Elieser Hernandez Midwest League PiOW 080116 to 080716

Elieser Hernandez of the Quad Cities River Bandits was selected the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for the span of August 1, 2016 through August 7, 2016. For the week he was 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 BB, and 8 K. He had also earned the award for the week of July 4. This season the RHP is 4-3, 2.37 ERA, 68 K, 1.16 WHIP, .251 BAA in 57.0 IP over 11 games with 9 GS at Quad Cities and 1-4, 8.80 ERA, 17 K, 2.09 WHIP, .344 BAA in 29.2 IP over 9 games with 6 GS at Class A Advanced Lancaster. Quad Cities is the Class A team of the Houston Astros. He originally signed with the Astros in 2013 as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela. Hernandez turned 21 on May 3rd.