Teoscar Hernández will remain with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a few more years.
The outfielder and 2024 World Series champion agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract with Los Angeles on Friday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal reportedly includes a $15 million fourth-year option, a $23 million signing bonus and, as is now common for the Dodgers, approximately $23 million in deferred money.
The player gave his own confirmation on his Instagram story.
Hernández had one of the best year-to-year turnarounds in 2024 after a disappointing 2023 with the Seattle Mariners that included stellar performances as a Dodger. Hernández was brought to LA to help build the Shohei Ohtani-led Dodgers into a championship-caliber team, a mission that was certainly successful.
The Dominican outfielder finished the season with a .272 batting average (his best in three seasons) and a career-high 33 home runs. Hernández also finished 2024 with an OPS of .840 – a full 100-point boost from his year in Seattle. As a bonus, he also won the 2024 Home Run Derby.
He was ranked No. 9 on Yahoo Sports’ list of this winter’s top 50 free agents.
As a free agent last winter after his stint with the Mariners, Hernández signed a one-year, $23.5 million deal with the Dodgers in January, with some of that money (about $8.5 million) deferred. The contract fell short of the kind of long-term deal Hernández was hoping for, both in terms of years and salary.
Now, after proving his worth in 2024 and re-entering free agency, Hernández will spend the next three years in Los Angeles.