Dodgers’ catcher Austin Barnes is not the only player on the team hearing footsteps behind him. Kiké Hernandez who began the season as the club’s start at second base hears the Gavin Lux hype train gaining ground behind him. Lux has hit over .500 in his brief stint at Triple-A and already has seven home runs in fifteen games.
Kiké hit a struggle in May and June, but he has started an offensive tear of his own over the last couple of weeks. That continued in Thursday’s series finale against the Phillies as Kiké went 4-4 with a pair of home runs and four RBI’s.