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Washington Nationals’ Yadiel Hernández earned his shot at left field job...

Talking before last night’s series opener in Flushing, Queens, NY’s Citi Field, about the tough balance going down the stretch this season, between getting a look at all of the Washington Nationals’ young players, and putting the best lineup out on a nightly basis, Davey Martinez mentioned wanting to to get a good look at one of the Nats’ not-quite-young outfielders.

Yadiel Hernández, 33, debuted in the majors as a 32-year-old in 2020’s 60-game campaign, three years after he’d signed as a 29-year-old in 2017, and five years after he defected from Cuba in 2015.

It took him a while to get to the big leagues, after an impressive six-year career playing in the Cuban National Series, where he put up a .