Dodgers finalize 1-year, $23.5M US deal with slugger Teoscar Hernandez

Teoscar Hernandez finalized a $23.5 million US, one-year contract with the Dodgers on Friday, the latest deal by big-spending Los Angeles that includes deferred money.

The outfielder agreed to defer $8.5 million that will be paid in 10 equal installments each July 1 from 2030-39.

He also has provisions for large bonuses: Hernandez would get $3 million if he finishes among the top five in MVP voting, $2 million if he is sixth through 10th and $500,000 if he is 11th through 15th. He would get $1 million for his third Silver Slugger Award.

Los Angeles has been baseball's top spender this off-season, committing $1,235,687,500 to two-way star Shohei Ohtani, pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow, and Hernandez.

Bring the energy, Teoscar.