Yankees sign catcher Ronaldo Hernández According to the team’s announcement, you will be awarded a minor league contract. He will serve as a non-captain invitation in Major League Baseball.
Hernández, 27, was once a highly respected prospect. The Columbia-born defender ranks in the top 100 prospects for baseball entering the 2019 season. By 2020, he swept him in the hands of the top 10 farmers in the Tampa Bay system. He sent him to the Red Sox in the 2020-21 offseason Jeffrey Springs. When Springs burst out as a production starter with rays, Hernández fell into the upper layer of the Sox system.
Sox called Hernández for two short stays on the MLB list in 2022. He did not enter the game and was cancelled by 40 players in the following winter. Hernández stayed in the Boston system until last offseason when he joined the Diamondbacks’ minor league trade. He hit 11 home runs with a strong 0.311/.357/.507, showing them 63 games at the Triple-A club in Reno, but received no major league calls.
Austin Wells Will get most of the playing time behind the Bronx. New York deals Jose Trevino Go to Cincinnati for relief Fernando Cruz and Dead Teat Catcher Carlos Narváez In a small trade in December to the Red Sox. In addition to the well, JC Escarra and Jesus Rodriguez He is the only receiver in the 40-man lineup.
The 22-year-old Rodriguez has not performed well yet and will not consider the opening day squad. Escarra turned 30 in April and spent a solid season in senior minors last year. He may kick his legs in the job of a backup catcher, but he hasn’t played in the profession yet. Alex Jacksonacquired the Trevino trade acquisition from Cincinnati, joined Hernández as a non-line-up invitation for spring training.
