WASHINGTON – Yadiel Hernandez was at the alternate site in Fredericksburg earlier this week when he and other players gathered around Randy Knorr, his Triple-A manager last season at Fresno in the Pacific Coast League.
The left fielder, at the age of 32, learned he was being called up to the Major Leagues for the first time.
“It was a very special moment for me,” said Hernandez, via translator Octavio Martinez in a Zoom call from Nationals Park. “You always have that hope – don’t stop believing you get that phone call.