Darell Giovan Hernaiz (Rivera)…is married, Lauren, and has one child…attended Americas (Texas) High School.
2025
Spent the first four months of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas and was batting .305 with four home runs, 50 RBI, 12 stolen bases and an .807 OPS in 96 games when he was recalled by the A's on July 29…hit .231 with two home runs, 16 RBI and a .599 OPS in 51 games with the A's in his second season in the Majors...His slashline of .231/.292/.306/.599 was an improvement over his 48-game rookie campaign of 2024 (.192/.261/.242/.503)...Struck out just 24 times in 197 plate appearances, an average of 8.21 plate appearances per strikeout...Was 3-for-7 (42.9%) in stolen base attempts...Tied for the team-lead with five sacrifice flies...Batted .250 (12-for-48) with a .732 OPS against left-handed pitchers and .224 (28-for-125) with a .546 OPS against right-handers...Hit .284 with the bases empty, .167 with runners on…had a .178 batting average with runners in scoring position and is a .191 career hitter with RISP...Started 22 games at shortstop, 17 at third base and 11 at second base…made two errors as a third baseman (.957 fielding percentage) and one each at second base (.976) and shortstop (.984)...Hit .273 while playing shortstop, .214 as a third baseman and .175 at second base...Made starts at each of the bottom five spots in the order, including 16 from the seven spot and 14 hitting sixth...Ranked eighth in the Pacific Coast League in batting (.305)…hit .300 or better in the Minors for the third straight season and his .316 batting average over that span is fourth best among Minor Leaguers with 1000 or more plate appearances...Was a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen base attempts...Struck out 51 times in 445 plate appearances for a career-best 8.73 plate appearances per strikeout...Ranked fifth in the A's farm system in doubles (28), tied for seventh in hits (118) and eighth in doubles (67)...Hit .365 (38-for-104) with a 1.009 OPS against left-handed pitchers and .283 (80-for-283) with a .733 OPS against right-handers...Had a .304 batting average with runners in scoring position...went 6-for-17 (.363) with three walks and 16 RBI with the bases loaded. Batted .352 with all four of his home runs and a .919 OPS at home, .255 with a .690 OPS on the road...Hit .319 at night and .258 with two strikes...Started 85 games at shortstop, six at second base and three at third base…made 12 errors at shortstop (.965 fielding percentage) and also had one error as a second baseman…ranked second among PCL shortstops in games (87), total chances (346), putouts (106) and assists (228), third in double plays (45) and fourth in most errors...Made starts in every spot in the batting order except fourth and ninth…hit second 28 times, third 26 times and sixth 21 times…batted .354 with three of his four home runs from the six spot.
2024
Split his season between Oakland, Triple-A Las Vegas and the injured list...batted .192 with a home run and 12 RBI in 48 games with the A’s in his Major League debut...also hit .331 with five home runs, 19 RBI and a .869 OPS in 35 games with the Aviators and missed 73 games while on the big league IL...With the A’s, batted .279 (12-for-43) with a .652 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .143 (11-for-77) with a .418 OPS against right-handers...Batted .165 in 32 games in the Coliseum, .244 in 16 games in the road...Hit .134 with two strikes...Started 22 games at third base, 16 at shortstop and one at second base...made two errors as a third baseman (.964 fielding percentage) and one as a shortstop (.986)...Hit .262 as a third baseman and .109 at all other positions...Started games in each of the bottom four spots in the order and had his most starts batting eighth (20)...With the Aviators, he had minor league career highs in batting (.331), slugging (.493) and OPS (.869)...Hit .368 (14-for-38) with a 1.155 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .317 (33-for-104) with a .762 OPS against right-handers...slugged three home runs in 38 at bats against lefties (12.6 at bats per home run), two in 104 against righties (52.2 at bats per home run)...His batting average dropped to .219 with runners in scoring position...had a .329 average with the bases empty and .480 with a runner on first...Batted .338 with four of his five home runs at home, .324 on the road...Combined to hit .452 in the second through fourth innings...Was 14-for-27 (.519) when putting the first pitch in play...Started 29 games at shortstop, three at designated hitter, two at third base and one at second base...committed two errors, both as a shortstop (.982 fielding percentage)...Made 17 starts in the leadoff spot...hit .351 in 10 starts batting second.
