The fans are being heard and Teoscar Hernández is back with the Dodgers

If you have a bag of sunflower seeds, throw them into the sky.

Teo is back.

Break out three huge claps, a bright smile and an ear-splitting scream.

Teo is back.

The Dodgers’ heartbeat is still beating. The soul of the Dodgers still stirs. The Dodgers are still the Dodgers.

A front office that respects team culture while listening to its fans ensured this Friday that the Dodgers agreed to re-sign Teoscar Hernández to a three-year, $66 million contract, keeping last season’s championship hero there , where he belongs.

In the dugout, shower the other home run hitters with sunflower seeds. Paving the way for Shohei Ohtani in the clubhouse. And of course at the plate, where we deliver big hits all summer long, topped off with season-defining victories in the National League Division Series and the World Series.

Teo is back, and your sigh is as big as his personality, and your relief is as palpable as one of his late-inning swings.

Because, admit it, you were worried. You were worse than worried.

After the last bus sped past, the last inspirational speech was given and the last hoarse cheers were uttered, there was barely time to enjoy November’s title celebrations before people were already waiting for the second blue boot.

Teo was a free agent, and that meant this group of ring bearers could be disbanded, and, oh no!

The Dodgers couldn’t allow such a big presence, could they? You wouldn’t really be blinded by analytics, age and contract length and fail to sign everyone’s latest favorite player, would you?

This may have been the case in the past. In the past, there was little chance of rewarding a 32-year-old playing for his fourth team with a lucrative three-year contract based partly on intangibles.

You knew all of this, and you were afraid, and it affected every perception you had of an otherwise wildly successful offseason.

Teoscar Hernández (right) celebrates with Mookie Betts after hitting a two-run home run in Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees on October 26.

(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Signing two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell was nice, but what about Teo?

Renewing October hero Tommy Edman was a boss move, but hey, where’s Teo?

Adding smart-swinging left outfielder Michael Conforto was cool, but what does it mean for Teo?

Blake Treinen has been brought back and Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki could be coming, but… hello? Teo?

All of those fears were put to rest Friday afternoon, a time when sports teams typically reveal their bad news in hopes of losing it over the weekend.

This was the opposite of that. Teo is back and the New Year party starts now.

It turns out that while the negotiations dragged painfully, the end result was always obvious and close to a near-perfect relationship between a star and a team.

Hernández wanted to stay, something he openly expressed at the end of the championship parade.

And the Dodgers, who valued him not only as an All-Star player but also as an outstanding leader, wanted him to stay.

It was actually all pretty simple, and now it’s downright oppressive for the rest of baseball.

The Dodgers don’t have to do anything different this winter and are already better than they were last season.

By keeping their title core together and essentially adding two top pitchers – Snell and the mound returner of Ohtani – the Dodgers have a chance to win the National League West for the 12th time in 13 seasons and should be heavy favorites if is about becoming the first team to do so since the New York Yankees won consecutive World Series 25 years ago.

Andrew Friedman and the Dodger ownership group understand this team and this market, as well as every front office in franchise history. By returning a guy with 33 homers and 99 RBIs and arguably the team’s exciting personality, they have continued to maintain a monster.

Check out their roster, rich with regular season MVPs, National League Championship Series MVPs, World Series MVPs and, oh yeah, a Home Run Derby champion.

Check out their rotation, led by four aces in Ohtani, Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Then there’s the bullpen, which could be anchored by the veteran who shut out the New York Yankees for 2 ⅓ innings in the deciding World Series matchup, with retaining Treinen a sneaky good move.

If possible, Friedman had a winter that rivaled Hernández’s home run in Game 5 of the Division Series in terms of excitement.

As crazy as it may sound, Friedman has had an offseason that could almost match Hernández’s two-run double in Game 5 of the World Series in terms of impact.

Everything became clear on Friday afternoon when two words appeared on Hernández’s Instagram story.

“I’m back,” he wrote.

“Run back,” you shouted.