{"id":656775,"date":"2026-04-01T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:38:42","slug":"diamondbacks-rookie-jose-fernandez-creates-mlb-history-crushes-two-hrs-in-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656775\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks rookie Jose Fernandez creates MLB history, crushes two HRs in debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Approaching third base at Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> rookie Jose Fernandez paused his home-run trot to release an imaginary basketball jump shot.<\/p>\n

Swish.<\/p>\n

Both times.<\/p>\n

Fernandez, the No. 23,636 player in MLB history, became the eighth player to debut with a pair of homers. His second, a three-run shot in the eighth inning off Detroit Tigers<\/a> reliever Kenley Jansen, capped the Diamondbacks\u2019 five-run comeback, earning a 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n

The league\u2019s active saves leader with 477, Jansen was the 19,788th player to dress in an MLB game. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks’ Jose Fernandez strikes Tigers<\/p>\n

The No. 27-ranked prospect in the Diamondbacks system, Fernandez received the call after injured first baseman Pavin Smith (elbow) landed on the 10-day injured reserve list.<\/p>\n

Batting sixth, Fernandez went 3-for-4, including a first at-bat single and the two homers. He drove in four runs and slugged 2.250.<\/p>\n

Fernandez connected on his first homer in the fourth inning off Tigers starter Casey Mize, cutting the Tigers\u2019 lead to 5-1.<\/p>\n

On what proved to be the game-winner, Fernandez watched a first-pitch cutter \u2013 and didn\u2019t challenge the call. The second-pitch cutter came in low. He made history on Jansen\u2019s third cutter, becoming the second rookie this season to experience a two-homer debut, joining Cleveland Guardians<\/a> slugger Chase DeLauter.<\/p>\n

Swish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Approaching third base at Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Jose Fernandez paused his home-run trot to release an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-656775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116329965541828440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}