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Kapler is now an assistant general manager in Miami, which made sweeping front office, coaching staff and roster changes this year under new general manager Peter Bendix, who is a former front office lieutenant of Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman in Tampa Bay.

For the last several years, the Dodgers’ front office has adored Sasaki, enamored by a dazzling repertoire headlined by a triple-digit fastball.

However, the Dodgers front office, which declined to engage in extension talks with Hernandez’s agents during the regular season, also accounts for long-term risk in personnel evaluations.

And with the Dodgers considered favorites to sign him if he does come to MLB this winter, he could represent the front office’s dream acquisition: A young, gifted, cost-controlled pitcher to bolster a starting rotation beset by injuries in recent years.

In many ways, the Dodgers’ approach to both Hernándezes will serve as a signal of how strong that hope is in the front office.