
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. But what it means for the next four weeks, that’s the wait and see.” Muncy has played through the injury through the first seven weeks of the season but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he recently aggravated it on a pair of defensive plays in Washington a. All-Star Dodgers infielder Max Muncy seriously injured his left elbow during the last game of the 2021 MLB regular season on a collision at first base. It’s something that we feel with time and rehab, he’ll be fine and back to normal.

“Range of motion is not good, which is to be expected. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Muncy underwent. Wearing an arm brace Tuesday, he told reporters that he dislocated his elbow and suffered other damage in his arm from a collision at first base during Sunday’s regular-season finale. Max Muncy exited Sunday’s regular season finale cradling his left arm after he and Milwaukee’s Jace Peterson collided at first base. Muncy, 31, will also be able to avoid surgery but doesn’t know how long his recovery process will take. “The great thing is that the scans showed there is no ligament damage, so that’s something that is a sigh of relief for everyone,” Roberts said. Roberts didn’t say what the timeline on Kershaw’s recovery would be but noted that scans showed the worst-case scenario was averted. Dodgers Injury Updates: Max Muncy, Daniel Hudson & Chris Taylor Story by Matthew Moreno, Dodger Blue Sunday Atlanta, Georgia, USA Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max. Instead, after walking off the Dodger Stadium mound Friday night, he told reporters he thought it would be unlikely he would be able to pitch in the playoffs.
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Kershaw missed more than two months earlier this season with a left elbow injury but returned in September hopeful he could play a key role in the Dodgers' World Series title defense. With slugging first baseman Max Muncy out with an injury, some of the team’s less patient hitters are inheriting more at-bats and it showed in the series opener.

Though Roberts said Tuesday that Kershaw didn’t suffer any ligament damage in his elbow and won’t need Tommy John surgery, the manager said the team isn’t planning on getting the three-time Cy Young Award winner back at any point during the postseason. Kershaw, 33, exited his final start of the regular season Friday in the second inning with left forearm discomfort. Adam Salcido 4 2 minutes read Every Dodger fan winced in pain and later had their hearts sink after seeing Max Muncy get hit trying to stretch for a ball at first base.
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Louis Cardinals on Wednesday in the National League wild-card game.
