Kiké Hernández’s time with the Red Sox seems to have reached its finish.
The versatile super-utility participant, who performed a key half in Boston’s 2021 playoff run earlier than his position was diminished over the previous two seasons as a consequence of accidents and underperformance, has reportedly been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in change for 2 pitching prospects.
Ken Rosenthal and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic had been first to report the information, which was subsequently confirmed by quite a few different shops.
The Red Sox will reportedly obtain right-handed relievers Nick Robertson and Justin Hagenman within the deal. Robertson, 25, is ranked because the Dodgers’ No. 25 prospect in response to Baseball America and has posted a 2.54 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 28.1 innings at Triple-A. The 6-foot-6, 265-pound Robertson has additionally made 9 huge league appearances and pairs a mid-90s fastball with a high quality slider and changeup.
Hagenman, 26, has additionally loved appreciable success in Triple-A this season, boasting a 2.78 ERA over 55 innings with 60 strikeouts in opposition to 11 walks.
The commerce ends a curler coaster run for Hernández in Boston.
Originally signed previous to the 2021 season, Hernández was contemporary off serving to lead the Dodgers to the 2020 World Series championship and loved a productive first season in Boston. He tied for the group lead in wins above substitute (5.0) and loved a historic postseason run, batting .408 with 5 house runs, 9 RBI and a 1.260 OPS in 9 playoff video games to steer the Red Sox to inside two wins of reaching the World Series.
He additionally efficiently transitioned from the center infield to middle area, the place he emerged as a defensive standout and as a Gold Glove contender.
Things took a pointy flip the next 12 months, when he was restricted all through the primary half by a core harm and a hematoma that ultimately sidelined him for 2 months into mid-August.
Despite the setbacks, Hernández agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal late within the season and was subsequently put in because the beginning shortstop following Trevor Story’s offseason elbow surgical procedure. Though Hernández had prior expertise on the place, the experiment didn’t go properly.
Hernández dedicated 14 errors, together with 12 throwing errors, and he hasn’t contributed offensively both, batting .222 with six house runs and an unsightly .599 OPS on the time of the commerce. His -0.7 wins above substitute is the sixth worst mark in baseball by a place participant with 300 or extra plate appearances, and ultimately he misplaced his beginning job, first to Oakland Athletics castoff Pablo Reyes after which to Yu Chang.
With Reyes’ activation on Monday, the Red Sox had a call to make. Between Hernández, Christian Arroyo, Chang and Reyes the membership had 4 center infielders to fill three spots. A transfer had been extensively anticipated for days, and Hernández wound up being the odd man out.
Following the commerce Chang will stay the on a regular basis beginning shortstop till Story is able to return and Arroyo will get the majority of the enjoying time at second base. Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated he expects Reyes will play in opposition to lefties more often than not and can play second and brief with a bit bit out outfield work.
Sale throwing once more
Chris Sale threw a two-inning bullpen session on Monday morning and is subsequent scheduled to throw stay batting apply on Thursday in Worcester. If all goes properly he might start his rehab project subsequent week.
Given the state of the Red Sox beginning rotation, which has been down to 3 wholesome starters for many of July, might Sale return to the large leagues prior to ordinary to finish his build-up in Boston? Cora didn’t rule it out.
“That’s something we’ve been talking about, how are we going to do it, do we want him to come up here and go four (innings) after he goes three in the minor leagues?” Cora stated. “There’s a chance but it’s nothing we’ve actually decided, we’ve just got to make sure he’s healthy first and we’ll decide what we’re going to do.”
Cora stated Tanner Houck (facial fracture) and Garrett Whitlock (proper elbow irritation) are scheduled to throw bullpen periods within the coming days, and Story (proper elbow rehab), Reese McGuire (proper indirect pressure) and Corey Kluber (proper shoulder irritation) are set to proceed their rehab assignments in Worcester.
John Schreiber (proper teres main pressure) and Brayan Bello (paternity depart) had been each activated forward of Tuesday’s recreation, following Monday’s activation of Reyes (proper belly pressure). Right-hander Justin Garza and left-hander Brandon Walter had been every optioned to Triple-A.
Spring schedule introduced
Tuesday the Red Sox introduced their 2024 spring coaching exhibition schedule, which is able to kick off on Friday, Feb. 23, in opposition to Northeastern University at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. The Red Sox will open their Grapefruit League schedule the next day in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota, and the membership’s spring Grapefruit League house opener might be Feb. 25 in opposition to the Minnesota Twins as a part of a cut up squad day.
The Red Sox may also play two spring coaching video games in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays within the Dominican Republic, with the matchups scheduled for March 9-10 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo. The sequence will mark Boston’s first worldwide spring coaching video games since 2008, when the membership performed the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
Source: www.bostonherald.com