Yanquiel Fernandez

Yanquiel Fernandez

21-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Colorado Rockies AAA
2024 Fantasy Outlook
If Fernandez had never been promoted to Double-A last year, his perceived dynasty value would probably be higher. However, the power-hitting outfielder hit .206 with a 32.9 K% in 56 Double-A games as a 20-year-old, which raises obvious concerns about his hit tool. Prior to the aggressive promotion, Fernandez slashed .319/.354/.605 with 17 home runs, a 5.2 percent walk rate and a 17.9 percent strikeout rate in 58 games while playing half his games in the hitter-friendly park at High-A Spokane. The lefty-hitting Cuban has a very high four-category ceiling, thanks to his huge power and the potential to call Coors Field home. If he shows better bat-to-ball skill in the upper levels during his age-21 season, that would reduce concerns about how the bat will play at the highest level, given his youth and power. Fernandez has a classic right-field slugger profile, as he also has a cannon of an arm. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rockies in March of 2024.
Making more contact
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
June 18, 2024
Fernandez is hitting .277 with a .320 on-base percentage and five home runs in 201 plate appearances for Double-A Hartford.
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Fernandez has established at past stops that he has at least plus raw power, but while he has improved as a contact hitter in a return to the Eastern League (64.2 Contact% in 2023, 77.7 Contact% in 2024), he's sacrificing impact at the dish. The Cuban right fielder has a poor 19.9 percent soft-hit rate and a career-worst 28 percent infield-flyball rate. He's still just 21 -- the eighth-youngest qualified hitter in the Eastern League -- and the park at Hartford is the most pitcher-friendly home park Fernandez will play in for as long as he remains in the Rockies organization.
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Fernandez logged a .323/.378/.590 slash line with 15 home runs and a 19.4 K% over his final 251 at-bats at Single-A, keeping the dream alive of a lefty-hitting 30-plus homer right fielder who gets to call Coors Field home. He will go from one hitter-friendly environment (Fresno) to another (Spokane) for his age-20 season, where the key will be to chase fewer pitches out of the strike zone. The Cuban outfielder has significant J-2 pedigree from 2019 and made an impressive jump from the Dominican Summer League in 2021 to full-season ball, so it's possible he exceeds expectations again and steadily climbs rankings.
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Optioned to Double-A
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
March 8, 2024
Fernandez was optioned to Double-A Hartford on Friday, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
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Added to 40-man
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
November 14, 2023
The Rockies selected Fernandez to their 40-man roster Tuesday.
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Makes return at Double-A
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
August 9, 2023
Fernandez has gone 5-for-12 with three doubles, two walks, three RBI and two runs in three games for Double-A Hartford since returning from the 7-day injured list Saturday after missing time with an unspecified injury.
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Homers in first Double-A game
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
June 21, 2023
Fernandez went 1-for-4 with a home run and two strikeouts in his debut for Double-A Hartford on Tuesday.
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Swats 10 homers in May
OFColorado Rockies  AAA
June 1, 2023
Fernandez hit .385 with 10 home runs and 19 strikeouts over 28 games in May for High-A Spokane.
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