They are keeping that old gang in Los Angeles together for another run at the World Series title. In reality, the Dodgers have made a few critical additions in the offseason since beating the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series. Nonetheless, a significant number of the core players are back for manager Dave Roberts. One of them is adaptable Kike Hernandez, who reported his return to the team Sunday.

Hernandez put out his own promotion video simultaneously, and sources have detailed that he would be back for the 2025 season. While he isn’t generally in the starting lineup, he showed he could be an important performer regardless of where Dodgers manager Dave Roberts inserted him on the field or in the lineup.

Walking through the open door pic.twitter.com/hsd4IOpva6

— Enrique Hernández (@kikehndez) February 9, 2025

Hernandez isn’t a superstar, yet he has been an important performer in various positions all through two terms with the Dodgers. During the 2024 season, Hernandez played every infield and outfield position with Los Angeles, and he even pitched on 4 events. He played 3rd base 71 times last year, and that was the most times he has shown up at that position at any point in his profession.

Kike Hernandez illustrated that he could also join at the plate

Generally speaking, Hernandez saw activity in 126 games for the Dodgers. He had 393 plate appearances and 362 at bats. Hernandez slashed.229/.281/.373 while hammering 12 home runs and driving in 42 runs. He scored 44 runs and, furthermore, had 16 doubles.

Hernandez is planning for his 12th full season in Major League Baseball. He has eight of those seasons with the Dodgers.

In the wake of parting ways in 2014 between the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins, he went to the Dodgers in 2015 and stayed with the team through the 2020 season. He played with the Boston Red Sox from 2021 through the middle of the 2023 season when he got back to the Dodgers.

Hernandez had his greatest year in 2018 while playing for the Dodgers. He slashed.256/.336/.470 while hammering 21 home runs and driving in 52 runs. He scored 67 runs and drew 50 bases on balls while adding 17 doubles and 3 triples.

He had a comparable season in 2021 for the Red Sox, while playing at Fenway Park ended up being as he would prefer. He hit 20 home runs for Boston and drove in 60 runs while scoring a career high 84 runs.

Hernandez has shown that he knows how to follow through in the most significant postseason games. All through his career, he has slashed.278/.353/.522 with 15 home runs and 35 runs batted in. Hernandez once hit 3 home runs in a 2017 National League Championship Series game against the Chicago Cubs.