The Red Sox got their next Brock Holt in the form of Kik¨¦ Hern¨¢ndez, a super-utility player who plays every position but catcher.

The Red Sox on Tuesday announced the signing, which was first reported on Jan. 22. A source told MLB.com¡¯s Mark Feinsand that the deal is for two years and $14 million.

Hern¨¢ndez, who won a World Series with the Dodgers in 2020, will help fill the void the Red Sox have at second base. The Red Sox told Hern¨¢ndez that he will get the bulk of his reps at second base, but he could also see time in center field -- where Boston appears likely to lose Jackie Bradley Jr. in free agency -- and in the corner outfield spots while also spelling Xander Bogaerts here and there at shortstop.

¡°The plan is to come in and establish myself at second base,¡± Hern¨¢ndez told reporters Tuesday. ¡°But I enjoy moving around, and I¡¯ve gotten used to it the past seven years. As long as I can be in that lineup every day, I don¡¯t care what position I¡¯m playing.¡±

While the defensive versatility Hern¨¢ndez possesses is a clear benefit -- as the Red Sox learned firsthand with Holt from 2014-19 -- he can also hit, particularly against lefties. In 893 career plate appearances against lefties, Hern¨¢ndez has an .820 OPS. Securing an everyday role was at the top of Hern¨¢ndez¡¯s wish list, and he believes it could help make him a more reliable option against righties, too. Hern¨¢ndez¡¯s best full offensive season with the Dodgers came in ¡¯18 (.806 OPS, career-best 21 homers), the year he received the most plate appearances of his career.

¡°It¡¯s not always easy when you go 0-for-4 and that gets you two or three days off,¡± he said. ¡°So to have that trust where everybody goes through slumps, but that doesn¡¯t mean you¡¯re going to be out of the lineup, brings a lot to the table.¡±

In 690 career games -- all but 42 of them with the Dodgers -- Hern¨¢ndez has a slash line of .240/.313/.425 with 71 homers and 227 RBIs.

Defensively, Hern¨¢ndez has split his career starts the following way: 11 at first base, 132 at second base, 56 at shortstop, 14 at third base, 60 in left, 128 in center and 35 in right.

Hern¨¢ndez¡¯s signing reunites him with Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a man Hern¨¢ndez has known since he was 10 years old and his father was coaching on Cora¡¯s winter-ball team, Criollos de Caguas, in Puerto Rico. Hern¨¢ndez estimates that he and Cora communicated with each other five to six times this winter, and he said that relationship made his decision to sign with Boston easier.

¡°I don¡¯t know if playing for Alex is a dream come true, because when I was a kid I was just imagining myself playing in the big leagues,¡± said Hern¨¢ndez. ¡°But it¡¯s pretty close. I¡¯m really looking forward to getting to know Alex as a manager. I know him as a dude, and now I want to get to know him as a manager.¡±

While the Red Sox haven¡¯t made any splashy moves this winter, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom has added depth to his position-player group with Hunter Renfroe and Hern¨¢ndez, and also to the pitching staff with righty Matt Andriese and the re-signing of lefty Martín Pérez.

Hern¨¢ndez said he was not ready to go to a rebuilding team after experiencing years of success in Los Angeles, and he already believes his new club could surprise some people in 2021.

¡°I love the fact that people are counting the Red Sox out of it,¡± he said. ¡°It keeps us quiet coming in. This team has a lot of potential.¡±