How Dodgers Could Distrupt Red Sox’s Quest To Improve Lineup

The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing a backup plan for the potential departure of outfielder Teoscar Hernández, which could interfere with Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s offseason blueprint.

Breslow recognized Boston’s need to add a right-handed bat to the lineup, both through his words and the team’s ties to free-agent options, including Hernández.

But Los Angeles, fresh off a World Series victory and loaded with a roster featuring Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts...