after taking Wednesday's game against the Cubs off. The high-upside offseason acquisition has hit the ground running in Cactus League play, reaching safely in each of his first three exhibitions.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Returns to action Tuesday
Rotowire
Hernandez (back) is back in the Mariners' Cactus League lineup Tuesday, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
Hernandez had to be scratched from Sunday's lineup and didn't play Monday due to back soreness, but he's feeling well enough to give it a go Tuesday. The 30-year-old is in right field and batting second against Logan Allen and the Guardians.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Dealing with back soreness
Rotowire
Hernandez was scratched from the lineup for Sunday's spring game against the Royals due to back soreness, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.
Manager Scott Servais downplayed the issue and said the 30-year-old could be back in the lineup for Monday's matchup with the White Sox. The Mariners could just be exercising caution early in spring training, and Hernandez should be considered day-to-day.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Loses in arbitration
Rotowire
Hernandez lost his arbitration case against the Mariners on Saturday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Hernandez filed for $16 million, but the arbitrator ruled with the Mariners, so he'll make $14 million in 2023. It's the last year that the outfielder was eligible for arbitration, and he'll hit free agency after the completion of the season. Hernandez was traded to Seattle in November, and he's expected to hit in the middle of the Seattle lineup this year.
... See More... See Less
Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez: Sent to Seattle
Rotowire
Hernandez was traded from the Blue Jays to the Mariners on Wednesday in exchange for reliever Erik Swanson and pitching prospect Adam Macko, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
After a couple days of speculation that Hernandez would be shipped off to Seattle, the rumors came to fruition Wednesday. With the Mariners letting Mitch Haniger go this offseason, Hernandez will fill the vacancy that he left in the outfield. Over 131 games with Toronto in 2022, the 30-year-old produced a .267 average with 25 homers, 77 RBI, 71 runs and six stolen bases. He'll look to bring additional power to Seattle's lineup as his .519 slugging percentage since 2020 ranks 13th in the league over batters with at least 1000 plate appearances during that stretch, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
... See More... See Less
Blue Jays' Teoscar Hernandez: Not starting first game
Rotowire
Hernandez isn't in the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Baltimore.
Hernandez has had multi-hit performances in each of the last three games, going 9-for-13 with three home runs, two doubles, seven runs, five RBI and two strikeouts over that stretch. He'll get a breather while Jackie Bradley starts in right field and bats seventh.
