{"id":11844,"date":"2024-12-18T00:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:02:57","slug":"teoscar-hernandez-contract-demands-should-be-more-than-doable-for-lagging-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11844","title":{"rendered":"Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez contract demands should be more than doable for lagging Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the Juan Soto signing was supposed to open the floodgates for plenty more moves this offseason, the Boston Red Sox left Winter Meetings without a righty power bat for their 2025 lineup.<\/p>\n

There’s no shortage of available options,\u00a0including two former division rivals, Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez\u00a0and Anthony Santander. It’s been reported that Boston’s talks with Santander have picked up steam in the last week, but Hern\u00e1ndez is regarded as the Sox’s top right-handed outfield choice.<\/p>\n

An update in the slugger’s market suggests signing him could be easier than the Red Sox imagined.\u00a0MLB insider Mark Feinsand reported on Dec. 16\u00a0that Hern\u00e1ndez seeks “a three-year deal in the $22-24 million a year range.”<\/p>\n

If that’s all it would take to sign Hern\u00e1ndez, the Red Sox should jump into a deal with the outfielder before someone else does. The 32-year-old has said he enjoys playing in Boston in front of Red Sox fans, and his numbers at Fenway Park alone justify signing him.<\/p>\n

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