Enrique Hernandez

Enrique Hernandez

34-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Los Angeles Dodgers
Out
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 6/1/2026
2025 Stats
AVG
.203
HR
10
RBI
35
R
30
SB
0
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Hernandez did his usual thing for the Dodgers last season, playing multiple positions while gliding through a ho-hum regular season before taking on a key role during the playoffs. The fan-favorite utility man's .621 OPS during the regular season was his lowest mark since 2016, though he offered a bit of power with 10 long balls and 35 RBI over 256 plate appearances. At this point in his career, there's no expectation that Hernandez is going to challenge for an All-Star nod, and nearly all of his offensive Statcast metrics fell below league-average last season. With that said, his value as a defender is underrated -- he not only played every position except catcher, shortstop, and right field last season but did so reasonably well, posting a fielding run value in the 68th percentile. Hernandez may take some time to land on a roster, as he underwent elbow surgery in the offseason and isn't expected to be ready to play by Opening Day. The most likely scenario is that he ends up back in Los Angeles, where he can take his time getting back to full health with another run at postseason glory in mind. Read Past Outlooks
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#364
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League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 5'11"
Weight 195
DOB 8/24/1991
Born San Juan, Puerto Rico
College None
Drafted 6th Rd 2009 HOU
Signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Dodgers in February of 2026.
Re-ups with Dodgers
3BLos Angeles Dodgers
Elbow
February 12, 2026
The Dodgers re-signed Hernandez (elbow) to a one-year contract Thursday, Hernandez announced in an Instagram post.
Analysis
It had been considered a formality that Hernandez would return to the Dodgers. He is recovering from left elbow surgery and is expected to begin the season on the 60-day injured list, per Noah Camras of DodgersNation.com. Once healthy, Hernandez will operate in a utility role, seeing much of his action versus left-handed pitching. The 34-year-old has hit just .219/.270/.370 over the last two regular seasons, but he's a career .272/.339/.486 hitter in the postseason.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
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#7
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#9
3
4
11
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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#6
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#8
#9
1
8
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17
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+18%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .667 413 49 15 51 1 .228 .286 .382
Since 2023vs Right .630 744 82 18 87 3 .226 .275 .355
2025vs Left .683 108 17 6 22 0 .202 .269 .415
2025vs Right .578 148 13 4 13 0 .203 .245 .333
2024vs Left .682 144 17 6 12 0 .235 .278 .404
2024vs Right .636 249 27 6 30 0 .226 .282 .354
2023vs Left .642 161 15 3 17 1 .239 .304 .338
2023vs Right .648 347 42 8 44 3 .235 .282 .365
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+7%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+1%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+6%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .620 546 64 15 62 1 .230 .275 .345
Since 2023Away .665 611 67 18 76 3 .224 .282 .383
2025Home .616 124 17 4 17 0 .211 .276 .339
2025Away .625 132 13 6 18 0 .195 .235 .390
2024Home .634 175 18 7 20 0 .222 .257 .377
2024Away .669 218 26 5 22 0 .236 .300 .369
2023Home .611 247 29 4 25 1 .245 .287 .323
2023Away .681 261 28 7 36 3 .229 .291 .390
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Stat Review
How does Enrique Hernandez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.26
 
