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Portrait of Arnaldo Hernandez

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
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Birth Date2-9-1996
Height6' 0"
Weight175 lbs
Age28 years, 2 months, 17 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2014 DRY Rk DSL 7 3 17.7 1 1 1 13 7 19 1 6.6 3.6 0.5 9.7 0% .279 1.13 4.01 2.55 0 0.00 0.0
2015 DRY Rk DSL 2 2 11.0 1 0 0 13 0 8 0 81 10.6 0.0 0.0 6.5 0% .371 1.18 2.00 0.82 87 4.70 103.1
2015 IDA Rk PIO 1 1 4.0 0 1 0 5 3 3 1 122 11.3 6.8 2.3 6.8 0% .286 2.00 8.88 4.50 131 7.58 166.3
2015 ROY Rk AZL 14 10 67.0 7 3 0 60 5 68 3 101 8.1 0.7 0.4 9.1 0% .305 0.97 2.62 2.82 79 2.17 47.6
2016 IDA Rk PIO 14 14 70.7 5 2 0 99 18 63 7 105 12.6 2.3 0.9 8.0 42% .397 1.66 4.70 5.86 97 5.93 130.9
2017 LEX A SAL 15 5 57.0 2 1 1 63 8 58 9 109 9.9 1.3 1.4 9.2 32% .331 1.25 4.07 3.63 95 4.64 98.7
2017 OMA AAA PCL 2 2 10.3 1 0 0 9 4 6 0 92 7.8 3.5 0.0 5.2 39% .273 1.26 3.72 1.74 107 4.72 100.4
2018 WIL A+ CAR 14 12 64.0 6 4 0 77 19 53 3 98 10.8 2.7 0.4 7.5 36% .365 1.50 3.25 4.22 92 5.86 123.8
2018 NWA AA TEX 3 3 16.3 1 0 0 20 6 16 1 105 11.0 3.3 0.6 8.8 41% .422 1.59 3.38 4.41 92 6.14 129.7
2018 OMA AAA PCL 10 9 58.3 5 1 0 45 19 36 8 89 6.9 2.9 1.2 5.6 36% .218 1.10 5.37 3.55 118 3.43 72.5
2018 SUR Wnt AFL 9 0 16.3 0 0 0 14 8 9 0 7.7 4.4 0.0 5.0 55% .286 1.35 4.36 1.10 0 0.00 0.0
2019 NWA AA TEX 4 4 23.0 2 2 0 21 11 20 2 94 8.2 4.3 0.8 7.8 35% .297 1.39 4.40 1.96 107 4.94 101.7
2019 OMA AAA PCL 22 20 105.7 4 8 0 142 41 65 24 95 12.1 3.5 2.0 5.5 38% .334 1.73 6.88 6.39 119 7.24 149.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 KCA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 d2020

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Kansas City 11/20/18. Re-signed by Kansas City 2/19. DFA by Kansas City 11/20/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Kansas City 11/27/19.
  • Signed by Kansas City as an amateur free agent 9/18/12.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 17.8 0 0.3 27 19 120.8 118 40 88 21 .268 1.30 4.54 4.9 -21.2 -2.3
80o 15.9 0 0.3 25 18 113.6 119 40 83 21 .281 1.40 4.97 5.36 -25.4 -2.8
70o 14.6 0 0.3 24 17 108.5 119 40 79 21 .291 1.47 5.28 5.7 -28.0 -3.0
60o 13.5 0 0.3 23 16 104.2 119 40 76 21 .300 1.53 5.55 6 -30.1 -3.3
50o 12.5 0 0.2 23 16 100.3 119 40 73 21 .308 1.59 5.81 6.28 -31.9 -3.5
40o 11.5 0 0.2 22 15 96.4 119 40 70 21 .316 1.65 6.08 6.57 -33.5 -3.6
30o 10.5 0 0.2 21 15 92.4 118 40 67 21 .324 1.72 6.36 6.88 -35.1 -3.8
20o 9.4 0 0.2 20 14 87.8 118 40 64 21 .334 1.80 6.70 7.25 -36.7 -4.0
10o 7.9 0 0.2 18 13 81.5 117 40 59 21 .349 1.92 7.19 7.78 -38.5 -4.2
Weighted Mean12.500.22216100.0118407321.3061.585.786.24-31.4-3.4

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Arnaldo Hernandez threw 959 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Splitter (81mph), Curve (80mph) and Change (85mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (91mph).