Kiké Hernández On Why He'll Miss Dodgers' White House Visit

Dodgers inferior subordinate Kiké Hernández confirmed Friday what he posted arsenic a remark connected Instagram: he won’t beryllium going to nan White House connected July 23, erstwhile President Trump will grant nan team for its 2025 World Series championship.

Instead, Hernández (strained near oblique) is scheduled to beryllium connected a minor-league rehab assignment.

“It’s going to beryllium difficult to beryllium successful 2 cities astatine nan aforesaid time,” Hernández said. “If I was active, I astir apt wouldn’t person gone anyways.”

Why?

“I’d alternatively return a time disconnected than do squad activities,” he said.

Last year, Hernández expressed his support for immigrants successful Los Angeles connected societal media amid ICE raids authorized by nan Trump administration.

The White House sojourn will beryllium connected a time disconnected successful nan mediate of a nine-game East Coast trip.

“I’m judge a batch of guys are going to participate and beryllium there, and this is an individual choice,” Roberts said. “But I do expect a batch of our guys to beryllium there.”

Scheduling conflicts erstwhile nan Dodgers played nan Nationals successful Washington connected April 3-5 pushed backmost nan trip.

“This took a agelong clip to get some sides together, and, honestly, for illustration I’ve ever said, my institution line, my individual statement is I dream that we get this invitation each year,” Dodgers head Roberts said. “Because that’s nan goal: to triumph a championship, to get this invitation to nan White House. And I’m not a politician, and I’m doing thing that teams person done for decades. And truthful that’s wherever I stand, really. I’m a shot coach. That’s what I do.”

Back successful 2019, Roberts suggested that he mightiness not judge an invitation to nan White House pinch Trump successful office. But he did be past twelvemonth erstwhile nan Dodgers celebrated their 2024 title.

Roberts said nan Dodgers recovered retired earlier this week that nan White House sojourn had been scheduled.

“There was a batch of unknown,” Roberts said. “It’s an disconnected day, and past really could we activity this retired logistically?”

That group disconnected “a batch of telephone calls, texts, and connection internally.”

Hernández’s wounded rehab has moved on much quickly than Roberts initially expected. He landed connected nan wounded database successful precocious May aft playing successful conscionable 2 games pursuing offseason room connected his near elbow.

“He looks normal,” Roberts said past weekend. “I’m not saying miraculous, but I’m really successful disbelief really good he responded, fixed nan injury.”