LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers reinstated outfielder Teoscar Hernández from the injured list and optioned outfielder Ryan Ward.
Hernández, 33, has been on the injured list since May 29 with a left hamstring strain. He has played 51 games this season, batting .276 with seven home runs and 31 RBI. He appeared in four rehab games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, clubbing three homers and driving in six. He is in his third season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has hit 65 home runs with 219 RBI in 339 games. He is in his 11th Major League season, with stops with the Houston Astros (2017), Toronto Blue Jays (2017-22), Seattle Mariners (2023) and Dodgers (2024-), and he has slashed .261/.317/.482 with 224 home runs and 692 RBI. He was signed on February 17, 2011 as an international free agent by the Houston Astros out of Cotui, Dominican Republic.
Ward, 28, batted .218 with three homers and 12 RBI in 20 games for the Dodgers. The 2025 Pacific Coast League MVP hit .254 with six homers and 31 RBI in 47 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City. Last season for the Comets, he slashed .290/.380/.557 with 36 homers and 122 RBI while leading Minor League Baseball in home runs, RBI, extra-base hits (73) and total bases (315). He was drafted by the Dodgers in the eighth round out of Bryant University (Rhode Island) in 2019 and has slashed .266/.344/.497 in seven minor league seasons, with 156 home runs, 142 doubles, and 537 RBI in 725 games.
