Teoscar Hernandez returned to the Dodgers this week, but not without a show of interest from the Mets. In an effort to add another bat, Mets brass broached the idea to the veteran slugger’s camp of a two-year contract, according to league sources, aware that Hernandez was seeking a three-year deal.

The Mets’ offer to Hernandez “would’ve carried a similar annual average value to the contract he agreed to with the Dodgers but without deferrals,” The Athletic’s Will Sammon writes.