The Red Sox were close to signing this year’s Home Run Derby winner over the winter. But Boston’s contract offer wasn’t good enough, according to the player himself.
Teoscar Hernandez, who eventually landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January, said in an interview with WEEI’s Rob Bradford that the Red Sox’ final offer to the outfielder was two years, $28 million.
The 31-year-old power hitter inked a one-year, $23.5 million contract with the powerhouse Dodgers instead.
“Obviously, I was not gonna go and spend my free agency trying to get a bad deal,” Hernandez said when asked if he would have accepted a three-year deal from Boston.