Dodgers links: Outfield options, Dave Roberts, Rickey Henderson

The Dodgers and free agent outfielder Teoscar Hernández remain at an impasse as they discuss the final details of a contract.

With the two sides yet to reach a compromise or agreement on the specifics of a reunion, the Dodgers have pleaded with other right-handed outfielders if the team is unable to bring Hernández back.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Dodgers have looked at Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs, Luis Robert of the Chicago White Sox and free agent reliever Ha-Seong Kim as potential landing opportunities if they miss out on being reunited with the ruling Home Run Derby champion.

The Kids have made it a mission to upgrade their outfield, with the recent acquisition of Kyle Tucker from the Astros and relieving Cody Bellinger to Yankeeswhile the Dodgers pleaded for Robert a month before the trade deadline this year.

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Manager Dave Roberts sat down with celebrity actor and Dodgers superfan Bryan Cranston over the weekendwhere the two discussed Freddie Freeman’s iconic Game 1 walk-off grand slam in the World Series among other topics, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.

“It was the most exciting game I’ve ever been to,” said Cranston, a lifelong fan who was 5 years old when his father took him to his first Dodgers game at the Coliseum in 1961. “Complete strangers were hugging each other .”

The baseball world was dealt a severe blow on Saturday with the passing of Rickey Henderson, the greatest base stealer in baseball history.

Henderson’s death was first reported by his former Yankees teammate Dave Winfieldwith the New York Post confirms that the 65-year-old died of pneumonia just four days before his 66th birthday.

Henderson holds several all-time records, including the record for stolen bases (1406), caught stealing (335) and runs scored (2295). He played for nine teams in his major league career and finished a historic 25-year career with the Dodgers in 2003.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic writes about Henderson’s legacyincluding a story from former Seattle Mariner and current MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds.

“I come home. The season ends. The phone rings. ‘Henderson here’ — he’s always in the third person,” Reynolds said on The Dan Patrick Show in 2019. “I said, ‘What’s going on, Rick?’ He says, ‘Man, you should be ashamed.’ I say, ‘What are you talking about?’ He says, ’60 stolen bases. You should be ashamed. Rickey has 60 at halftime.’ Click. hung up.'”