Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández provides offseason injury update

The Los Angeles Dodgers received an injury update on free agent outfielder Kiké Hernández.

Hernández has played nine seasons with the Dodgers, winning three World Series rings with the team. The 34-year-old veteran was limited to only 92 games this season, slashing .203/.255/.366 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs. He dealt with a lingering elbow issue, which held him out for over a month of the season, but stepped up in the postseason, making big plays for Los Angeles.

MLB.com’s Jeffrey Lutz reported Saturday that Hernández underwent left elbow surgery to deal with a lingering injury he played through during the season.

“Free-agent infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernández announced Saturday on social media that he underwent surgery on the left elbow that had troubled him for much of the 2025 season,” Lutz wrote Saturday. “Hernández did not offer a timetable for his return. The 34-year-old said he’d been playing hurt for about a month when he went on the injured list with left elbow inflammation on July 7. He returned on Aug. 26 but played just 93 games in 2025.

“Hernández, a 12-year MLB veteran, said he believed at one point that he would be out for the season because of the elbow injury. Though he struggled for much of the year, he provided a boost down the stretch, with eight hits in his final 26 regular-season at-bats, including two home runs.”

Though Hernández provided a boost down the stretch for the Dodgers, the 34-year-old has had his share of struggles the past two seasons. At 34, Hernández is unlikely to receive a big contract this offseason, with Spotrac projecting a one-year, nearly $2 million contract. It will be interesting to see if his injury impacts his free agency.

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