Exciting promotion by Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are promoting one of the hardest-throwing pitchers in baseball.
According to The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya, the Dodgers are calling up right-hander Julian Fernandez from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Fernandez hasn’t pitched in MLB since 2021.
But most of note about that major league tenure with the Rockies is this: Fernandez threw a pitch 102.4 miles per hour.
That’s fast.
The 6-foot-6, 230-pound Fernández didn’t get enough outs to stick around. He had a 10.80 ERA in his six MLB appearances for the Rockies and hasn’t been back since, until now.
Fernández spent his full 2022 and 2023 seasons at Triple-A.
In 2024, he left affiliated ball entirely and pitched in the Mexican League.
The Dodgers gave him a shot at the start of this season, and he’s been at Triple-A since opening day.
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For Oklahoma City, Fernandez has had a 4.08 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 28.2 innings.
Fernandez clearly isn’t a foolproof pitcher despite his immense velocity, but he still qualifies as an exciting call up. It’s not every day a new pitcher arrives in the big leagues throwing 100 (although it happens a lot more now).
Fernandez will likely have to prove himself quickly in order to get a chance to stick around. His velocity should give him a chance.
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