A significant level of rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers this season has been the manufacturing from the outfield.
Michael Conforto and Teoscar Hernández have by no means been identified for his or her defensive prowess, however with an Outs Above Common rating within the fifth and third percentile, respectively, all eyes flip to their offensive output if the protection isn’t as much as requirements.
In Hernández’s case, he not too long ago made it out of a month of August that noticed him bat simply .211 by way of the 24 video games he performed. Though simply 12 video games have been performed September, Hernández is already displaying life within the batter’s field.
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“I lastly really feel like myself,” Hernández mentioned. “Each coordination that I work on within the cage, every part that I attempt to do within the cage earlier than the sport, I’ve been doing it these previous 5 days. So it’s undoubtedly getting nearer to the place I used to be earlier than I bought harm originally of the season.
“It’s getting higher on the proper time, proper earlier than the season ends. We’re nonetheless combating, making an attempt to win some video games to get nearer to the second spot [in the overall NL standings]. Simply preserve working and let every part go on the sphere.”
With a slash line of .304/.333/.543 and an OPS of .877 this month, Hernández is actually wanting extra like himself as effectively.
On the yr, Hernández is batting .251 with a .746 OPS and 24 residence runs, down from final yr’s .272 common and .840 OPS to go together with a career-high 33 lengthy balls.
One thing that Hernández is doing much less this yr in comparison with final is hitting the fastball. Regardless of simply seeing 1.5 p.c fewer of these choices at this level in 2025, Hernández is down from .289 to .264 in opposition to the heater. Regardless, Hernández remains to be hitting residence runs on fastballs at the next clip, having hit 12 residence runs in opposition to them final season, and already 13 dingers in opposition to them this season.
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