Outfielder/designated hitter Teoscar Hernández has agreed to a one-year, $23.5 million take care of the Los Angeles Dodgers, reports ESPN. $8.5 million of the $23.5 million is deferred and will likely be paid out from 2030-39. The crew has not confirmed the transfer.
Hernández is the newest transfer in a really busy offseason for the Dodgers. They in fact added Shohei Ohtani on a $700 million deal, the most important contract in sports activities historical past. Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s $325 million contract is the most important pitching deal ever. Oh, and Los Angeles additionally traded for Tyler Glasnow and Manuel Margot. Now they’ve added Hernández, who figures to share left subject obligation with Margot and Chris Taylor.
Hernández, 31, was initially signed as an newbie free agent by the Astros out of the Dominican Republic in 2011 and debuted in 2016. He was then traded to the Blue Jays in 2017 with Nori Aoki for Francisco Liriano in a deadline deal. With the Blue Jays, Hernández actually got here into his personal, topping 20 homers in a season 4 occasions, getting MVP votes twice and making the 2021 All-Star crew. He was then traded to the Mariners final offseason.
In 160 video games in 2023 with Seattle, Hernández hit .258/.305/.435 (106 OPS+) with 29 doubles, two triples, 26 homers, 93 RBI, 70 runs scored and a pair of.1 WAR. He struck out a profession excessive 211 occasions, although he did shut the 12 months robust. Within the remaining two months of the season, Hernández hit .294 with a .491 slugging share. He had 12 doubles, 10 homers and 34 RBI in 54 video games.
Nonetheless, the Mariners declined to increase a qualifying supply to Hernández, sending him to free company with out draft compensation hooked up. The qualifying supply was value $20.325 million this offseason, so a bit lower than Hernández’s take care of the Dodgers.
He is not too outdated, having turned 31 on Oct. 15, and is not too far faraway from an enormous 2021 season, through which he hit .296/.346/.524 (131 OPS+) with 32 homers and 116 RBI. There’s affordable hope that Hernández can have a pleasant bounce-back season in 2024, particularly after his robust end to 2023.
