Dodgers: About Kiké Hernandez’s Mustache… Fans Vote on if it Should Stay or Go

Well, the Kiké Hernandez mustache era is 30 games old and the results are mixed but lean positive. Both statistically and esthetically. 

We respect a man that respects the mustache life. pic.twitter.com/Ckobo0fjcB

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— Blue Heaven (A Dodgers Podcast) (@BlueHeavenPod) August 24, 2020

If we’re arguing stats, Enrique is the third most valuable player on the Dodgers, according to Baseball-Reference.com. However, most of that value has come on the defensive side of the ball where he leads MLB in defensive wins above replacement, which is admittedly an extremely imperfect stat.

Offensively, the numbers say Hernandez is having his worst offensive season since 2016. His OPS sits at .708 as where league average is .737. His wRC+ is only 91, his second lowest since it a 67 posted in 2016. But, as is often the case with Kiké, he’s good for timely and impactful hits and home runs at least once a week.

With all that said, and the statistical argument laid out, esthetically I’ll admit that the ‘stache works for the banana man. And looking at the below poll, I’m not alone.

A full little poll here, what should @kikehndez do with his mustache??

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) August 20, 2020

64.2% of voters in this short, mid-game poll from last week are on board with the mustachioed Hernandez. Here’s what Dodgers fans had to say.

https://twitter.com/RSpark19/status/1296601076997615616

Is there more pop in the stache? Make your argument in the comments below.

DFA

— Roach! (@JRoach_909) August 20, 2020

Friend of the Show Jose is not a fan.

Actually I liked him doing the tight pants! He hit and looked good! Bam ?

— NANCY HUTCHESON (@NANCYHUTCHESON1) August 21, 2020

Nancy brings up a different semi-glass-shattering perspective in that Hernandez is usually good for one shtick per season. There was the tight pants era of 2019. And of course, as I alluded to earlier, everyone remembers his original endearing moment where he introduced the rally banana in 2015.

OTD five years ago, Kiké Hernández introduced the rally banana and a Dodger scoreless skid came to an end.

The rally banana would endure on throughout the 2015 season.

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— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) May 22, 2020

Finally in the comments from the vote, Steve sees an opportunity to mimic another famous mustached man (no, not @brookme3).

https://twitter.com/BigSteveTWfan/status/1296593640601432064

“It’s a-me, Kiké!”

Half a season of mustached Enrique down, 30 to go. Can you hardly contain yourself?

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