{"id":25354,"date":"2025-02-12T04:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25354"},"modified":"2025-02-12T04:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:08:19","slug":"ex-red-sox-prospect-lands-with-yankees-four-years-after-uneven-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25354","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Red Sox Prospect Lands With Yankees Four Years After Uneven Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees welcomed pitchers, catchers and a former Boston Red Sox prospect to spring training camp on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>New York signed catcher Ronaldo Hern\u00e1ndez to a minor league contract,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/yankees\/roster\/transactions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per a team announcement<\/a>. The 27-year-old also received an invitation to the team\u2019s big league camp as a non-roster invitee, giving Hern\u00e1ndez a chance to showcase in spring training.<\/p>\n<section class=\"card card--image-left\" data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"MainBlock: CardWithoutTitle\">\n<div class=\"featured-left\">\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez spent a brief stint with the Red Sox after the franchise acquired him from the Tampa Bay Rays in 2021. Boston surrendered pitchers Jeffrey Springs and Chris Mazza in exchange for infielder Nick Sogard and Hern\u00e1ndez, a trade that in hindsight, proved to be lopsided in Tampa Bay\u2019s favor. Springs blossomed with the Rays and became a reliable big-league starter, making 25 starts and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sprinje01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">logging a 2.46 ERA<\/a>\u00a0in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Boston, meanwhile, never debuted Hern\u00e1ndez, even after the Red Sox selected him for their active roster after catchers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/01\/should-red-sox-consider-outside-the-box-trade-for-old-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian V\u00e1zquez<\/a>\u00a0and Kevin Plawecki were both placed on the COVID-19 injured list. Then once Boston acquired veteran Reese McGuire, the team sent Hern\u00e1ndez back down to Triple-A Worcester where he\u2019d log 105 appearances before departing the Red Sox \u2014 Hern\u00e1ndez .261\/.298\/.451 with 17 home runs and 63 RBIs before electing free agency in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Hern\u00e1ndez to a minor-league deal, giving the veteran journeyman another farm system run. Hern\u00e1ndez slashed .311\/.357\/.507 with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs over 63 games with the Triple-A Reno Aces, before the Diamondbacks cut ties and released Hern\u00e1ndez on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ad\">\n<p>Now with Boston\u2019s division-rival Yankees, Hern\u00e1ndez will strive toward making his long-awaited big league debut. Austin Wells is slated the be the go-to catcher for New York\u2019s American League pennant-defending club, while J.C. 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