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Yankees' Brian Cashman Sends Clear Message About Jasson Dominguez's 2025 Role
The New York Yankees have been extremely busy this offseason. Their most recent move — all of which have come in a relative hurry ever since Juan Soto signed w
Sources: Hernández, Dodgers agree to $66M deal
Outfielder Teoscar Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a three-year, $66 million contract, sources told ESPN, reuniting the World Series standout with the team he helped capture a championship.
Sources: Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers reach 3-year, $66M deal
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Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 27, 2024, 06:38 PM ET
Outfielder Teoscar Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a three-year, $66 million contract, sources told ESPN on Friday, reuniting the World Series standout with the team he helped capture a championship.
"I'm Back," Hernández wrote on his Instagram story.
Almost immediately in the aftermath of the World Series victory, Hernández declared his desire to return to the Dodgers after a one-year engagement proved successful for both parties. Coming together on a new, mutually agreeable contract took almost two months, with the Dodgers signing outfielder Michael Conforto and engaging in trade discussions for outfielders while Hernández considered other offers.
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Hernández, 32, signed with the Dodgers for one year and $23.5 million -- with $8.5 million of it deferred -- after the free agent market valued him too low to sign long term. He made the risk count, hitting .272/.339/.501 with a career-high 33 home runs and 99 RBIs. His two-run double in the championship-winning Game 5 of the World Series capped the New York Yankees' nightmare inning, and a Game 2 home run off Carlos Rodon staked Los Angeles to a lead it wouldn't yield.
Beyond the returns from injury expected among their pitchers, the Dodgers have spent the winter adding. First came Blake Snell, a two-time National League Cy Young winner, for five years and $182 million. They brought back Blake Treinen, another Game 5 hero, for two years and $22 million. And Conforto hopes to follow Hernández's example by going to the most successful franchise in the game on a one-year deal and thriving the way so many do.
Before coming to Los Angeles, Hernández was one of the more consistent outfielders in baseball after not getting full-time at-bats until his age-25 season. Among the 125 hitters with at least 2,500 plate appearances since 2018, Hernández ranks 17th in home runs, 21st in RBIs and 40th in OPS+.
He adds another big bat to a lineup filled with them and another body to an outfield mix that includes Conforto, Andy Pages, Chris Taylor, James Outman and Tommy Edman, who can play center field and shortstop, where former outfielder and MVP Mookie Betts is expected to play every day next season.
Los Angeles continued its use of deferrals, in which portions of salaries are paid years down the road. Though the majority of Los Angeles' $1 billion-plus of deferred money belongs to Shohei Ohtani -- $680 million of his $700 million contract is deferred a decade down the road, leaving Los Angeles to pay around $46 million a year into an escrow account to cover it -- others with deferrals in their deals include Betts, Snell, Edman, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith.
Players often use deferred money, as well as signing bonuses, to lessen their tax burden, particularly in California, where one legislator introduced a bill to close what he called "an obscure tax loophole." Hernández's deferrals aren't as delayed as Ohtani's, starting in six years rather than a decade.
Cam... you not this desperate for attention bro.
You doing good on first take and with the podcast
Don't fear being taken seriously.
Don't fear actually doing the work and being good at your job.
Clown shows end quick even in this social media cesspool
Yankees star Aaron Judge and his wife get life-changing news
Judge and Bracksieck are high school sweethearts, having met in Linden, California . She first appeared on his Instagram account in 2014 and they both would go on to study at Fresno State University.
Besides a cure for cancer and blood disorders?
I wish that hot takes attention whoring and trolling all ceased to exist.
That's one ugly bitch.Yankees star Aaron Judge and his wife get life-changing news
Judge and Bracksieck are high school sweethearts, having met in Linden, California . She first appeared on his Instagram account in 2014 and they both would go on to study at Fresno State University.www.dailymail.co.uk
That's one ugly bitch.
Shohei Ohtani Announces Wife is Pregnant with First Child
Shohei Ohtani may be adding a two-sport athlete to the family ... 'cause he just posted to Instagram announcing that he and his former professional basketballer wife are having their first child.
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Ex-Mets general manager breaks his silence on harassment scandal
He had been the Mets GM for just 37 days before his firing and the 45-year-old has so far failed to land another job in Major League Baseball. But last week Porter broke his silence
Mets GM acknowledges sending explicit images
New York Mets general manager Jared Porter sent explicit, unsolicited texts and images to a female reporter in 2016, culminating with a picture of an erect, naked penis, according to a copy of the text history obtained by ESPN.www.espn.com
Ex-Mets GM Jared Porter speaks about ‘inappropriate relationship’ for first time
By Will Sammon
Nov 29, 2024
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In Jared Porter’s first public comments since being fired as New York Mets general manager nearly four years ago, he called his actions inappropriate and said the organization made the best decision.
In January 2021, the Mets fired Porter within nine hours of an ESPN report that revealed he had sent dozens of inappropriate text messages to a female journalist.
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“It was an inappropriate relationship for a lot of reasons,” Porter said while appearing on the podcast “Baseball Isn’t Boring.”
“I put myself in that situation,” he continued. “I made the decision to send the text message that I sent. And I certainly shouldn’t have done it.”
Porter sent the texts to a journalist in 2016, when he worked for the Chicago Cubs. According to ESPN’s initial report, after a brief exchange, the texts from Porter included lewd and explicit photos even as they went unanswered for weeks. In total, Porter sent 62 messages between answers over three weeks before the journalist requested him to stop. She ultimately left journalism, in part because of the harassment.
After he was fired, Porter said he went to an inpatient center in a behavioral healthcare facility in Arizona called The Meadows for a week. He then transferred to an outpatient center and went there five days a week for eight weeks. He said he lacked awareness and didn’t have boundaries. Porter said, “It took a major incident like this to kind of wake me up.” Porter said that he still sees a therapist and has attended mental wellness retreat centers with his wife.
Porter’s tenure with the Mets lasted just 37 days. With so much business conducted over video calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, Porter said he never saw his office at Citi Field or even met Mets owner Steve Cohen in person.
“They had to make the best decision for the New York Mets when the article came out, and I knew they would,” Porter said. “I hold zero ill will toward them whatsoever. I do think they made the best decision for the Mets. It’s unfortunate that I put myself and put them in that situation.”
Ex-Mets GM Jared Porter speaks about ‘inappropriate relationship’ for first time
By Will Sammon
Nov 29, 2024
236
In Jared Porter’s first public comments since being fired as New York Mets general manager nearly four years ago, he called his actions inappropriate and said the organization made the best decision.
In January 2021, the Mets fired Porter within nine hours of an ESPN report that revealed he had sent dozens of inappropriate text messages to a female journalist.
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“It was an inappropriate relationship for a lot of reasons,” Porter said while appearing on the podcast “Baseball Isn’t Boring.”
“I put myself in that situation,” he continued. “I made the decision to send the text message that I sent. And I certainly shouldn’t have done it.”
Porter sent the texts to a journalist in 2016, when he worked for the Chicago Cubs. According to ESPN’s initial report, after a brief exchange, the texts from Porter included lewd and explicit photos even as they went unanswered for weeks. In total, Porter sent 62 messages between answers over three weeks before the journalist requested him to stop. She ultimately left journalism, in part because of the harassment.
After he was fired, Porter said he went to an inpatient center in a behavioral healthcare facility in Arizona called The Meadows for a week. He then transferred to an outpatient center and went there five days a week for eight weeks. He said he lacked awareness and didn’t have boundaries. Porter said, “It took a major incident like this to kind of wake me up.” Porter said that he still sees a therapist and has attended mental wellness retreat centers with his wife.
Porter’s tenure with the Mets lasted just 37 days. With so much business conducted over video calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, Porter said he never saw his office at Citi Field or even met Mets owner Steve Cohen in person.
“They had to make the best decision for the New York Mets when the article came out, and I knew they would,” Porter said. “I hold zero ill will toward them whatsoever. I do think they made the best decision for the Mets. It’s unfortunate that I put myself and put them in that situation.”
Fucked up his job with them in 5 weeks. Big dummy.