Yanquiel Fernandez
21-Year-Old
Colorado Rockies AAA
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
0
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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
Making more contact
Fernandez is hitting .277 with a .320 on-base percentage and five home runs in 201 plate appearances for Double-A Hartford.
ANALYSIS
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.
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
Fernandez was optioned to Double-A Hartford on Friday, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
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Added to 40-man
The Rockies selected Fernandez to their 40-man roster Tuesday.
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Makes return at Double-A
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
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
Fernandez hit .385 with 10 home runs and 19 strikeouts over 28 games in May for High-A Spokane.
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