MLB – Teoscar Hernandez joins the Dodgers injury room

Bad news in Los Angeles

Misfortune is starting to pile up for the California club. For the second night in a row, Los Angeles lost a key man from its starting lineup. Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez had to leave Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies with sharp pain in his left hamstring. The Dodgers still came away with a 4-1 win at Dodger Stadium, but the injury cast a long shadow over the result. Manager Dave Roberts said it was a serious muscle issue, the kind every club in MLB dreads.

A multi-week absence now looks likely in MLB

The setback came in his only official at-bat of the second inning. After rolling a weak grounder to shortstop, Hernandez immediately slowed on the way to first base while clutching the back of his leg. TV footage showed him slam his helmet in frustration in the dugout before heading straight to the training room. Further tests will determine the full extent of the damage, but the MLB club already expects him to miss several weeks.

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A brutal blow to a red-hot MLB season

This forced exit blows a hole in the team’s plans, with the hard-hitting slugger having emerged as one of the offense’s main drivers this year in MLB. After a brief slump at the start of May, he had steadied himself to post a .276 average and a solid .784 OPS. His consistency against a wide range of MLB pitchers had been vital: he started 50 of his club’s first 56 games in left field, showing the kind of durability that matters in a packed MLB schedule.

Dodgers left to shuffle the deck

To cover the late-inning gap, the coaching staff sent newcomer Hyeseong Kim into left field, a spot he’d never played since arriving in MLB. Officials are now weighing a few options to steady things, including a call-up for Ryan Ward or a heavier workload for Alex Call. The lack of depth comes at the worst possible time, with Kikie Hernandez also nursing an injury, forcing the division leaders to rethink their approach for the 2026 MLB season.

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