Red Sox 貿易（する） Kik? Hern?ndez to ペテン師 for two minor-league 投手s
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox 貿易（する）d Kik? Hern?ndez to the Los Angeles ペテン師 on Tuesday, sending the 低迷ing utilityman 支援する to the team he played with for six seasons and helped 勝利，勝つ a World Series 肩書を与える.
The Red Sox received 権利-handers Nick Robertson and Justin Hagenman in 交流 for Hernandez, who struggled at the plate and in the field this season. He was batting .222 in 86 games at shortstop, second base and 外野 while also 主要な the major leagues with 15 errors.
Chaim Bloom, Boston's 長，指導者 baseball officer, made a point of thanking Hern?ndez for his 出資／貢献s to the organization and his professionalism, even through his struggles this season.
"He, as you would 推定する／予想する, 扱うd it 広大な／多数の／重要な," Bloom told reporters before the start of the Red Sox's home game against the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs, which was 延期するd by 天候.
"This was a 事例／患者 where we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to make sure that he 設立する out the 権利 way, so we let him under the hood a little 早期に and that turned out to be 価値のある because it 明白に took a lot of time for the I's to be dotted and the T´s crossed," Bloom said. "While he was waiting for it to be 完全にするd, he was his usual self around this place and that was really 冷静な／正味の to see."
ペテン師 経営者／支配人 Dave Roberts said Tuesday before a game against Toronto that he was excited to get Hernandez 支援する. Hernandez was 推定する／予想するd to arrive in Los Angeles late Tuesday and Roberts is hoping to use him Wednesday.
Roberts 述べるd Hernandez as a "スイスの Army knife" 予定 to his versatility.
"We´re excited to get him 支援する here. I know the fans are excited," Roberts said. "He hasn´t had the best of seasons but the bet is 存在 支援する home and familiarity can help him tap 支援する into 存在 the player we know he can be."
Roberts said he 推定する／予想するd the 前線 office to be active 主要な up to the 最終期限, 特に when trying to 追加する another arm or two to the starting rotation or more depth on the （法廷の）裁判. Los Angeles led the NL West entering Tuesday night's games, with a four-game lead over Arizona and San Francisco.
貿易（する）ing Hern?ndez opens up a position on the Red Sox roster for the return of infielder Pablo Reyes from an 傷害, and it doesn´t commit them to either buying or selling at the 貿易（する）ing 最終期限. Boston entered play Tuesday night six games above .500 and only 2 1/2 games out of the AL wild-card race, but also in last place in the AL East.
Bloom said the Red Sox were still in discussions with other teams as the Aug. 1 最終期限 approaches.
"You don´t want to 行方不明になる a really 説得力のある 適切な時期 even if it puts you over the 税金," Bloom said. "There´s not a hard and 急速な／放蕩な line, but it´s 明白に something that´s important."
Hern?ndez opened the year as Boston´s No. 1 shortstop, filling in for 出発／死d 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 Xander Bogaerts after 指定するd 相続人 Trevor Story was 負傷させるd. But he was moved to the 外野 after committing five errors in the first eight games; in the last month, he has started the game on the （法廷の）裁判 about half of the time.
In three seasons with the Red Sox, Hernandez batted .234 with 32 ホームランs and 136 打点s. He 攻撃する，衝突する .408 with five ホームランs during the Boston´s run to the 2021 ALCS, the team´s only プレーオフ 外見 in his 任期.
Robertson, 25, was 選択d to ３倍になる-A Worcester. He has 許すd seven runs in 10 1-3 innings in nine career 外見s with the ペテン師, all in 救済. Hagenman, 26, has made 25 外見s for ３倍になる-A Oklahoma City this season, 地位，任命するing a 2.78 ERA.
Also Tuesday, the Red Sox 復帰させるd r ighty John Schreiber from the 60-day 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） and 復帰させるd righty Brayan Bello from the paternity 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.
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