Yankees land F. Hernandez
ByOh, did you think I meant Felix? Nah, it’s just some guy named Fernando Hernandez. The Yankees inked him to a minor league contract according to Matt Eddy, and I assume he’ll report for duty at either the Double or Triple-A level when the season begins.
Hernandez is not much of a prospect, last appearing in Baseball America’s annual handbook back before the 2008 season. Oakland grabbed him from the White Sox in the Rule 5 Draft that year (ranked 29th in their system), and he made three whole appearances in the show before banished to the minors, from which he’s never returned. Hernandez pitched to a 4.11 FIP (7.56 K/9, 2.91 uIBB/9) in 77.1 IP with the Athletics’ Triple-A affiliate last summer, though in 2009 he was quite good: 2.81 FIP with 9.05 K/9, 3.23 uIBB/9, and 0.26 HR/9 in 69.2 IP. Baseball America compared him to Matt Guerrier back in 2008 because he’s a command and control reliever rather than a huge stuff guy.
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That headline was not kind to my heart. I almost went crazy at work.
not cool Mike, not cool.
it was even worse if you first saw it in the daily email that sends the headlines.
29.1 uIBB/9
Gotta be a decimal place off there right?
Yes, fixed.
This is just a cruel joke….
Not cool, guys. I actually thought it was Felix.
(takes Advil)
That’s just mean.
I first saw “Yankees land Hernandez” and was excited. Then I saw it was “Yankees land F. Hernandez” and knew it was a joke due to the vagueness.
april fools came early, go to hell!
You cant do that to us mike!
Some one is gonna have a heart attack….3rd degree murder son!
Damn that was rough. Nicely done
I’d rather Fernando. Felix seems overweight.
/Joba’d
Not funny, not funny at all
Lick my cleanly shaven Bawls mike
Jerk.
WOW, you got me.
Cruelllllllllllllllll
Thanks for the heart attack! I need some Tylenol…..
HA! nice joke. i knew there was no way they could have gotten felix -.-
This was my brain upon reading headline:
-”KingFelix?!?!”
-”Wait, no way it would have a big headline…”
-”WAIT, maybe it just happened and they haven’t had time to give a big write up!!!!”
…and then I read the first line of the post.
All happened in like .5 seconds haha
I assume he’s going to AA… We can’t possibly have enough room in Scranton for him, right?
That was a cruel joke as I also believed it was King Felix.
not cool mike, not cool. I saw this in my rss reader and nearly got a heartattack
Sorry, but I doubt anything like this will shock me again after I jumped out of my seat when I saw the headline “Yanks acquire Swisher, Texeira.” After thinking “HOLY ****!” I then thought, as the link was loading, “But why would they list Swisher first?”
I also recall Davey Johnson at a press conference years ago, talking about Houston’s Kevin Hatcher getting suspended for corking his bat: “When I heard the news, I figured it was that goofball down in L.A. [i.e. Mickey Hatcher].” Heh.
Waoo I was almost post it on fb as soon as I read the title. You got me