Nick Hernandez

Bats R Throws R6'1" 212 lbBorn 1994 Missouri City, USADebut 2023Team HOUDraft 2016 R8 #247 Houston Astros, Houston

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	125	23.8	9.5	2.95	19.6	6.21	104.2
2027							102.8
2028							103.4

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 68 PITCH+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Preston Guilmet	2018	69.6	did not play
2	Colt Hynes	2015	61.3	did not play
3	Ricardo Pinto	2024	71.0	did not play
4	Tayler Scott	2022	58.1	69.9	88
5	Reed Garrett	2023	72.5	99.0	247
6	Trevor Kelley	2023	77.6	did not play
7	Ricky Stone	2005	69.1	did not play
8	Wes Parsons	2023	79.7	92.0	38
9	Geoff Hartlieb	2024	80.4	12.1	24
10	Casey Lawrence	2018	79.9	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									125				102.8
2026*									0
2025	HOU	0	0	5.06	10	0	0	10.7	52	3	8	11	69.3	98.5	67.9
2024	HOU	0	0	7.88	5	0	0	8.0	34	4	1	10	69.7	99.0	68.8
2023	SD	0	0	12.00	2	0	0	3.0	18	1	4	5	57.4	99.5	56.9
Career		0	0	7.06	17	0	0	21.7	104	8	13	26	67.4		66.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	10	11	0		-0.1
2024	HOU	P	5	8	1	1.000	-0.0
2023	SD	P	2	3	0		-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	252	52.0 IP, 21% K	7.79
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	187	46.2 IP, 34% K	2.14
2024	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	100	23.2 IP, 34% K	1.94
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	115	28.2 IP, 31% K	2.87
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	215	52.1 IP, 33% K	2.42
2023	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	137	32.2 IP, 28% K	4.47
2023	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	114	28.1 IP, 38% K	3.20
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	246	59.2 IP, 31% K	3.95
2021	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	218	54.0 IP, 31% K	1.67
2019	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	107	23.2 IP, 23% K	3.49
2019	A+	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Pit	32	7.2 IP, 38% K	6.25
2017	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	109	24.2 IP, 20% K	5.95
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	129	34.0 IP, 37% K	1.59
2016	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	32	6.2 IP, 22% K	1.45

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.450	0.393	0.393	0.426
2024	0.425	0.400	0.415
2023	0.450	0.440	0.625	0.300

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.