How an Unlikely Brotherhood Between Teoscar Hernández and Andy Pages Is Quietly Powering the Dodgers’ Rise

All camp, Pages and Hernández were among the first to arrive at the batting cages each morning. They became almost attached at the hip in the clubhouse and on the backfields, constantly discussing the state of their games.

It was, as Bates and several others around the team have since described it, the start of a “big brother, little brother” relationship between the two sluggers.

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Thus, once Pages joined the big-league roster a couple weeks into the regular season, Bates encouraged Hernández to help reinforce the coaching staff’s message to the newly recalled rookie — and to, more important, be a guiding voice as he took Pages under his wing.

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