The Dodgers and free agent outfielder Teoscar Hernández are still at an impasse when discussing the final details for a contract.
With the two sides yet to come to a compromise or an agreement about the specifications of a reunion, the Dodgers have implored other right-handed hitting outfielders should the team be unable to bring back Hernández.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Dodgers have looked at Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs, Luis Robert of the Chicago White Sox, and free agent utility man Ha-Seong Kim as potential landing options if they miss out on reuniting with the reigning Home Run Derby champion.
The Cubs have made it a mission to upgrade their outfield, with the recent acquisition of Kyle Tucker from the Astros and offloading Cody Bellinger to the Yankees, while the Dodgers implored about Robert a month before the trade deadline this year.
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Manager Dave Roberts sat down with renowned actor and Dodgers superfan Bryan Cranston over the weekend, where the two discussed Freddie Freeman’s iconic Game 1 walk-off grand slam in the World Series among other topics, per Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.
“That was the most exciting game I’ve ever been to,” said Cranston, a lifelong fan who was 5 years old when his father took him to his first Dodgers game in the Coliseum in 1961. “Complete strangers were hugging each other.”
The baseball world received a heavy blow on Saturday with the passing of Rickey Henderson, the greatest base stealer in baseball history.
Henderson’s death was first reported by his former Yankees teammate Dave Winfield, with the New York Post confirming that the 65-year-old died from pneumonia just four days before his 66th birthday.
Henderson holds multiple all-time records, including the record for stolen bases (1406), caught stealing (335), and runs scored (2295). He played for nine teams in his big league career, finishing up a historic 25-year career with the Dodgers in 2003.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic writes about Henderson’s legacy, including a story from former Seattle Mariner and current MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds.
“I get home. The season ends. The phone rings. ‘Henderson here’ — he always talks in the third person,” Reynolds said on The Dan Patrick Show in 2019. “I said, ‘What’s up, Rick?’ He goes, ‘Man, you ought to be ashamed.’ I go, ‘What are you talking about?’ He says, ‘60 stolen bases. You ought to be ashamed. Rickey has 60 at the break.’ Click. Hung up.’”