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 .