May the Los Angeles Dodgers lose free-agent outfielder Teoscar Hernández to the Toronto Blue Jays?
It certain seems to be that approach after Hernández favored an Instagram submit from his former Blue Jays teammate, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on Wednesday afternoon.
Extra Information: MLB Insider Reveals Maintain Up in Teoscar Hernández Signing With Dodgers
Hernández is at present the very best bat out there on the free agent market and is being pursued by a number of groups together with the Dodgers, Boston Purple Sox, New York Yankees, and Blue Jays, in response to a number of Main League Baseball insiders.
Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain solely interviews MLB insider Bob Nightengale of USA At the moment Sports activities on the MLB Winter Conferences in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon asking him particularly about Hernández and the probability of him returning to the Dodgers.
“I feel pursuits have gotten extra heavy from different groups, the groups that didn’t get (Juan) Soto.” Nightengale mentioned. “I nonetheless suppose he finally ends up with the Dodgers, possibly for a little bit bit more cash than the Dodgers initially thought.”
That’s the place the Purple Sox, Yankees, and Blue Jays come into play. All three groups misplaced the Soto sweepstakes to the New York Mets and are nonetheless trying to find a giant bat.
Nevertheless, the current free-agent contracts of Soto and left-handed pitcher Max Fried might make Hernández costlier than the Dodgers have been initially considering.
“I’d think about that Teoscar Hernández would like to get that fourth yr as an alternative of constructing it a three-year, $65, $70 million contract — then it’s a four-year, over $80 million.”
Hernández desires to play for a contender for years to come back now that he had his first style of postseason success successful the World Sequence in his first season with the Dodgers.
Stability can be an element as a result of he isn’t trying to signal one other one-year deal like he did earlier than the 2024 season.
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