FULL NAME: Heriberto José Hernández...Signed by Texas as an International free agent on 12/13.
2024
Combined to slash .234/.344/.496 (84-for-359) in 104 games between Double-A Montgomery (60 games) and Triple-A Durham (44 games), with 21 doubles, two triples, 23 home runs and 60 RBI. Went five for six in stolen base attempts...His 23 total home runs were the second-most of his professional career, behind a 24-homer campaign with High-A in 2022...Ranked second among Rays Minor Leaguers in homers (23) and SLG (.496), fourth in extra-base hits (46), seventh in walks (56), ninth in total bases (178), runs (66) and OPS (.839)...Was named the Southern League Player of the Week on April 28 after batting .300 (6-for-20) with two walks and four homers in six games from April 21-27. Posted a 1.462 OPS in this span...From April 5-June 2 (40 games) with Double-A, hit .285 (39-for-137) with 15 doubles, seven home runs, 24 RBI, 20 walks, 43 strikeouts and a .922 OPS...Made Triple-A debut with the Durham Bulls on June 4 hitting .187 (28-for-150) with a .729 OPS during two stints from June 4-July 19 and Aug. 21-Sept. 21...Was moved back to Double-A after the All-Star Break, and then promoted to Triple-A to finish the season. In 20 games from Aug. 21-Sept. 21, slashed .264/.369/.583 (19-for-72) with three doubles, one triple and six home runs. Had seven multi-hit games in this span...Hit .246 (45-for-183) with 16 doubles, 10 home runs and 32 RBI in 54 games in the first half of the season, while hitting .222 (39-for-176) with five doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 28 RBI in 50 games during the second half...Signed by Miami as a Minor League free agent on 11/13.
2023
Entered the season as the Rays No. 17 prospect per MLB Pipeline...Spent the entire season with Double-A Montgomery, slashing .249/.376/.411 (97-for-389) with 18 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 60 RBI. Went seven for nine in stolen base attempts...Drew a professional career-high 76 walks against 134 strikeouts. Ranked third among Rays farmhands in walks and tied for fifth in the Double-A Southern League...Was named the Southern League Player of the Week on May 28, batting .304 (7-for-23) in this span with five runs, one double, two home runs and three RBI...Went 73-for-278 (.263) with a .824 OPS and 27 extra-base hits against right-handed pitchers while going 24-for-111 (.216) with a .694 OPS and seven extra-base hits against left-handed pitchers...Finished the season batting .319 (15-for-47) in 13 games in September with three doubles, one home run and seven RBI...Had six games of three hits and 23 total multi-hit games...Recorded a season-high four RBI twice: May 28 at Biloxi (2-for-5, HR) and July 27 at Chattanooga (3-for-5, HR).
2022
Entered the season ranked as the Rays No. 18 prospect (per MLB Pipeline)…Set career highs in games (119), runs (70), hits (107), doubles (28), home runs (24), and RBI (89) while slashing .255/.368/.499 (107-for-419) in a full season with High-A Bowling Green. Went six for eight in stolen base attempts...Led the South Atlantic league in RBI and extra-base hits (53) while ranking second in homers and total bases (209), third in doubles and OPS (.867) and fourth in walks (67) and SLG...Among Rays farmhands, ranked tied for first in RBI, second in homers, extra-base hits and walks, third in SLG and fifth in OPS...Earned South Atlantic League Player of the Week honors on Aug. 7 after hitting .428 (6-for-14) with one double, two home runs and eight RBI in four games...Batted .297 (22-for-74) with seven doubles, five home runs and 16 RBI against left-handed pitchers while batting .246 (85-for-345) with 21 doubles, one triple, 19 home runs and 73 RBI against right-handed pitchers...Was tabbed a MiLB.com Organization All-Star and a South Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star.
2021
Entered the season ranked as the Rays No. 15 prospect (per MLB Pipeline)...In 73 games with Single-A Charleston, hit .252 (64-for-254) with 57 runs, 15 doubles, 12 home runs and 44 RBI. Walked 49 times against 90 strikeouts...Named the Carolina League Player of the Week for Aug. 1 after going 12-for-19 (.632) with three doubles, three home runs, and seven RBI in five games...Played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 2021 Arizona Fall League. Hit .133 (2-for-15) with two runs, two RBI and one stolen base.
2020
Was invited to Major League Spring Training after entering the season as the 23rd-best prospect in the Rangers system per MLB Pipeline...Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Acquired by Tampa Bay with SS Oslevis Basabe and RF Alexander Ovalles in exchange for 1B Nate Lowe, 1B Jake Guenther and a PTBNL on 12/10.
