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FILE – Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez watches his home run take flight against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning in Game 5 of baseball\u2019s World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis, File)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

MILWAUKEE \u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers utilityman Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez is expected to be activated in time to make his season debut Monday after recovering from surgery on his left elbow.<\/a><\/p>

Read more Rays place OF Jonny DeLuca on 10-day injured list with strained right hamstring<\/a><\/p>\n

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Hern\u00e1ndez should be available for the start of their home series against the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a different energy with Kik\u00e9,\u201d Roberts said before the Dodgers\u2019 Sunday game against the Milwaukee Brewers. \u201cThere\u2019s a levity. There\u2019s an intensity. There\u2019s a good worker in there, a winning player. So I\u2019m looking forward to having that edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez, 34, signed<\/a> a one-year, $4.5 million contract in February that kept him with the Dodgers. He underwent surgery last fall that kept him from playing for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic and delayed the start of his 2026 season.<\/p>\n

He hit .214 with a .298 on-base percentage with three RBIs in 12 games while on a rehabilitation assignment with Oklahoma City. He batted .203 with a .255 on-base percentage, 10 homers and 35 RBIs in 92 games with Los Angeles last season<\/a> .<\/p>

Read more Tigers place reliever Brant Hurter on 15-day injured list<\/a><\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez often has done his best work in October while helping the Dodgers win World Series in 2020<\/a> , 2024<\/a> and 2025.<\/a> He has batted .272 with an .826 OPS, 16 homers and 42 RBIs in 103 postseason games.<\/p>\n

His return comes while Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy<\/a> recovers after a 95.5-mph sinker from Milwaukee\u2019s Aaron Ashby hit him in the right wrist on Friday. X-rays were negative and the Dodgers expressed optimism that Muncy avoided a major injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were resolved to not having him available this weekend,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cMy expectation is that he\u2019s getting a little bit better today and maybe swing a bat tomorrow to see. I don\u2019t expect him in the lineup tomorrow either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muncy is batting .258 with a .363 on-base percentage, .515 slugging percentage, 12 homers and 19 RBIs in 48 games.<\/p>

Read more Man United captain Bruno Fernandes breaks assists record in Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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