LOS ANGELES \u2014 Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez looked to be amid one of his hottest stretches as a Los Angeles Dodger. Then, he reached for his left hamstring as he ran down the line trying to beat out a groundball in the second inning of Wednesday night\u2019s game against the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers quickly announced that Hern\u00e1ndez had a strained left hamstring. The two-time All-Star\u2019s reaction told the entire story.<\/p>\n
After crossing the bag, Hern\u00e1ndez immediately grabbed at his hamstring, taking a long stroll back to the dugout at Dodger Stadium. Once there, he grabbed his helmet and hit it against the equipment rack.<\/p>\n
Hyeseong Kim took Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s place in left field to start the third inning.<\/p>\n
Teoscar Hern\u00e0ndez came close to slamming his helmet in the dugout in frustration after pulling up lame running to first base. Grabbed his hamstring immediately before heading down the tunnel with head trainer Thomas Albert. Not great. #Dodgers<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a frustrating development for Hern\u00e1ndez, who has been resurgent in May with an .892 OPS and an ear-to-ear grin that has been typical over his three-year tenure in Los Angeles. It\u2019s an even more startling development for a Dodgers team that just lost Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> for at least six to eight weeks with a \u201csignificant tear\u201d of his left oblique.<\/p>\n Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez missed time in 2025 with a strained left groin and said in spring training that he played the rest of the way guarding the injury. That coincided with one of the worst stretches of his Dodgers tenure (a .672 OPS the rest of the season) at the plate and lackluster defense in right field.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t moving the way I know I can move,\u201d he said this spring.<\/p>\n Should Hern\u00e1ndez need to miss time, the Dodgers have options.<\/p>\n Alex Call could slot into left field and continue his strong start. He entered play Wednesday with a .792 OPS, including a .417 on-base percentage, in spot playing time. Kim has also played some outfield.<\/p>\n Ryan Ward is on the 40-man roster and made a brief debut last month. Tyler Fitzgerald was already looming as a possibility as the Dodgers discussed how to fill out their roster this week, and he has played some corner outfield at Triple-A Oklahoma City. The club also has Alek Thomas, who was acquired via trade this month with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Thomas is on the 40-man roster, though he has spent the time since the trade working on swing tweaks at the Dodgers\u2019 spring complex in Arizona.<\/p>\n