Nick Hernandez
30-Year-Old
Free Agent
2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
5.06
WHIP
1.88
K
11
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in March of 2025.
Becomes free agent
Hernandez elected to become a free agent Wednesday, Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 Houston reports.
Analysis
Hernandez cleared waivers after being removed from the Astros' 40-man roster, but he'll hit the free-agent market rather than accept an outright assignment. The right-handed reliever holds a career 7.06 ERA and 26:13 K:BB over 21.2 innings covering parts of three big-league seasons.
Hernandez cleared waivers after being removed from the Astros' 40-man roster, but he'll hit the free-agent market rather than accept an outright assignment. The right-handed reliever holds a career 7.06 ERA and 26:13 K:BB over 21.2 innings covering parts of three big-league seasons.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
22
Last 10 Games
22
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Nick Hernandez generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Nick Hernandez generally pitch?
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4th
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8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-23%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-12%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .318 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .244 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025vs Left | .294 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025vs Right | .259 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024vs Left | .350 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024vs Right | .231 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023vs Left | .286 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023vs Right | .200 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-7%
ERA on Road
2025
-36%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 7.24 | 1.61 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 4.0 |
| Since 2023Away | 6.75 | 2.00 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| 2025Home | 3.86 | 1.50 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 5.8 |
| 2025Away | 6.00 | 2.17 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| 2024Home | 7.88 | 1.38 | 8.0 | 11.3 | 1.1 |
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023Home | 18.00 | 4.00 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| 2023Away | 9.00 | 1.50 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 9.0 |
Stat Review
How does Nick Hernandez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.38K/9
9.3BB/9
6.8HR/9
2.5Fastball
91.4 mphERA
5.06WHIP
1.88BABIP
.321GB/FB
0.42Left On Base
88.6%Exit Velocity
85.6 mphBarrels/BBE
9.3%Spin Rate
2483 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
35.2%Swinging Strike
13.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Dropped from 40-man roster
Hernandez was designated for assignment by the Astros on Saturday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Summoned from Triple-A
The Astros recalled Hernandez from Triple-A Sugar Land on Wednesday.
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Bound for Triple-A
The Astros optioned Hernandez to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Back with Houston
The Astros recalled Hernandez from Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Sent back down
The Astros optioned Hernandez to Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday.
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