BIOGRAPHY
Teoscar Hernández was born October 15, 1992, in Sánchez Ramírez, Dominican Republic. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
Hernández signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in February 2011. He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Astros.
Hernández played 2012 with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Astros and the Class-A Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League. He appeared in 59 total games, and recorded a .243 batting average, five home runs, 23 runs batted in (RBI), and 11 stolen bases. He played the entire 2013 season with the Class-A Quad City River Bandits, and hit .271 with 13 home runs, 55 RBI, and 24 stolen bases. During the offseason, Hernández appeared in 23 games for the Toros del Este of the Dominican Winter League.
On July 31, 2017, the Astros traded Hernández and Nori Aoki to the Toronto Blue Jays for Francisco Liriano. Hernández was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
Overall with the 2020 Blue Jays, Hernández batted .289 with 16 home runs and 34 RBIs in 50 games. Hernandez won the AL Silver Slugger Award for right field in the shortened season, recording the fourth-best at-bats per home run average in the American League.
In 2021, Hernández earned his first career All-Star nod as he was selected to start the 2021 All-Star Game for the American League.
Hernandez finished the 2021 season batting .296, a career high 32 home runs, and 116 RBIs. He also won the AL Silver Slugger for right field for the second year in a row.
On November 16, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Hernández to the Seattle Mariners for Erik Swanson and Adam Macko.
Hernández signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2024 season.
