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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > Dodgers Spring Training: Despite Struggles, Max Muncy Cautious Not To ‘Change Anything’ From Breakout 2018 Season
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Dodgers Spring Training: Despite Struggles, Max Muncy Cautious Not To ‘Change Anything’ From Breakout 2018 Season

Matthew Moreno
March 22, 2019
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Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
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After an unassuming showing in Spring Training last year, Max Muncy began the 2018 season with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle of April and not only cemented his stay with the team but put together a remarkable campaign.

Muncy began the season having appeared in a combined 96 MLB games with the Oakland Athletics over parts of the 2015 and 2016 seasons; he played 137 games for the Dodgers last season.

Muncy primarily played first base but also saw time at second and third, as well as left field. He wound up leading the Dodgers with 35 home runs. Like most players who produce such a season, expectations for Muncy changed heading into Spring Training.

He’s struggled some but is mindful to not fall into a trap of making changes simply for the case of doing so, per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com:

“I don’t want to change anything from last year,” he said. “I feel like that’s one thing that gets guys in trouble. They have a year like I had, they come in and want to change things. You can always get better, that’s true, but if you start changing the work it gets you in trouble.”

Through 16 Cactus League games thus far, Muncy is batting a feeble .190/.292/.262 with three doubles representing his only extra-base hits, and four RBI to go with them. He did go 2-for-4 in Thursday’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

While he had been scuttling at the plate prior to it, Muncy recently missed four games because of left wrist/forearm soreness.

Of the prospect that Muncy would struggle to replicate his breakout season as pitchers make adjustments, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts voiced confidence in his everyday first baseman being capable of doing the same.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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