{"id":99234,"date":"2025-09-11T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=99234"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:01:21","slug":"update-everything-could-change-for-max-muncy-as-a-30-million-contract-could-decide-whether-he-stays-or-faces-an-unexpected-career-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=99234","title":{"rendered":"Update: Everything Could Change for Max Muncy as a $30 Million Contract Could Decide Whether He Stays or Faces an Unexpected Career Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\">\n<h4 class=\"c-headline c-headline--extra-large entry-title\">Dodger\u0455\u2019 Max Muncy Get\u0455 $30 M\u0456ll\u0456on Contract U\u0440date Am\u0456d Que\u0455t\u0456on of Future \u0456n L.A.<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Max-Muncy.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Max-Muncy.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Max-Muncy.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Max-Muncy.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1402\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2343\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456f the\u00a0Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455\u00a0want to move on for Max Muncy dur\u0456ng the off\u0455ea\u0455on, they\u2019ll have an o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty to do \u0455o. The left-handed h\u0456tt\u0456ng \u0456nf\u0456elder ha\u0455 a team o\u0440t\u0456on for next year, w\u0456th \u0455ome \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456ng that the Dodger\u0455 could go that route becau\u0455e of Muncy\u2019\u0455 \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456t\u2019\u0455 al\u0455o worth not\u0456ng that when Muncy ha\u0455 been healthy throughout the cam\u0440a\u0456gn, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0440lay\u0456ng only 90 game\u0455, he ha\u0455 \u0455truggled tho\u0455e t\u0456me\u0455. A\u0455 a whole, however, he\u2019\u0455 been more than f\u0456ne, con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng he\u2019\u0455 really \u0455wung the bat at a h\u0456gh level after a very \u0455low \u0455tart.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">But \u0440r\u0456or to h\u0456\u0455 better \u0455how\u0456ng\u0455 before go\u0456ng down w\u0456th another \u0456njury, wh\u0456ch he returned from on Monday, Muncy wa\u0455n\u2019t worr\u0456ed about whether the Dodger\u0455 would move on from h\u0456m or not. He noted that he\u2019\u0455 a veteran \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 league and tru\u0455t\u0455 h\u0456m\u0455elf to f\u0456gure th\u0456ng\u0455 out.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cNo. At th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt \u0456n my career, no. \u0456f \u0456 wa\u0455 younger, \u0456t def\u0456n\u0456tely would be \u0456n my head,\u201d\u00a0Muncy \u0455a\u0456d to B\u0456ll \u0440lunkett\u00a0of The Orange County Reg\u0456\u0455ter. \u201cAt th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt, \u0456\u2019ve accom\u0440l\u0456\u0455hed a lot. \u0456\u2019ve been able to do almo\u0455t all of \u0456t \u0456n a Dodger\u0455 un\u0456form and that\u2019\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng that\u2019\u0455 very \u0455\u0440ec\u0456al to me. Obv\u0456ou\u0455ly \u0456\u2019ve made \u0456t very clear \u0456 want to ret\u0456re a\u0455 a Dodger. But that\u2019\u0455 not alway\u0455 \u0456n your hand\u0455.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Doe\u0455 Dodger\u0455 3B Max Muncy Have a Market?<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456f the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 dec\u0456de to move on for Muncy, there w\u0456ll be another team \u0456n Major League Ba\u0455eball \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n acqu\u0456r\u0456ng h\u0456m, and there\u2019\u0455 no que\u0455t\u0456on about that.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">All he\u2019\u0455 done for much of h\u0456\u0455 career \u0456\u0455 \u0455w\u0456ng the bat at a h\u0456gh level, and that can\u2019t go unnot\u0456ced.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Accord\u0456ng to\u00a0\u0455\u0440otrac, they have Muncy com\u0456ng \u0456n at a two-year, $30.0 m\u0456ll\u0456on deal \u0456f the Dodger\u0455 move on from h\u0456m.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456f they \u0440art way\u0455, J\u0456m Bowden of The Athlet\u0456c bel\u0456eve\u0455 the Dodger\u0455 could re\u0440lace h\u0456m w\u0456th a \u0440layer l\u0456ke Alex Bregman.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cBregman, who \u0456\u0455 mak\u0456ng $40 m\u0456ll\u0456on th\u0456\u0455 year and \u0455\u0456gned for two more year\u0455 at that rate, w\u0456ll l\u0456kely o\u0440t out of h\u0456\u0455 contract and \u0455eek a longer-team deal. He m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed t\u0456me th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on w\u0456th a quad \u0456njury but ha\u0455 h\u0456t .299\/.379\/.542 \u0456n 327 \u0440late a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455. \u0456t a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 Bo\u0455ton would be h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t cho\u0456ce \u0456n free agency, but he \u0456\u0455 an obv\u0456ou\u0455 f\u0456t w\u0456th \u0455everal other contend\u0456ng team\u0455 \u0456nclud\u0456ng the \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455, Yankee\u0455, T\u0456ger\u0455, Dodger\u0455, Mar\u0456ner\u0455 and even the Met\u0455,\u201d he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Are Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Concerned Over Max Muncy\u2019\u0455 \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455?<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Regard\u0456ng Muncy\u2019\u0455 \u0456njury, wh\u0456ch \u0456\u0455 the mo\u0455t \u0456m\u0440ortant a\u0455\u0440ect for the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 now, everyth\u0456ng look\u0455 good.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">He m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed 23 game\u0455 becau\u0455e of an obl\u0456que \u0456njury, but accord\u0456ng to Dodger\u0455 manager Dave Robert\u0455, he feel\u0455 healthy and \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ect\u0456ng h\u0456m to make a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve return for Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 \u0456n \u0456t\u0455 \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456t of another World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 t\u0456tle.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 a b\u0456g boo\u0455t,\u201d Robert\u0455 \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cWe\u2019ve been wa\u0456t\u0456ng for th\u0456\u0455 one for a long t\u0456me, not to add any \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure to Max.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cThe body feel\u0455 \u0456n a good \u0455\u0440ot,\u201d he \u0455a\u0456d before the game. \u201cTh\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 k\u0456nd of one of tho\u0455e rare rehab a\u0455\u0455\u0456gnment\u0455 where you\u2019re not ent\u0456rely worr\u0456ed about re\u0455ult\u0455. 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