Former Seattle Mariners Slugger Learns Important Part of His Future on Monday
There are several former Seattle Mariners that will have slightly heavier hands in 2025.
Teoscar Hernandez, Chris Taylor and Taylor Trammell are all players who once played in the Pacific Northwest who earned World Series rings due to playing with champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024.
And the Dodgers are doing everything they can to keep Hernandez in Los Angeles for another season.
Hernandez was extended a one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer from the Dodgers on Monday.
Qualifying offers are meant to be a competitive balance for teams. Players who've been extended qualifying offers are still free to negotiate with other teams before accepting or declining the offer. If they accept, they'll be signed on the team for that year at that salary. If they decline and sign with a different team, then the team extending a qualifying offer will receive a compensatory draft pick.
Hernandez batted .272 with 33 home runs and 99 RBIs in 2024 with Los Angeles.
The Dodgers have extended a qualifying offer to Teoscar Hernández.
— Dodgers Muse (@LADodgersMuse) November 4, 2024
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Hernandez played with Seattle in 2023. He batted .258 with 26 home runs and 93 RBIs in 2023 but didn't receive a qualifying offer from the team, leading to his one-year stint with the Mariners.
Hernandez is in an interesting position this offseason. He was arguably the second-best player on a World Series team, behind likely National League MVP Shohei Ohtani. Hernandez has a market value of three-years, $71.265 million according to Spotrac.
Hernandez is perceived as the second-best outfielder available according to some free agent rankings. He could undoubtedly do better than the QO on the open market, but he may just like LA and not want to risk leaving.
The most coveted outfielder of the offseason is Juan Soto. Hernandez's current squad also is rumored to be in the running for Soto.
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