{"id":144072,"date":"2025-08-14T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144072\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:30:10","slug":"dodgers-sit-max-muncy-brock-stewart-gets-best-case-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144072\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers sit Max Muncy; Brock Stewart gets &#8216;best-case&#8217; news"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755142210_273_gonzalez_alden.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Alden GonzalezAug 13, 2025, 10:43 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fb7cf413-5156-9fc2-abe0-2273b89f70db\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers<\/a> shortstop <a data-player-guid=\"84b5fdeb-d79c-dc9c-8023-5cad2a921ca4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33039\/mookie-betts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mookie Betts<\/a> was supposed to get a day off on Wednesday. Instead, it went to third baseman <a data-player-guid=\"3eddd863-7043-0c8d-28cd-6db2191f5714\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33303\/max-muncy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Muncy<\/a>, a late scratch from the lineup against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"053868c7-8bff-5edb-3cb6-f5490f33ef99\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angels<\/a> after experiencing soreness in his right side during pregame batting practice.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy&#8217;s injury prompted Betts to be placed back into the lineup for the finale of a three-game series from Angel Stadium, with rookie infielder <a data-player-guid=\"8127dbb6-9508-3ca8-8745-76a5772f4a44\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4727589\/alex-freeland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Freeland<\/a> shifting over to third base. The hope is that, with a traditional off day to follow, Muncy will heal up in time to rejoin the Dodgers&#8217; lineup for the start of a highly anticipated weekend series against the division-rival <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4dec648c-3eb9-055c-aebc-2711f30975a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sd\/san-diego-padres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Padres<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45925659\/2025-mlb-awards-watch-august-mvp-cy-young-august-judge-ohtani-raleigh-skenes-skubal\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1530906_2_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unavailable for that series, of course, will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35997\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Stewart<\/a>, the right-handed reliever who landed on the injured list with a bout of shoulder inflammation on Tuesday. Follow-up tests showed no structural damage, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, though he added: &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a few weeks before he returns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roberts nonetheless characterized the results as a &#8220;best-case scenario&#8221; for a bullpen that is exceedingly thin at the moment, with Stewart joining fellow high-leverage relievers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32623\/kirby-yates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirby Yates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35135\/tanner-scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Scott<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"e80cc5ba-11b7-24b4-d2b0-b2f202e4470c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33763\/michael-kopech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kopech<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"dc6ab668-976f-dedd-14dc-212f16bf2161\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40965\/brusdar-graterol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brusdar Graterol<\/a> on the injured list.<\/p>\n<p>Three of those pitchers, though, are closing in on a return. Yates threw to hitters on Wednesday, Kopech will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday and Scott is expected to take part in a simulated game at some point over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The hope is that Stewart, who will be shut down from throwing for a week, can return around the early part of September. But Roberts said there&#8217;s only a &#8220;small, small chance&#8221; Graterol can make it back from offseason shoulder surgery in time to impact the stretch run of this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alden GonzalezAug 13, 2025, 10:43 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. 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