MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers Teoscar Hernández to Sign Three-year $60 Deal with…
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the most active team in baseball last offseason despite winning 100 games in 2023.
Los Angeles didn’t win the World Series in 2023, and that led to the club handing out over $1 billion in free-agent contracts to Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Teoscar Hernández, among other moves.
The Dodgers’ moves certainly paid off, and the club won the World Series over the New York Yankees this fall. Now that the postseason is behind us, free agency is about to kick into high gear, and Hernández is going to be someone to watch for.
It was shocking that the Dodgers were able to bring him in on a one-year deal. It has been reported that he is going to be looking for a multi-year deal this winter after clubbing 33 home runs and driving in 99 runs in 2024 with Los Angeles while also earning his second All-Star nod.
He will be highly sought-after this winter and MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams, Anthony Franco, Darragh McDonald, and Tim Dierkes ranked him as the 11th-best free agent on the board. They predicted that he will sign a three-year, $60 million deal this winter and Adams predicted that it will be with the Detroit Tigers.
“Teoscar Hernández: Three years, $60MM,” MLB Trade Rumors posted. “Tim: Dodgers / Anthony: Reds / Darragh: Royals / Steve: Tigers. Apparently we’re sticking with the ‘prove-it’ crowd here, as Hernández wasn’t able to land the multi-year deal he was seeking last offseason and instead pivoted to a short-term deal with a contender…
“The Tigers are specifically looking for a big right-handed bat this winter, and the (Boston Red Sox) — who according to Hernández himself offered him a two-year, $28MM deal last winter — are also looking to add a righty outfielder to balance out the lineup.”
Detroit is up-and-coming and a player like Hernández could help take them to another level. Hopefully, the Dodgers find a way to keep him around, though.
