{"id":680062,"date":"2026-05-19T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680062\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:34:10","slug":"dodgers-sign-jonathan-hernandez-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680062\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Sign Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dodgers announced the signing of reliever\u00a0Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> to a major league deal. Chayce McDermott<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City in a corresponding move. L.A. transferred\u00a0Ben Casparius<\/a> to the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez spent the first six weeks of the season with the Phillies on a minor league contract. He was granted his release yesterday after triggering an opt-out provision. Philly opted not to give him an MLB look, but he\u2019ll get his first major league opportunity since 2024 with the two-time defending champions.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Hern\u00e1ndez has spent the majority of his career with the Rangers. He pitched his way into a late-inning role in Texas in 2020 but underwent Tommy John surgery the following April. The hard-throwing righty pitched well upon his return in the second half of \u201922. He ran into trouble over the next couple seasons, combining for a 5.40 ERA over 62 appearances between 2023-24.<\/p>\n

Texas waived Hern\u00e1ndez late in the \u201924 season. He had a brief stint with the Mariners and spent last season in the Rays\u2019 system on a minor league contract. An injury kept him out until September and limited him to 12 Triple-A appearances. The sinkerballer has been healthy this year, working 15 innings of eight-run ball with Philly\u2019s top affiliate. He has recorded 22 strikeouts against five walks while getting ground-balls at a lofty 57% clip.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez has a standard sinker-slider combination, sitting in the 96 mph range with the heater. He\u2019ll be available in middle relief as the Dodgers enter the 12th day of a two-week stretch without an off day. Hern\u00e1ndez hasn\u2019t pitched in five days and should be at full strength. He\u2019s out of minor league options, so it could be a brief stint on the roster if L.A. needs to swap him out for another fresh arm later in the week.<\/p>\n

Casparius has been out since April 13 with shoulder inflammation. The transfer officially rules him out of MLB action until June 12. Casparius has yet to begin a rehab assignment so he might not be ready by then either way. According to the MLB.com injury tracker<\/a>, he was throwing at the club\u2019s Arizona complex earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic<\/a> first reported the Hern\u00e1ndez signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers announced the signing of reliever\u00a0Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez to a major league deal. Chayce McDermott was optioned to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,53688,327864,591,85],"class_list":["post-680062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-casparius","tag-jonathan-hernandez","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}