Heriberto Hernandez

*"If you pay three seconds for Hernandez you deserve to have your team revoked, I will say that right now"*

*--Zane Harding*

**Heriberto Hernandez** is a prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays system. He came to prominence in #dynastybaseball following a bizarre three team involving Sahil, Erik, and Zane in which . Following the trade, Cam and Sahil took opposite stances on the trade and on Heriberto himself. Sahil ardently believed Hernandez was a future star, while Cam found the rapid inflation of his value ridiculous. Eventually, a Slackbot was created so that whenever Heriberto's name was said, Slackbot would respond with a fact about Hernandez.

## Background

Heriberto Jose Hernandez was born on 12-16-1999 in Bonao, DR. He signed with the Texas Rangers in December 2017 at the age of 18 for a mere $10,000. He was first added by Zane in the Dynasty league at 9:42 AM on 2-12-20 as part of a larger string of prospect transactions coinciding with a new Fangraphs prospect list. He directly cut Ethan Hankins to correspond with the Hernandez pickup, and other prospects he added during this frenzy include Tahnaj Thomas, Kevin Alcantara, Alexander Vargas, and Ezequiel Duran.

On 10-1-20, Zane sent Hernandez to Alex in a much larger deal that involved him giving up Max Scherzer and Julio Urias and receiving Max Fried and Sixto Sanchez. The deal sent shockwaves around the league, although Hernandez was seen as an afterthought. Most interestingly, Hernandez was listed as 'C/1B', whereas when he was initially added 8 months earlier he was listed as 'RF.'

On 11-17-20, Hernandez was traded again, this time to Sahil. Once again, he was a smaller piece in a larger deal; this time Sahil acquired Brandon Woodruff and gave up Eddie Rosario. The only mention of Hernandez was from Zane, saying "Heriberto is a decent prospect and I'd roster him." Sahil would not hold onto him for long.

Two days after acquiring him, Sahil announced his willingness to trade Hernandez. On the evening of 11-19-20, he announced that the offer to beat was a 2022 2nd rounder and a 2026 3rd rounder. After talking to teams, that offer was increased to three second round picks. This resulted in shock from the rest of the league members when they became aware of the offer, with Zane going on a long rant and declaring that the trade would be incredibly harmful to the competitive balance of the league. Ruthvik believed that Sahil would eventually take a lighter return for Hernandez, while Cam declared that he didn't believe the trade really existed at all.

At 2:35 PM the following day, Sahil declared that he had received the offer of a first round pick for Hernandez. This was met with skepticism and shock, but Greg built anticipation for the deal throughout the day.

## The Trade

At 7:09 PM, Sahil announced that Zane had joined what was now a 3 team deal. The full deal involved Heriberto Hernandez, Tristen Lutz, and 14 draft picks.

*Big League Yelichamps receives — OF Tristen Lutz, Sahil’s 2025 1st round pick (reverts back to EBO), Alex/Zac’s 2021 2nd round pick, EBO’s 2021 2nd round pick, and EBO’s 2026 3rd round pick*

*The Executive Batting Order receives — Anthony’s 2022 2nd round pick, Erik’s 2024 2nd round pick, Cam’s 2024 2nd round pick, Erik’s 2025 2nd round pick, Erik’s 2026 2nd round pick, Erik’s 2025 3rd round pick, and Erik’s 2030 3rd round pick*

*Stanton Stranglers receives — C/1B Heriberto Hernandez, EBO’s 2026 3rd round pick, and EBO’s 2027 2nd round pick, and Sahil’s 2026 3rd round pick*

The trade was met with shock. Andrew replied "This makes no sense." In whole Sahil netted Lutz, a first rounder, a second rounder, and a third rounder for Hernandez, while Erik gave up three second rounders and a third on his end for him. The league largely was fine with the deal once Erik gave his rationale, with Ruthvik even declaring Erik the winner, although Cam remained critical.

Cam, believing draft picks to hold no value anymore, offered to trade Yuki's third round pick for the first prospect offered to him. Sahil offered Owen Miller, and Cam accepted and immediately cut Miller. He offered his other third round pick, but no one took him up on it. Cam used the third he kept to draft Tyler Soderstrom. The third he gave away was eventually used by Alex and Zac to draft Jordan Westburg.

## Aftermath

Debate about Hernandez resurfaced on December 10th when he was traded in real life from the Rangers to the Rays in exchange for Nate Lowe. However, it was largely Yuki who took the counterpoint to Sahil's praise of Hernandez. Cam then compared Hernandez to Alexander Mojica, a young prospect in the Pirates system who, like Hernandez, hit the ball well in Rookie ball.

## Slackbot

Early in the morning of December 15th, Yuki suggested that it was time to make a Heriberto Hernandez Slackbot. Though he initially showed reluctance, Greg eventually made a Heriberto Fact bot, in the vein of Scooter Fact, which gave facts when Heriberto's name was said. Attempts at censoring Heriberto's name to avoid detection were ruined when the Slackbot was amended to include the following triggers:

* h\*riberto
* he\*iberto
* her\*berto
* heri\*erto
* herib\*rto
* h\*\*iberto
* h\*\*\*erto
* he\*\*\*erto
* her\*\*\*rto

The Slackbot initially included positive facts about Hernandez, but less positive ones were later added

### Commands

#### Current

* heriberto fact: heriberto hernandez does not have a wikipedia page
* heriberto fact: heriberto hernandez is listed at DH before he's listed at catcher
* heriberto fact: "heriberto hernandez" is worth 36 points in scrabble
* heriberto fact: every time someone on #dynastybaseball says "heriberto hernandez", an angel loses its wings
* heriberto fact: people talking about heriberto hernandez is more annoying than people talking about dylan moore
* did you know that greg is the same height as heriberto hernandez?
* HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ :tada: *this only applies if the date is December 16th, 2020*
* HAPPY 37th BIRTHDAY TO HERIBERTO HERNANDEZ :tada: *this only applies if the date is December 16th, 2036*
* @cam watch out, the lads are talking about heriberto hernandez again
* On MLB Pipeline, Heriberto Hernandez is ranked behind such big names as Kevin "Who?" Padlo and Alika "I Don't Know Who This Is" Williams
* heriberto hernandez plays multiple positions, none of them well
* heriberto hernandez is just alexander mojica with better publicity
* did you know that heriberto hernandez was born in the same city as orioles legend pedro severino and 2008 all-star carlos mármol? now you do!