Field Level Media
16 Aug 2025, 07:10 GMT+10
(Photo credit: William Liang-Imagn Images)
Two weeks after returning from the injured list due to a knee injury, Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy is back on the 10-day IL with a Grade 1 oblique strain.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the team believes the injury will not end the 34-year-old Muncy's season, but he missed three months with a Grade 1 oblique strain midway through the 2024 season.
Muncy made the most of his eight healthy games this month as he racked up four home runs, nine RBIs and nine walks while fashioning a .348/.531/.870 slash line. That pushed his season numbers to a .258 average with 17 homers and 64 RBIs in 89 games.
His .880 OPS ranks as his best showing since he forged a .249/.368/.527 slash line in 2021, which earned Muncy his second National League All-Star team nod as well as 10th place in NL Most Valuable Player voting.
To fill Muncy's spot on the active roster, the Dodgers picked up utility infielder Buddy Kennedy off waivers from Toronto. Rookie Alex Freeland, who has batted .176 with no extra base hits in 12 games since making his MLB debut on July 30, is expected to be the regular third baseman.
--Field Level Media
Get a daily dose of Los Angeles Herald news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Los Angeles Herald.
More InformationPATRAS, Greece,/MADRID: Wildfires intensified across southern Europe, with extreme heat, strong winds, and suspected arson driving...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Mexico has handed over 26 top cartel members to the United States this week, in the latest major cooperation deal...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's former first lady, Kim Keon Hee — wife of impeached and jailed ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol — has been...
KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly rejected a proposal that would see Ukraine withdraw from the roughly...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump this week deployed 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., temporarily assuming...
NEW DELHI, India: On August 11, India's Supreme Court ordered New Delhi's civic authorities to immediately begin capturing 5,000 stray...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited US$34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Alphabet's Chrome...
SAN BRUNO, California: YouTube will start testing an AI-driven age verification system in the U.S., using artificial intelligence to...
NAGASAKI, Japan: Eighty years after the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the southern Japanese city paused on August 9 to remember...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5, the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT, promising significant gains...
(Photo credit: William Liang-Imagn Images) Two weeks after returning from the injured list due to a knee injury, Los Angeles Dodgers...
(Photo credit: Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images) Houston Astros closer Josh Hader was diagnosed with a left shoulder capsule strain and...