BB Rate
7.0%
 
K Rate
26.6%
 
BABIP
.233
 
ISO
.164
 
AVG
.203
 
OBP
.255
 
SLG
.366
 
OPS
.621
 
wOBA
.272
 
Exit Velocity
90.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
35.1%
 
Barrels/PA
6.3%
 
Expected BA
.223
 
Expected SLG
.388
 
Sprint Speed
22.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
37.9%
 
Line Drive %
17.8%
 
Fly Ball %
44.4%
 
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Hernandez re-signed with the Dodgers for 2024 and was a key piece in the World Series run. He wasn't particularly productive in the regular season with 12 home runs and a .654 OPS in 126 games (which closely resemble his 2023 numbers), but he turned it on in the playoffs and had a .294/.357/.451 slash line in 57 plate appearances. Hernandez has proven he can be relied upon in big spots throughout his career but has never consistently produced during the regular season, and that's unlikely to change in his age-33 campaign. Versatility remains a calling card, as he made at least nine appearances at all four infield spots in addition to his work in the outfield. He should land a job for 2024 and is likely to again fill a super-utility role, with that flexibility being a key aspect of his limited fantasy upside.
Hernandez's time in Boston ended with a whimper, as he struggled to a .599 OPS in 86 games with the Red Sox last season before being traded. The Dodgers brought him back to Los Angeles, where he had enjoyed his most success, and Hernandez indeed rebounded down the stretch. He was even included on the team's NLDS roster and will return to the Dodgers in 2024, having signed a one-year deal in February. After his 2018 season, it looked like Hernandez might break the chains of merely being a utility/platoon player, but at this point in his career he will have to accept a niche role. Hernandez, now 32, is a career .239 hitter with modest power and little speed. Coming off double hernia surgery in October, he may be eased into action this spring, though the team expects him to be available for the March 20-21 series against the Padres in South Korea.
Hernandez missed two months in 2022 with a hip injury and struggled offensively when available with a .222/.291/.338 slash line in 93 games. He primarily worked in center field once again and remains a plus defender, but he hit only six home runs and had a career-low .116 ISO. Boston still inked Hernandez to a one-year, $10 million extension in September, so he'll be back for 2023. He was productive during his first campaign with the Red Sox in 2021 with a .786 OPS, 20 home runs and 84 runs, but it's unclear if he can replicate those numbers while entering his age-31 season. With Trevor Story set to miss at least the early part of the 2023 season while recovering from elbow surgery, Hernandez is expected to move into an everyday role in the middle infield in his third year in Boston.
Two straight years of declining production with the Dodgers didn't deter Boston from signing Hernandez to a two-year, $14 million deal. Despite a subpar OBP and 12 career steals, Alex Cora challenged Hernandez to win the leadoff job and he went on to hit first in 118 of 134 starts. While his .337 OBP was relatively low, it was his highest since 2015. Despite an early stint on the IL for a sore hamstring and an extended second half stay on the COVID-19 IL, Hernandez posted a career high with 84 runs. Hernandez's 14 defensive runs saved was the third highest total for a centerfielder while his eight assists tied for second most. His 1.260 OPS in the playoffs helped Boston fall two wins shy of the World Series. Hernandez should garner everyday playing time, though it's unclear if it will be in the outfield or infield. Regardless, he should again compile bountiful counting stats, especially runs.
Hernandez has long been valued by the Dodgers for his defensive versatility; in 2020, he saw time at six different positions, offering the team a plug-and-play option in both the infield and outfield. However, his offensive production continued to slip, and he ended the season with a subpar 83 wRC+. He rarely took a walk (career-low 4.1 BB%) and popped out too often when he put the ball in play, posting a 14.0 IFFB%. Though he maintained a respectable strikeout rate (20.9%), Hernandez produced little power, finishing with his lowest AB/HR (27.8) since 2016. The deficiencies at the plate cost the utilityman playing time as the season wore on, and he ultimately started only 67% of the games in which he played -- his lowest mark since 2017. Hernandez signed a two-year, $14 million deal with Boston and should play four or five days per week in the early stages of this mini rebuild.
Hernandez regressed significantly last season as his .237/.304/.411 slash line, 76.1% contact rate and .715 OPS were considerable dropoffs from a promising 2018 campaign. While it's tempting to blame his paltry .266 BABIP on bad luck, the mark is in line with his career norm and representative of a swing-for-the-fences approach (as evidenced by his 19.5 degree average launch angle and 43.3% flyball rate) combined with a mediocre average exit velocity (88.4 mph) and barrel rate (4.1 Brls/PA). Hernandez's value to the Dodgers lies largely in his versatility; in 2019, he played every position except catcher and pitcher. This allowed Hernandez to average 461 plate appearances over the past two seasons; however, his playing time is likely to lessen in 2020 with the emergence of Gavin Lux at second base and the development of several other youngsters who are threats to Hernandez's place in the pecking order.
