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<\/p>\nOutfielder Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez bet on himself last winter.<\/p>\n
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Instead of signing a multi-year contract, he settled for a one-year, $23.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. That gamble paid off handsomely.<\/p>\n
Hern\u00e1ndez won his third Silver Slugger Award while also helping LA win the World Series.<\/p>\n
Now that the right-handed slugger is on the open market again, should they run it back in Hollywood for 2025 and beyond?<\/p>\n
He proved to be a crucial run producer for the Dodgers throughout 2024.<\/p>\n
He hit .272\/.340\/.501 with 33 home runs, 99 RBI and 84 runs scored in 652 plate appearances.<\/p>\n
This performance also led to Hern\u00e1ndez being named an All-Star for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n
Things worked out so well that the front office is also prioritizing a reunion. “Teo obviously meant a ton to this team,” Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said, via MLB.com.<\/p>\n
“You saw what was on the field but his impact in the clubhouse, the way he mentored younger guys, he’s a special guy on and off the field. “We’ll continue to have conversations with Teo. We love him, he knows that.<\/em><\/p>\n He’s a big part of what we did this year, so we’ll keep talking and see how things play out.”<\/p>\n That would be slightly below his market value projection, which Spotrac has at three years and $71 million.<\/p>\n If Hern\u00e1ndez welcomes a bidding war between multiple teams, he could surpass that total compensation.<\/p>\n However, if he mostly cares about staying with the Dodgers, it’s possible they could sign the 32-year-old at a slight discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Outfielder Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez bet on himself last winter. Instead of signing a multi-year contract, he settled for a one-year, $23.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n