{"id":205972,"date":"2025-10-11T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205972\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:01:08","slug":"dodgers-max-muncy-sends-warning-to-rest-of-mlb-amid-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205972\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Max Muncy Sends Warning to Rest of MLB Amid Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_485oyfepo\">Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy issued a warning about the Dodgers to the rest of the teams remaining in the 2025 postseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_70yr7f546\">The Dodgers have won five of their six games this postseason, and the offense isn&#8217;t quite clicking how it did in the regular season. Muncy believes once that does happen, the Dodgers will be unstoppable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uyg17g7z2\">&#8220;I still think there&#8217;s another gear in there,&#8221; Muncy said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we fully reached where we can be at. And that&#8217;s not saying we are, and that&#8217;s not saying we aren&#8217;t. But I still think there&#8217;s a whole other level in there we haven&#8217;t reached yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qp06zotlq\">When asked what would indicate they&#8217;d reached that point, Muncy responded: &#8220;I think you would know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_utlpomzta\">More news: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_div28b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\/news\/dodgers-star-sends-shohei-ohtani-warning-to-nlcs-opponent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers Star Sends Shohei Ohtani Warning to NLCS Opponent<br \/><\/a><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_div28b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\/news\/dodgers-star-sends-shohei-ohtani-warning-to-nlcs-opponent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_q7sycvs3n\">The Dodgers have definitely had some stars in minor slumps through the postseason this far, most notably Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vh8y90ttd\">Ohtani got off to a hot start against the Cincinnati Reds, hitting two home runs in the first game of the Dodgers&#8217; postseason journey. Since then, however, he has struggled, going 2-for-22 with two RBIs through five games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_cdh5eklk9\">Pages has also struggled for hits this postseason, though to a much higher degree than Ohtani. Pages has just one hit in his 24 at-bats, and though he drove in the winning run in Game 4 of the Dodgers&#8217; NLDS against the Phillies, they&#8217;d definitely like to see more production out of him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ltnou0c0z\">The duo had the Dodgers&#8217; two highest home run totals during the regular season, and if they find their form again, the Dodgers&#8217; offense will be far more formidable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_919lrexee\">More news: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_div28b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\/news\/dodgers-roki-sasaki-receives-high-praise-from-star-teammate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers&#8217; Roki Sasaki Receives High Praise From Star Teammate<br \/><\/a><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_div28b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\/news\/dodgers-roki-sasaki-receives-high-praise-from-star-teammate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ihz4jmivh\">While Ohtani and Pages haven&#8217;t performed well this postseason, the pitching has stepped up in a big way to support the offense. The Dodgers&#8217; starting staff has been fantastic through their six games, posting a 2.02 ERA in the postseason thus far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_a6q7ysi5x\">In addition to the starters&#8217; performances, Roki Sasaki has stepped up in a huge way for the Dodgers, and is a valuable part of a bullpen which had limped into the postseason after a rough month of September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vm1ljn1no\">The Dodgers get a few days of rest before the NLCS, and if their key pieces can return to what they were during the regular season, they have a strong chance of hoisting the World Series trophy for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_idq6g09tv\">For more Dodgers news, head over to <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_div28b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers on SI. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy issued a warning about the Dodgers to the rest of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-205972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}