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.

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,