{"id":942356,"date":"2026-10-27T05:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942356\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:06:25","slug":"as-max-muncy-undergoes-knee-debridement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942356\/","title":{"rendered":"A’s Max Muncy Undergoes Knee Debridement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletics announced that infielder\u00a0Max Muncy<\/a> underwent a debridement surgery to address cartilage damage in his left knee. He also received a platelet-rich plasma injection. Muncy is expected to be fully ready for the start of camp.<\/p>\n

Muncy finished the season on the injured list, missing the final week with the cartilage issue. It evidently required a minor procedure but shouldn\u2019t have much impact on his offseason. Muncy is entering what could be a make or break season. He\u2019s down to one minor league option year remaining and will need to impress a front office led by newly-hired president of baseball operations Taylor Smith, who doesn\u2019t have the same attachment to Muncy as did former GM David Forst.<\/p>\n

A first-round pick in 2021, Muncy has yet to establish himself in parts of two big league campaigns. He hit .214\/.259\/.379 as a rookie last year. Muncy\u2019s numbers improved marginally in his sophomore season, as he batted .230\/.296\/.387 with nine homers across 284 plate appearances. He struck out at a concerning 32% clip while walking less than 8% of the time. Muncy has above-average bat speed but has yet to dial in a consistent enough approach against big league pitching. Twelve of his 18 career home runs have come against fastballs, and he\u2019s struggled to make contact against any kind of secondary stuff.<\/p>\n

Muncy is also still looking to find a long-term defensive fit. He struggled at second base as a rookie and posted particularly ugly grades as a third baseman this year. The A\u2019s used him mostly as a designated hitter late in the season and got him a few corner outfield reps for the first time in his career. Muncy will enter camp vying for a utility role after opening the 2026 season as Mark Kotsay\u2019s primary third baseman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletics announced that infielder\u00a0Max Muncy underwent a debridement surgery to address cartilage damage in his left knee.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,15923,591,85],"class_list":["post-942356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-max-muncy-2002","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942356","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=942356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}