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The outfield is full of veteran sluggers and utility players.

He’s also recovering from offseason surgery on his left shoulder and he’s one of baseball’s most prolific sluggers, who will hit on the nights he pitches and serve as the designated hitter between starts.

Early in the season, the Dodgers’ third base slugger seemed to be turning the page on disappointing performances in 2022 and 2023.

But it didn’t derail his rise as one of the game’s top sluggers, with Judge hitting an MLB-most 58 home runs last season to earn his second AL MVP in the last three years.

Hernández is entering the back half of his career and will have to try to ward off the statistical regression that often ensnares sluggers as they age.