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[MNBrew]

Doug Loman was the best hitting prospect at the time but never recovered whatever bit he did have going at the big-league level after fouling a ball off his face.

 

Once he went down, as I recall, he was never back up and I don't recall him surfacing in the bigs with any other teams.

 

(Edit: The dubious foul ball happened in a game at Detroit. Struck out looking foolish on the next pitch. Never played well thereafter.)

[Diskono]

He wasn't here very long, but did anyone else have high hopes for Adrian Hernandez after his good spring a few years back?

His greatest moment was when he had to make a spot start, was up to around 500 pitches through 4 innings, and Ned kept him in so he could (presumably) try to get the win. I don't remember exactly how that ended, but it wasn't pretty.

 

edit: ah, here we go:

http://www.baseball-refer...s/NYN/NYN200405080.shtml

 

Not quite as bad as I remember, but certainly one of the all-time smoke-and-mirrors pitching performances.

[Invader3K]

Was Hernandez that knuckleballer, or am I thinking of a different pitcher?

[recte44]

You're thinking of Jared Fernandez.

[BillHall02]

You're thinking of Jared Fernandez.

I think he was right. Wasn't Adrian Hernandez a knuckleballer? I can't remember much from when the Yanks signed him, but I did think he threw a knuckleball when he was here. I was quite excited about him too.

[Prince James]

I am also pretty sure that Adrian Hernandez made a SICK play on a bunted ball where he basically did a somersault and threw the guy out at second. Anyone else remember this?