After a couple years spent boxed in as a complementary bench player, Hernandez got a chance to prove he's more than that. He didn't quite play every day, but Hernandez logged 462 plate appearances during the regular season -- 120 more than his previous career high -- while jumping all around the diamond, playing every position except catcher. Offensively, Hernandez was 18% better than league average as he shaved his strikeout rate by 6.5 percentage points and added nearly 50 points to his slugging percentage. He hit .252/.338/.495 against right-handed pitching, which was a dramatic improvement upon his .159/.244/.255 line against righties in 2017. Hernandez's 16.7% infield-flyball rate was an eyesore and realistically, there's probably only one way to go when it comes to batting average (down), but his cost will be minimal given he's not a true everyday player, and he's eligible at three positions (2B, SS, OF).
Hernandez has yet to see even 350 plate appearances in a single season with the Dodgers and it is not imminently clear how that will change in 2018 with the crowded depth chart they have. The shortstop/outfield eligibility is a nice part of his profile, but it is only nice if you can use it and with his playing time limitations, he is only an option for NL-only leagues as a last outfielder or a middle-infield role. He has the other flaw of being a guy that is much better against the short side of a platoon as he rakes lefties while struggling against righties. His profile and abilities are reminiscent of Sean Rodriguez, who eventually found a way to make the most of his opportunities in a similar role. Go look at Rodriguez's 2016 if you would like to see the high end of what Hernandez could be in 2018.
There is no way to sugarcoat Hernandez's 2016 season, because the performance was ugly no matter how you slice and dice the numbers. He was a juggernaut in a small sample against southpaws in 2015, but in 2016 he hit under the Mendoza Line against pitchers from each side of the rubber. He hit .170 on the road but only .205 at home (albeit with a lower OBP). A midseason ribcage injury may have contributed to his struggles at the plate, but Hernandez had fallen deep into the abyss well before that injury came to light. The Dodgers will hit the reset button, and he may even be given a chance to start at second base if an upgrade can't be acquired before the start of the season. If he enters the year as an everyday player, he is worth a flier in deeper leagues, given his age (25) and the fact that he has yet be given a chance in a steady big league role.
Hernandez came over from the Marlins in the deal involving Dee Gordon and quickly cemented himself as the Dodgers' top utility player, seeing time at six different positions. At the dish, he was better than expected, and Hernandez torched southpaws to the tune of .423/.471/.744 in 78 at-bats. He saw quite a bit of time in center field down the stretch due to the struggles of Joc Pederson. He walked in just 5.0% of his plate appearances last season, but that could improve with more major league experience. Hernandez doesn't run much, limiting his value, but he's still just 24. Heading into 2016, the Dodgers seem likely to utilize Hernandez in a similar role to last year, meaning he will likely see only semi-regular playing time between center field and the middle-infield positions, barring injury to a Dodgers starter.
Opportunity in the major leagues was hard to come by for Hernandez after a mid-season trade from the Astros as the 23-year-old infielder was given just 40 at-bats and hit .175/.267/.425 after batting .284/.348/.420 over 80 at-bats prior to the move. Hernandez was also consistently solid on the farm last season, putting together a .319/.372/.484 line with 58 runs, 25 doubles, 11 home runs and 42 runs scored in 98 games across two levels. Hernandez’s low strikeout rate and gap-power could provide some intriguing offensive opportunity if he wins playing time, but he'll likely be limited to a utility role after being acquired by the Dodgers in December.
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Will not be ready Opening Day
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Elbow
November 25, 2025
Hernandez (elbow) said on Adam Ottavino's "Baseball & Coffee" podcast that he will miss the first "month or two" next season.
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Undergoes elbow surgery
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Elbow
November 15, 2025
Hernandez underwent surgery on his left elbow Friday, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Drawing start in left field
3BLos Angeles Dodgers
September 30, 2025
Hernandez will start in left field and bat eighth Tuesday in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series versus the Reds.
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Three-hit effort in win
3BLos Angeles Dodgers
September 27, 2025
Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Mariners.
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Swats homer Tuesday
3BLos Angeles Dodgers
September 16, 2025
Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Tuesday's 9-6 loss to the Phillies.
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Expected to re-sign with Dodgers
3BFree Agent
January 29, 2026
The Dodgers expect to eventually re-sign Hernandez, who is recovering from left elbow surgery, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Hernandez will not be ready to play by Opening Day following an extensor repair in November, indicating during an appearance on Adam Ottavino's "Baseball & Coffee" podcast earlier this offseason that he expects to be sidelined for the first month or two of the season. The Dodgers could be waiting until players are eligible to be placed on the 60-day injured before re-signing Hernandez, but either way, a reunion seems inevitable. Hernandez has hit just .219/.270/.370 over the last two regular seasons, but he's a career .272/.339/.486 hitter in the playoffs, and the Dodgers also value his versatility and clubhouse presence.
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