The Los Angeles Dodgers have not spared a single second in continue making great hires to build a super team ahead of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
The new name that the Los Angeles organization would arrive is that of the player from the Dominican Republic, outfielder Teoscar Hernández, who would be arriving to the team from free agency and He would sign a one-year, $23.5 million dollar contract.
With this rubric the Dodgers They would get an outfielder with hitting power, right-handed and someone they were trying to add to their pieces since the team’s overhaul in the offseason.
Of the $23.5 million in Teoscar Hernández’s deal with the Dodgers, $8.5 million will be deferred, to be paid out from 2030 to 2039, sources tell ESPN. The corner-outfield market is tough, and Hernández opted for a big one-year deal with the best team over other multiyear offers.
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Hernández, 31, is a veteran for eight years in the MLB and was once chosen as an All-Star, and has a batting average of .261, an on-base plus slugging percentage of .802 and 159 home runs hit.
The 2023 season was not the best for the Dominican, who played with the Seattle Mariners and hit just .258 with an OPS of .741. However, his production was above league average, with Hernández accumulating 26 home runs and 93 RBIs last season.
His two best seasons were with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020 and 2021, when he posted a combined .882 OPS and He received votes to be elected Most Valuable Player twice in the American League.
Hernández is not known for being a great defender, but he can contribute in the gardens without a doubtespecially due to the fact that he has a large and strong right arm.
12 assists to his name to tie for third place among all outfielders in the 2023 season and his 22 assists over the past two seasons trail only Lane Thonas of the Washington Nationals.
With the Dodgers, whose lineup was already reinforced with the incorporation of the pitching and batting star, the Japanese Shohei OhtaniHernández adds much more offense to the Los Angeles team, as well as his experience.
Among Hernández’s best attributes is the power to dominate left-handed pitchershighlighted by a career .887 OPS against lefties.
Hernández can also handle right-handers (career .772 OPS), which should allow him to play a more everyday role in the team’s outfield.
The Dodgers’ pursuit of Hernandez began during the November general managers’ meetings, when the team Los Angeles was clear and firm in highlighting that they wanted the Dominican on your team for 2024.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers were busy making their top three moves. They signed Ohtani to a $700 million contractthe highest paid in the history of the Major Leagues.
They reached a commercial agreement and a contract extension for Tyler Glasnow to strengthen his pitching rotation, which was a point to touch on no matter what. They then landed another Japanese star, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, in the largest pitching contract in ‘Big Show’ history.
The arrival of Hernández is positive for the team, especially due to the fact that it represented a relatively acceptable cost for the team, who adding the salary that the Dominican will receive for a year of playing, should bring the Dodgers’ payroll more far from the luxury tax maximum of $297 million.
With the arrival of Teoscar Hernández, This is the hypothetical lineup with which the Dodgers would face the coming season.
Dodgers lineup in 2024
Mookie Betts – 2B
Shohei Ohtani – DH
Freddie Freeman – 1B
Will Smith – C
Max Muncy – 3B
Teoscar Hernández – LF
James Outman – CF
Jason Heyward – RF
Gavin Lux – SS
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