Red Sox
“They weren’t close at all.”
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Cross off another right-handed hitter the Red Sox were reportedly interested in signing, but whiffed on.
Teoscar Hernandez returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a three-year, $66 million contract on Friday, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Boston had been linked to Hernandez this winter.
The latest rumor between the Red Sox and the 32-year-old emerged earlier this month from MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, who reported that the club “intended to pursue” Hernandez if they didn’t sign Juan Soto. Soto landed with the New York Mets on Dec. 8, inking a historic 15-year, $765 million deal.
However, it turns out that Boston and Hernandez were never close to an agreement. Both Underdog Fantasy’s Jared Carrabis and MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reported this.
“Red Sox weren’t even remotely close to getting something done here,” Carrabis shared on X.
Shortly after, Cotillo corroborated the report on X, as well.
“Asked a source if the Red Sox came close on Teoscar Hernandez and the answer was a simple one: ‘No.’”
Cotillo expounded on the report, noting that the Red Sox never seriously pursued the player.
“They never really pushed here,” he posted. “They were lukewarm, at best, throughout the process. … They weren’t close at all.”