{"id":78134,"date":"2025-08-15T08:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78134"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:54:30","slug":"los-angeles-dodgers-receive-unfortunate-injury-update-on-key-player-further-testing-will-provide-greater-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78134","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers Receive Unfortunate Injury Update on Key Player: &#8216;Further Testing Will Provide Greater Clarity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229662523.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229662523.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229662523.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229662523.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dodgers Get More Brutal Injury News on Key Player: 'Once We Get Some Testing We'll Know More'\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Max Muncy may miss time with side soreness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As if things weren\u2019t going badly enough for the Los Angeles Dodgers, they are once again dealing with an injury to star infielder Max Muncy.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy was scratched from LA\u2019s loss to the rival Angels on Wednesday night with what the club called \u201cside soreness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muncy had just returned from a stint on the injured list with a knee injury that cost him 25 games. That injury started a dismal stretch where the Dodgers (68-53) have gone just 12-21 and fallen into second place behind the San Diego Padres in the National League West.<\/p>\n<h2>What Happened To Max Muncy?<\/h2>\n<p>Though he is far less heralded than former MVPs Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani or Mookie Betts, or even NL batting leader Will Smith, Muncy is a linchpin to the LA offense.<\/p>\n<p>He ranks third on the Dodgers in OPS+ (145) behind only Smith and Ohtani, and Muncy is still fourth on the Dodgers in home runs (17) even though he has played in just 89 games.<\/p>\n<p>LA is just 14-18 in games he doesn\u2019t play. In spite of all that, when he reported soreness in his side before the Dodgers\u2019 series finale of the Freeway Series in Anaheim, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him and started Alex Freeland at third \u2014 putting Mookie Betts in at shortstop, even though Roberts had wanted to give him a day off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax went into the cage today to start his routine and felt a little soreness in his right side,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cSo talking to the training staff, we felt to err on the side of caution, kind of have him down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s day-to-day. He\u2019ll get some testing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Is There Concern About Max Muncy\u2019s Side Injury?<\/h2>\n<p>Roberts likely did not use the word \u201coblique\u201d when describing Muncy\u2019s injury, in part to avoid raising alarm bells \u2014 or giving Dodgers fans PTSD \u2014 about the infielder\u2019s nasty injury from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He landed on the injured list in May with what was initially called a right-oblique strain but spent more than three months out of the lineup while he also managed a displaced rib.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Roberts downplayed the severity of Muncy\u2019s most recent ailment, even though it did occur on his right side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the same as last year,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cMax feels that it\u2019s not muscular, but I think once we get some testing we\u2019ll know more.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Will Max Muncy Play Against The Padres?<\/h2>\n<p>With Muncy\u2019s status day to day, and the Dodgers off Thursday, he could return to the lineup for the series opener in this weekend\u2019s crucial series at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Though they fell out of first place, the Dodgers are still in a good position to win the NL West and clinch one of the two wild-card-round byes.<\/p>\n<p>FanGraphs gives LA a 62.4 percent chance to win the division and superior odds (41.4) to the Philadelphia Phillies (37.2) to finish with the second-best record in the NL behind the white-hot Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of that is the fact the Dodgers currently own the tiebreaker between the clubs, based on their 5-2 record in head-to-heads this year. But the teams will play their final six head-to-heads over the next 10 days, which means LA can ill-afford to play without Muncy against its southern rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Pickens is an experienced sports writer and media personality who has written for outlets like NHL.com, the Associated Press, the New York Times and USA Today. He covers the NFL, NBA, NHL and NBA as a breaking news contributor at Heavy. More about Pat Pickens<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Dodgers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dodgers are once again dealing with an injury to third baseman Max Muncy, who is one of their most important players. 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