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Salad days: Cesar on pace for career year
- Updated: August 21, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Has Cesar Hernandez answered any questions about himself over the past several weeks?
He went 3-for-4 in Saturday night’s 4-2 victory over the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. He hit his first career leadoff home run and doubled and scored in the fifth to give the Phillies a 3-2 lead. Since Phillies manager Pete Mackanin benched him for two games in June, Hernandez has hit .359 (66-for-184) with six doubles, five triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs, 24 walks and a .911 OPS in 50 games.
Hernandez is easily on pace to have the best season of his four-year career. But is this run establishing himself as the Phillies’ second baseman of the future?
“I never think about that,” said Hernandez, who was also involved in turning three double plays Saturday. “I go year by year. If it happens, good.”
Hernandez certainly is talented offensively, but he also has driven his managers and coaches crazy at times with too many mental mistakes on the field. It is why some believe Freddy …
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