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Well, sources don’t come much more reliable than that. Ken Rosenthal had reported that the Dodgers were one of the finalists to sign Hernández, and it seems that the reunion is now taking place. ESPN’s Jeff Passan is reporting that the Dodgers rumored trade of Manuel Margot to the Twins will need to go through first in order for them to free up space on the 40-man roster for Hernández, but the signing should be official in the coming days. According to Dodgers’ beat writer Jack Harris, the one-year deal is worth $4 million. The 32-year-old slashed a disappointing .237/.289/.357 with 11 homers, 61 RBI and four stolen bases over 508 plate appearances between the Red Sox and Dodgers during the 2023 campaign, but could steal some starts away from players like Gavin Lux or James Outman as part of his super utility role.

Quintana will face the Mariners tonight after four months off with a sprained elbow. He gave up three runs in 2 1/3 innings Sunday in his second and final rehab start.

Hughes apparently will finish up in the minors after going 0-8 with a 6.33 ERA and a 56/24 K/BB in 64 innings over 13 starts and one relief appearance for the Rockies. His performance was quite a bit more promising than the record suggests — he had a 4.04 FIP, a 3.92 xERA and a 4.43 SIERA — and he should enter camp next year with a legitimate chance of making the rotation.

Machín was sent down on Tuesday after going 3-for-6 in 10 days with the Rockies.

Pages is expected back from his fractured hand within the next few days. That’ll push Tommy Edman back to center and result in less playing time for Alex Freeland.

Vargas walked and stole second base before coming around to score on teammate Munetaka Murakami’s RBI single in the opening frame. He also provided a pivotal insurance run when he took Jackson Jobe deep in the sixth. The 26-year-old former top prospect’s impressive breakthrough campaign sees him join Pete Crow-Armstrong, James Wood and CJ Abrams as the fourth member of the 30-homer, 20-steal club this season.

Back starting today after working behind an opener Monday, Burke had another successful outing, even though his velocity was down; he averaged 95.8 mph with his fastball last time out and was at 94.9 mph for the season, but he came in at just 93.7 mph today. It’s a bit concerning, but given that he faces the Rockies at home next week, he still looks like a nice play in mixed leagues.

This was impressive. Schultz threw first-pitch strikes to all eight batters he faced, and while he did give up a couple of hits, they were on soft flyballs hit 83 and 69 mph, respectively. Schultz also pitched two scoreless innings Wednesday in his first relief appearance after being called up Tuesday. If he can keep this up, it could make the White Sox quite a bit more dangerous in October.

Taylor just threw 2 1/3 innings and 35 pitches in a save Thursday, but since this is late September in a pennant race, he was right back out there again today. He’s now thrown seven innings and 123 pitches over the last eight days, so he’ll certainly be down on Sunday. Bryan Hudson will be a candidate for a save then.

Jobe struck out nine, but he managed to allow runs in three separate innings despite giving up just four hits and one walk on the afternoon. He gave up a run in the first on a walk, a steal and then a soft flyball single that left fielder Brett Callahan got a bad jump on. The run in the fifth was a product of a HBP, a single, a walk and a sac fly, and he surrendered a solo homer to Miguel Vargas in the sixth. Jobe is 2-3 with a 3.98 ERA. He’ll face the Pirates next weekend.

Montgomery had a nice game Friday, but even then, he still struck out twice. He’s up to 216 strikeouts with seven games to go. It’s the seventh-highest total of all time, and he’s currently seven behind Mark Reynolds for the major league record. However, there’s the chance he could overtake Reynolds and not wind up as the record holder, since Kyle Schwarber entered today at 214.