2023
Was acquired from the Baltimore organization prior to the start of Spring Training and batted a combined .321 with nine home runs and 71 RBIs in 131 games with Double-A Midland and Triple-A Las Vegas...Logged career highs in every category except triples, home runs, stolen bases and strikeouts...Led the A’s farm system in batting and hits (160), tied for second in runs (87), ranked third in doubles (32), fourth in on-base percentage (.386), tied for sixth in RBI and extra base hits (45), eighth in slugging (.456) and tied for 10th in walks (50)…Hit .353 (131-for-371) with a .901 OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .228 (29-for127) with a .669 OPS against left-handed hitters...Batted .327 with runners in scoring position…was 7-for-14 (.500) with two doubles, two grand slams and 21 RBI with the bases loaded...Had a .359 average during day games and .336 on the road...Hit .300 or better in every month except September (.277)…Batted .396 over the first three innings of a game...Hit .266 with 30 of his 71 RBI with two strikes...Started 110 games at shortstop, 13 at second base, four at designated hitter and one at third base…committed 14 errors, all in 112 games overall at shortstop (.966 fielding percentage)…Made starts at every spot in the batting order…had his most starts hitting cleanup where he batted .347 with four home runs and 29 RBI in 37 games...Was listed as the A’s ninth best prospect by MLB.com at the end of the season.
2022
Played for three different teams in the Baltimore farm system and batted a combined .273 with a career-high 12 home runs and 62 RBIs in 105 games…went 32-for-36 (88.9%) in stolen base attempts and the stole bases were also a career high…ranked second in the Orioles farm system in stolen bases, tied for fifth in triples (5), tied for seventh in runs (72), eighth in hits (111), ninth in RBI and tied for ninth in doubles (21)…hit .378 with a 1.034 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .244 with a .707 OPS against right-handers…had four home runs in 90 at bats against lefties (22.5 at bats per home run), eight in 316 against righties (39.5 at bats per home run)…batted .306 with runners in scoring position…started 58 games at shortstop, 22 at second base, 19 at third base and two at designated hitter…made seven errors at short (.965 fielding percentage), six at second (.935) and one at third (.980)…made starts at each spot in the order, but saw his most playing time in the first three spots…started 37 games in the leadoff spot, 16 hitting second and 30 from the three spot in the order…began the season at Single-A Delmarva and hit .283 with six home runs and 25 RBIs in 32 games…hit safely in each of his first seven contests, going 12-for-28 (.429) with two home runs and nine RBIs…had his first career two-homer game April 20 against Myrtle Beach…had a season-high eight-game hitting streak from April 27 to May 7 (13- for-37, .351)…batted .322 with five home runs, 16 RBIs and a 1.009 OPS in 15 games in 15 games in April…matched his career high with four runs scored on May 22 against Fredricksburg and Aug. 23 against Wilmington…was a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen bases in May and also in August…was promoted to Single-A Aberdeen on May 24 and hit .305 with five home runs and 29 RBIs in 60 games with the Iron Birds…was successful in each of his first 16 stolen base attempts before his first caught stealing on June 21 against Wilmington…batted .319 in July…had five straight multiple hit games from Aug. 19-25 and was 11-for-22 (.500) with 10 runs scored over that span… was promoted to Double-A Bowie Aug. 30 and went 6-for-53 (.113) with a home run and eight RBI in 13 games before going on the COVID-IL on Sept. 16…missed the remainder of the season.
2021
Spent his first full professional season with Single-A Delmarva and batted .277 with six home runs and 52 RBIs in 94 games…tied for sixth in the Carolina League in hits (103) and ranked 10th in batting…tied for fourth in the Orioles farm system in stolen bases (22), tied for fifth in hits and tied for ninth in runs (62)…batted .279 against right-handed pitchers and .270 against left-handers…had a .277 batting average with the bases empty and with runners on base…hit .321 on the road and .308 during day games…started 59 games at shortstop, 19 at second base, 11 at third base and four at designated hitter…committed 16 of his 21 errors at shortstop for a .927 fielding percentage…made starts at every spot in the order except fourth, sixth and eighth and had his most action with 34 starts batting second…hit .342 in 17 starts in the leadoff spot and was a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen bases…had a 27-game reaching base streak from May 8 to June 15…batted .311 with a .348 on-base percentage during the streak…went 0-for-4 on June 16 and then reached base in 15 straight from June 17 to July 7 (.241 with a .328 on-base percentage)…stole a career-high three bases June 9 at Lynchburg…scored a career-high four runs July 28 at Fredericksburg…hit safely in a season-high 10 consecutive games from Aug. 25 to Sept. 9 (17- for-48, .354) and batted .354 with 12 RBIs over his final 18 games…had his best batting average in September when he hit .327 in 13 games.
2020
Did not play as the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic.
2019
Made his professional debut with the Orioles affiliate in the Gulf Coast League and batted .263 with two home runs, eight RBIs and a .371 on-base percentage in 29 games…hit .272 with both of his home runs against right-handed hitters .222 against left-handers…started 24 games at shortstop and five at designated hitter…went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two stolen bases in his debut, a start at shortstop on July 2 at the Red Sox GCL squad…hit his first home run July 24 at the Twins…had his first career four-hit game Aug. 20 against the Braves
