Detroit — The Tigers have added another veteran infielder to an already crowded competition, signing second baseman Cesar Hernandez to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training next month.
Hernandez, who will be 33 in May, will be entering his 11th big-league season and is coming off one of the worst offensive seasons of his career.
With the Nationals last season, the switch-hitter batted just .240, slugged .390 with an OPS-plus of 87 in 147 games (617 plate appearances). Concerning, too, was a career-low hard-hit rate of 29.7%. After hitting 21 home runs in 2021, most of them while playing for Cleveland, he hit one last season.