Ronaldo Hernández #66

Signed by the Rays as a non-drafted free agent on Aug. 9, 2014.

2023

Hit .242 (81-for-335) with 17 doubles, 17 home runs, 70 RBI and 41 walks in 99 games with Triple-A Worcester...Played for Barranquilla of the Colombian Winter League and hit .231 (6-for-26) with one double and two RBI in six games before being selected to play in the Dominican Winter League...Appeared in 18 games with Cibao in the LIDOM and hit .232 (13-for-56) with two doubles, three RBI and seven walks.

2022

Began the season with Worcester...Recalled by BOS on 4/19, but did not appear in a game (optioned on 4/20). Hit .536 with 5 XBH (three 2B, two HR) and nine RBI over a seven-game stretch from 5/21-31. Set a season high with four RBI on 5/29 at Lehigh Valley, going 3-for-5 with a two-run HR. Recorded multiple hits in six consecutive games from 6/26-7/2, batting .532 (13-for-24) over the span. Recalled on 8/1, but did not appear in a game... Optioned to Worcester on 8/2. Hit four HR with seven RBI over his final five games of the season from 9/23-27.

2021

Spent the majority of his Red Sox organization debut with Double-A Portland (92 G), also playing in seven games for Triple-A Worcester...Was his first experience at both levels...Combined to hit .284 (103-for-363) with an .827 OPS, 29 doubles, one triple, 16 HR and 58 RBI in 99 games...Ranked among Sox minor leaguers in SLG (3rd, .506), OPS (9th, .825), hits (T-9th, 103), doubles (T-5th, 29), HR (T-8th, 16), XBH (T-4th, 46), and total bases (T-7th, 182)...Made 65 starts at catcher and 32 at DH...Threw out 17 of 65 (26.2%) attempted base stealers...Also made one start at 1B for Portland, his first career appearance at the position...Began the season with Double-A Portland...In his first 37 games (through 7/2), hit .210 with a .632 OPS (29-for-138, 12 XBH, 10 RBI)...In his remaining 55 games with Portland (beginning 7/3), batted .328 (65-for-198) with a .959 OPS, 20 doubles, 10 HR, and 43 RBI...Recorded a season-high five RBI on 7/10 vs. Hartford...Hit safely in 13 consecutive games from 8/17-9/3 (.469 AVG, 23-for-49)...Hit a season-high two HR on 9/15 at Hartford, his 4th career multi-HR game...Assigned to Worcester on 9/20...Made five starts at catcher and two at DH for the WooSox...Hit .333 (9-for-27) with three doubles, five RBI and an .844 OPS...Made his Triple-A debut on 9/22 vs. Rochester, starting at DH and going 2-for-3...Following the season, played six games for Toros Del Este in the Dominican Winter League (six starts at C).

2020

Split the 2020 season between the Rays’ taxi squad and the club’s Alternate Training Site in Port Charlotte, FL...Was also part of the Rays’ 40-man player pool for the Postseason.

2019

Spent the entire season with Class-A Charlotte, earning Florida State League postseason All-Star honors…ranked 9th in the FSL with 60 RBI...Played for the AL team in the Futures Game in July at Progressive Field, going 0-for-2...Named FSL Player of the Week for June 10-16, batting .571 (8-for-14) with 4 2B and 4 HR...Played for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League, batting .359/.381/.513 (14-for-39) with 1 HR and 5 RBI in 11 games…named to the AFL Rising Stars Game...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Rays system following the season.

2018

Named Most Valuable Player for Class-A Bowling Green by the Rays Baseball Operations department…ranked 2nd in the Midwest League with 21 HR and 3rd with 79 RBI and a .494 SLG...His 21 HR ranked 2nd in the minors among catchers behind SD Austin Allen (22)...Ranked 3rd among Rays minor leaguers in homers and RBI and tied for 6th with 200 total bases...Named to the MWL midseason and postseason All-Star teams...Named the Rays Minor League Hitter of the Month and MWL Player of the Month for June, batting .366 (30-for-82) with 10 HR and 25 RBI...Named to the Rays Organizational All-Star Team by MLB.com for a second consecutive year...Played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 56 overall prospect in the minors following the season… was the No. 4 prospect in the Rays system…the publication also tabbed him as the Best Power Prospect in the MWL in its Best Tools survey.

2017

Named Most Valuable Player for Rookie-level Princeton by the Rays Baseball Operations department…led Rays minor leaguers with a .332 avg., and ranked among Appalachian League leaders in avg. (5th), hits (74, 3rd), doubles (22, 2nd) and slugging pct. (.507, 5th)...Threw out 57.1 pct. of attempted base stealers...Named Appalachian League Player of the Week for Aug 21-27, batting .500 (10-for-20) with 7 RBI...Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 12 prospect in the Rays system and No. 4 prospect in the Appalachian League following the season.

2016

His .340 avg. and .485 SLG both ranked sixth in the Dominican Summer League.