The Dodgers extend Teoscar Hernández a qualifying offer while declining to give one to right-hander Walker Buehler, who officially becomes a free agent.

Hernández hopes he and the Dodgers can agree to a contract as soon as possible. "Hopefully tomorrow," he said. "I want us to be here."

As the Los Angeles Dodgers shift their focus to roster construction, they extended the one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer to Teoscar Hernández before the Nov.