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Hernández is on tempo for probably the most errors by a significant league participant since Marcus Semien’s 35 in the course of the 2015 season.
Following Tuesday’s loss to the Rockies, Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora said that Kiké Hernández is now not the beginning shortstop.
Boston’s skipper did say that Hernández might even see some late-game motion there if somebody pinch-hits for Pablo Reyes.
The choice got here at some point after Hernández made his MLB-leading 14th error on Monday.
If the 31-year-old maintained his present tempo, he’d end with 33 errors on the yr, probably the most by a participant in a single season since Marcus Semien had 35 in 2015.
Previous to Tuesday, when Hernández didn’t play in any respect, he had performed shortstop in 24 straight video games, beginning there in 22 of them. That stretch featured two two-error video games for the utility man.
Hernández has struggled simply as a lot this season in terms of the superior defensive metrics.
Baseball Savant provides him minus-10 outs above common, the second-worst for any participant in baseball no matter place, and Baseball Reference provides him minus-6 defensive runs saved.
Whereas Hernández has all the time performed higher within the outfield or at second base in his profession, he’s by no means struggled this a lot at quick.
His earlier excessive for errors in a season at shortstop was his three in 2017, and the one yr he posted a unfavorable DRS on the place was in 2019.
Fortunately for the Pink Sox, when Hernández has performed in different spots this season, significantly middle area, his protection has been stellar.
Shifting ahead, Reyes will get a lot of the beginning motion at shortstop. In 21 video games between second and quick this yr, Reyes has dedicated simply two errors, and can be hitting .288.
The Pink Sox bought Reyes’s contract from Oakland in Could.
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Originally posted 2023-06-14 13:56:45.