By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
May 13, 2010
Jake Hernandez grew on me as I watched him through Summer, Fall and into the Spring. For me, he has a chance to be a top-tier defensive catcher, and I think that gives him more value that anything else. I don’t see him as a middle-of-the-order type bat in the coming years, nor do I think he’ll be so limited offensively that he would be confined to a backup role. That would be my call on the guy. We’ll see what the future tells us.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 21, 2010
Teams that prize defensive catchers will prize Jake Hernandez, whose recent string of at-bats helped show that he has enough in his hands to make contributions on the other side of the ball.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 7, 2010
The days when umpires like Augie Donatelli would jab their elbows into the backs of 6-5 catchers may be coming to an end. You can thank Branch Rickey for the game’s institutionalized preference for large catches. These days, baseball is generally drafting for average-sized catchers. There are many reasons for this, but here’s a few, and here’s an example.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 1, 2010
Jake Hernandez lives at 1.9 to second base with above-average accuracy. He’s extremely smooth throwing, from coming out of the crouch, to setting his feet, to aiming his arm to the target, to consistent release points. Just like when you get a natural hitter and you say don’t touch the swing, don’t touch this guy’s throwing mechanics.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
March 30, 2010
Jake Hernandez figured out early that his calling in the game was calling pitches. He committed himself to becoming a standout defender at a position where few players have the patience to grow and develop. He can also throw, where his address should be 1.9 street. Offensively, he’s best when he goes to right field. Baseball Beginnings caught up to Hernandez for this recent Q&A. His college commitment is to USC, and we’ll see who gets him first in 2010.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
March 4, 2010
Jake Hernandez has received less attention than other catching prospects around the country in the 2010 draft, but you’d have a hard time finding another one who consistently throws as well as this guy.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
February 14, 2010
Austin Wilson, Christian Yelich, Tony Wolters and Dominic Ficociello were among the 2010 draft prospects that helped themselves Saturday at the Major League Scouting Bureau’s Southern California Invitational Showcase at the Urban Youth Academy.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
August 9, 2009
Right-hander Jesus Valdez touched 92 Sunday afternoon in his best outing of the Area Code games at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.
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