Dodgers' Kiké Hernandez may have fixed offensive woes with no-brainer adjustment

By the end of July, Kiké Hernández was batting .197 with a .572 OPS on the season, making him a prime target for a DFA when Tommy Edman and Max Muncy complete their rehab assignments and return to the lineup.

Hernández has always been a great clubhouse presence and is a still beloved member of the 2020 World Series Dodgers, but he just wasn't pulling his weight, and the Dodgers will need to clear two more roster spots for Edman and Muncy.

However, Hernández has started to make the decision look a little harder. Through 13 games in August, he's batting .304 with a .824 OPS and 10 RBI. He has three multi-hit games, and he's on pace to walk a lot more this month than he has in any month prior.

So what gives? Was it a swing adjustment? Is he just getting hot at the right time?

It wasn't the former, and it may be a bit of the latter, but the real solution to Hernández's hitting woes is actually much more simple: he's started wearing glasses during games.

Kiké Hernández getting glasses might've been the answer to all of his problems

Hernández told reporters that he was recently diagnosed with an astigmatism in his right eye. He started wearing glasses during the Dodgers' series against the Tigers ahead of the All-Star break, but said that it took some time to get adjusted to the change in depth perception from them. However, you can pinpoint the game when things finally started to click: July 20, right after the break, when he went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI.

Since then, he's batting .271 with a .743 OPS, a dramatic turnaround from his .191/.557 prior. And his numbers just keep getting better through August. A major highlight includes a recent Dodgers contest against the Athletics on Aug. 4, when he became the first player in the modern ERA to relieve in a shutout and get 3+ hits in the game.

He may not be completely out of the woods when it comes to who will get cut when Edman and Muncy arrive. The Dodgers may look at Andy Pages first, as he's the only Dodgers outfielder on the 26-man with minor league options, but that leaves one more roster spot to figure out. However, Hernández is making it harder for the Dodgers to point to him as another easy choice when the time does come.