Kiké Hernandez traded to Dodgers
- Thread starter Smiling Joe Hesketh
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According to Alex Speier, Sox getting 2 minor league relievers in the higher levels of the LA system.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/25/sports/kike-hernandez-dodgers/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/25/sports/kike-hernandez-dodgers/
Kiké (in his current, shitty form) was completely unnecessary for this team regardless if they want to “buy” or “sell” at the deadline so this makes sense. I do wonder if their insistence at playing him at SS for so long messed with his head and screwed up his offensive approach too.
2 minor leaguers of any calibre is not a terrible return - I was expecting a PTBNL that we never heard from again.
2 minor leaguers of any calibre is not a terrible return - I was expecting a PTBNL that we never heard from again.
I really don't think he's blocking anyone. I actually think a rotation of Yoshida, Duran, Duvall, Verdugo, and occasionally Ref works well, including using Masa at DH at times.
Maybe Nick Robertson is one? He'd fit the mold of extreme release extension arms that Bloom takes flyers on.
Robertson is on the 40-man, has 2 option years left.
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The timing is kinda hysterical given the Theme Night at Fenway tonight
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/promotions/themes/puerto-rican-celebration
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/promotions/themes/puerto-rican-celebration
I’m guessing the Dodgers are pulling off the dump everyone is looking to do: namely send dingy guys who have to be added to the 40 man out for just a little immediate help. The question is how much $ the Sox are sending along.
He embraced it. This isn't a case of the Sox asking him to do something he didn't want to do, or that he thought was a stretch: https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/kike-hernandez-has-bold-message-for-doubters-of-shortstop-ability/285043/
I wonder if this scuttles any potential Duvall deal, or rather have they decided to give Duran the CF job against lefties too.
I am not especially fussed about it, but even with the logjam, Kike seemed a better fit on the team rest of season than Arroyo given his ability to be play a very good defensive CF/RF and 2B, ideally on short half of platoon.
I am not especially fussed about it, but even with the logjam, Kike seemed a better fit on the team rest of season than Arroyo given his ability to be play a very good defensive CF/RF and 2B, ideally on short half of platoon.
No one thought it was that much of a stretch. Anyone who suggests they knew he'd suck at SS is using hindsight. There was no reason to think that in ST.
Anyway, good luck to him. Didn't seem like an asshole.
I don't think it completely eliminates the potential of a Duvall trade. Reyes was playing games in CF on his rehab assignment. He could completely fill the Kike role by backing up the middle infield and spelling Duran. Also, with Story returning soon, there will again be a crunch on the bench with too many middle infielders. If Duvall is still around, that means one of Chang, Arroyo, or Reyes will have to go. With Duvall gone, all three can still fit.
All kidding aside; this is exactly how I feel. I'm sure along with Justin Turner and Kenley, Alex Cora is bumming too. It's still a business and Kike's play put him in this situation. I look forward to the video montage.
Like I said, there was no reason to say that in March. Some people just naturally think *everything* is going to suck. Sometimes they're right. By April, he was already sucking at it. In March he played 10 games. No one had any reason to predict what happened.
Over his career, he was an average SS.
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IDK, I loved Kiké in CF but always disliked the idea of him at short. I posted all winter that it seemed like sleight of hand that they kept saying it when asked.
And it probably was. But then Mondesi just never got healthy.
I'm late to the JMU party, my daughter is only a rising junior, however @RSN Diaspora might know more.
View: https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1683952745739329537?s=46
Seems like an impossibly interesting return.
Seems like an impossibly interesting return.
Yeah , I would have been real happy if it was just one of these alleged two
(Depending on if/how much we’re paying)
this looks like a potential Chaimian fleece
The game will have to start half an hour later for all the ex-Sox that will have to be remembered.
I don't care if the Red Sox are paying all of Kiké's salary for the rest of this season...this is a really nice trade if that reported return is true. Now maybe neither of those guys pans out, but they're both interesting enough that this could end up being a home run if either of them works out, never mind both.
All the numbers I looked at showed him as average, not catastrophic. (in limited time)
Jack Harris and Passan confirming the return.
If we’re not sending any cash considerations to pay a portion of KH contract remaining in ‘23 (not sure), it’s a fleece
edit: probably a fleece regardless
If we’re not sending any cash considerations to pay a portion of KH contract remaining in ‘23 (not sure), it’s a fleece
edit: probably a fleece regardless
Adding a couple upper-minors arms, one on LAD 40-man and one who'll be Rule 5 eligible, makes me wonder if there are further moves in the works, with some of our own pitching depth (minors or majors) out the door later this week.
I'm pretty sure there are going to be deals before the Rule 5 deadline. I'm also sure someone's gonna want a lefty reliever and would give us one or more lower level pieces next week.
Why don't you link some of the posts that you're talking about so people don't need to go search for them.
I actually don’t get why LAD did this trade but cool news. I hope he does great in LA, but I’m highly skeptical.
There definitely was some skepticism…. I was thinking he’d be good enough to hold the fort until Story or Beltre was healthy and thinking it’d be 6-8 weeks. Wouldn’t be “good” but also wouldn’t kill the team.
Mondesi I mean!!!!
IIRC there was some argument that Hernandez belonged in CF. . .but not much that he wouldn't be able to be a passible SS defensively.