For as bad as he is, even Livan Hernandez has his uses. Specifically, to go out and pitch a bunch of innings, no matter how ineffective, in order to ease the burden on the young arms of a team already out of the race:
The Nationals signed Livan Hernandez late Tuesday night and wasted no time inserting the veteran right-hander into their rotation. He’ll start Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs, bumping four of Washington’s other starters back a day and Collin Balester to Class AAA Syracuse.
And we can now officially call off the Bryce Harper derby.
