Livan Hernandez, who spent five of his 17 big league seasons with the Nationals and threw the first pitch in team history after the Expos franchise relocated from Montreal in 2005, filed for bankruptcy in federal court in South Florida last month. The news was first reported by the Miami Herald, which notes that the 42-year-old Hernandez’s paperwork indicates he owes up to $1 million to as many as 50 creditors.
Hernandez, who last pitched for the Brewers in 2012 and made $53,100,000 during his career, estimated his assets are worth no more than $50,000. He filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which allows him to come up with a plan to repay his debts in three to five years.