{"id":705458,"date":"2026-05-31T02:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705458\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:18:38","slug":"dodgers-scramble-to-reshape-the-bench-after-teoscar-hernandez-kike-hernandez-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705458\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers scramble to reshape the bench after Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez, Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a flurry of moves to remake their bench after injuries to starting outfielder Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and utility man Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez went on the injured list with a left hamstring strain Friday. Earlier in the week, Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez sustained a significant tear of his left oblique just two days into his season after he missed the first 53 games while rehabbing from left elbow surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers recalled infielder\/outfielder Ryan Ward, signed infielder\/outfielder Santiago Espinal and optioned infielder\/outfielder Hyeseong Kim to Triple-A Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>Ward rejoins the Dodgers after going 2 for 6 with one RBI in his first stint this season. He hit .254 with six home runs and 31 RBIs in 47 games with the Comets.<\/p>\n<p>Espinal returns after being designated for assignment on Monday and outrighted Thursday. He&#8217;s batting .220 with three doubles, one homer and four RBIs in 26 games.<\/p>\n<p>Kim hit .259 in 43 games for the Dodgers, with three doubles, one homer and 11 RBIs. Defensively, Kim has been solid but he&#8217;s struggled at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He should be able to bunt and be more dynamic,&#8221; manager Dave Roberts said. &#8220;Unfortunately, it just hasn&#8217;t happened right now but the thought is that it&#8217;ll happen with some more playing time. Him on the roster adds a different dynamic to our club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To make room on the roster, starting pitcher Blake Snell was added to the 60-day IL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a flurry of moves to remake their bench after injuries to starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,1187,5882,12443,591,85],"class_list":["post-705458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-minor-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705458","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=705458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}