Kiké Hernandez Sends Message to Dodgers Fans Amid Free Agency

Los Angeles Dodgers utilityman Kiké Hernández is a free agent this offseason, meaning there’s a chance the fan favorite may not return next season. However, whether Hernández returns to the Dodgers in 2025 or finds a new team, he is extremely grateful for the Los Angeles fanbase for embracing him throughout his two stints with the organization.

“From the moment I got to L.A., it was a humbling experience for me to have a fanbase that embraces me and loves me the way that they do,” he said via The Shop. “The support. I’m a guy that I’m probably a better player than what the back of my card says numbers-wise. I bring more to the table than my stats, and the way that they love me, you’d think that I am the best player on the field each and every day I step on a baseball field.”

Although Hernández isn’t an everyday starter, the utilityman has endeared fans with his energy in the clubhouse and electric postseason performances.

“There’s nothing more that I appreciate than everything they throw my way,” Hernández said. “From the bottom of my heart, I’ve always said I never know how to repay this fanbase for the way that they love me, but this year, signing late, coming into spring training late and joining a team that has a lot of expectations, I figured the best way to repay this fanbase was when I get my chance in October, I do my thing and help this team win. I feel like I did just that.”

Hernández recorded relatively average numbers in the regular season, but flipped a switch once October rolled around. Throughout his career, Hernández has recorded a batting average of .278 with 64 hits, 15 home runs, 35 RBIs and 37 runs scored in the postseason.

To put his numbers into perspective, Hernández now has more postseason home runs than Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Cabrera, and Chipper Jones after he hit a solo homer in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.