{"id":99312,"date":"2025-04-16T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=99312"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:30:22","slug":"dodgers-teoscar-hernandez-returns-lineup-after-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/16\/dodgers-teoscar-hernandez-returns-lineup-after-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez Back in Lineup After Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> returns to the starting lineup tonight for the series finale against the Colorado Rockies, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=harris014jac,harris018jac,harris004jac,harris009jac&amp;search=Jack+Harris&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Harris<\/a> of the Los Angeles Times. Hern\u00e1ndez has missed several games due to the stomach flu. He has been a fan favorite since donning a Dodgers&#8217; uniform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez (stomach bug) returns to the Dodgers lineup today. On returning:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I feel] great. The last two days it&#8217;s been a little tough, but I feel better. Just to be able to go on the field, feel good, be with the guys and play the game.\u201d<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByJackHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ByJackHarris<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimessports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@latimessports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Royer (@thebenroyer) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebenroyer\/status\/1912639876874559694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez Returns to Dodgers Lineup<\/h2>\n<h3>The Butter and Egg Man<\/h3>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez has been a lynch pin in the Dodgers&#8217; lineup. After a successful 2024, the clean-up hitter signed a multi-year deal this winter and hasn&#8217;t missed a beat. \u00a0He has been the definition of clutch. Thus far in 2025, Hern\u00e1ndez has a batting average of .281 with five home runs and 16 runs batted in. He had a stretch where he had three home runs in four games. His return adds a dimension to an offense that has struggled to score runs for three straight series prior to playing Colorado. After sprinting to an 8-0 start, the Dodgers have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/16\/three-players-must-step-up-dodgers\/\" target=\"_self\">only managed<\/a> break-even ball.<\/p>\n<h3>Not the Only One<\/h3>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez was the third Dodger this season to be felled by the flu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/03\/17\/dodgers-mookie-betts-out-tokyo-series-illness\/\" target=\"_self\">missed the opening series in Japan<\/a> due to a mysterious bug. Worse yet, he lost more than 20 pounds. He recently reported that he gained back more weight than he originally lost. Days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernaen02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> was sidelined with something similar. Both have returned none the worse for wear.<\/p>\n<h3>More Good News on the Horizon<\/h3>\n<p>Future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw made his first <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/11\/dodgers-clayton-kershaw-triple-a-rehab-start\/\" target=\"_self\">rehab appearance<\/a> of the season. He got through three innings on just 30 pitches at Triple-A Oklahoma City. He allowed no runs, no walks, and just two hits, while striking out two. Kershaw is rehabbing from<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/01\/dodgers-kershaw-have-surgeries\/\" target=\"_self\"> multiple offseason surgeries<\/a>\u00a0and is expected back on a major league mound in June.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are known to be cautious when it comes to injuries, but it seems that their patience is paying off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez returns to the starting lineup tonight for the series finale against the Colorado Rockies, per Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. Hern\u00e1ndez has missed several games due to the stomach flu. He has been a fan favorite since donning a Dodgers&#8217; uniform. Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez (stomach bug) returns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":99317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[97,1083,250,1198],"class_list":["post-99312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-clayton-kershaw","tag-enrique-hernandez","tag-mookie-betts","tag-teoscar-hernandez"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99319,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99312\/revisions\/99319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}