For anybody who might need watched the Dodgers vs. Yankees over the weekend in New York, with all three video games nationally televised, it wasn't a giant shock Monday when Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández and Yankees outfielder Aaron Decide have been named gamers of the week of their respective leagues.
Hernández had hit all through the collection at Yankee Stadium, successful Friday night time's thriller with an Eleventh-inning, two-run double, then driving in a career-high six with two residence runs, together with a grand slam the saturday For good measure, Hernández homered on Sunday, giving up 9 runs batted in over the weekend alone.
“I've performed loads right here. By no means with this depth, with this adrenaline, with such a crowd. It's totally different, however I prefer it,” Hernández informed Ken Rosenthal on Fox Sports activities after Saturday's victory. “I like being on this place, these conditions, and I attempt to take pleasure in it as greatest as I can.”
Within the final week, when the Dodgers have been on the street to play the Pirates and Yankees, Hernández had 9 hits in 25 at-bats, and 7 of them have been for further bases, hitting .360/.429/.960 . The outfielder led the Nationwide League in residence runs (4), whole bases (24), RBI (10), runs scored (six) and slugging proportion.
Hernández now leads the Dodgers in residence runs (16) and RBI (48) on the season, and ranks second and third, respectively, within the NL in these classes. He’s hitting .266/.333/.516 with a 142 wRC+. He leads NL certified pitchers in slugging proportion, whole bases (132) and residential runs, and is tied for second in wRC+. Hernández is third amongst NL outfielders in fWAR (2.0), behind a pair of Padres (Jurickson Profar, Fernando Tatis Jr.).
In his profession, Hernández made an All-Star Sport, in 2021 with the Blue Jays. Throughout this season it was when he received his solely different participant of the week, getting the American League award for August 9-15.
Hernández is the second Dodgers participant to win participant of the week in 2024. Shohei Ohtani took residence the honour for the week of April 29-Could 5.
