Dodgers Max Muncy optimistic after getting hit on wrist; X-rays negative

MILWAUKEE –– Max Muncy didn’t dodge the literal bullet.But he’s hopeful he skirted a figurative one.After getting hit in the right wrist by a 95.5 mph sinker from Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby in the eighth inning of Friday’s loss in Milwaukee, