The Dodgers transferred third baseman Max Muncy to the 60-day injured listing this night. The transfer opened a spot on the 40-man roster for righty Kyle Hurt, who was reinstated from his personal stint on the 60-day IL and optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis.
Muncy has been out since Might 17 with an indirect pressure. Whereas the staff initially expressed hope that he’d again in comparatively brief order, that’s not how issues performed out. Muncy is now formally out of motion by means of the All-Star Break. He’ll be eligible for reinstatement when the season’s second half will get underway. Muncy has been taking ground-balls however has but to renew swinging a bat.
Enrique Hernández has gotten the vast majority of the third base work in Muncy’s absence. He’s hitting .191/.276/.324 in 76 plate appearances over that stretch. The Dodgers have given just a few third base reps to Cavan Biggio, Miguel Rojas and Chris Taylor as nicely. Neither Biggio nor Taylor has hit nicely this season. Rojas is having a pleasant yr however needed to transfer to shortstop after the Mookie Betts damage.
Muncy was out to his sometimes stable begin earlier than the damage. He’d pushed 9 residence runs with a .223/.323/.475 slash in 167 journeys to the plate. The Dodgers’ fill-in choices at third base are a transparent downgrade, although there’s no indication they’re particularly alarmed. L.A. has constructed a large sufficient lead within the NL West to resist accidents to Betts, Muncy and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, amongst others. GM Brandon Gomes mentioned earlier within the week that the staff wasn’t changing its deadline method to compensate for dropping Yamamoto and Betts. The identical is presumably true of Muncy, assuming the Dodgers anticipate him again someday in July.
