Red Sox get hosed once again as prized free agent chooses Dodgers

After their many pitching additions this offseason, a right-handed bat has become the Boston Red Sox’s No. 1 priority.

They’ve shown interest in Alex Bregman and Teoscar Hernández, but the Los Angeles Dodgers beat them to the punch for the outfielder again. He and the Dodgers are in agreement on a three-year, $66 million deal, per Yancen Pujols and Chris Cotillo of MassLive.

There was no shortage of rumors about where Hernández would sign after he won a World Series with the Dodgers to cap off a rebound season, but Los Angeles and Boston seemed like the two most likely destinations for the veteran. Talks between Hernández and the Dodgers reportedly stalled in recent weeks, to the point that they began exploring other right-handed options.

Cotillo reported on Dec. 23 that the Red Sox hadn’t increased their efforts to sign Hernández, even with LA allegedly falling out of the picture. Another righty bat is now off the table — arguably, the best one available this offseason — and the Red Sox are running out of options yet again.

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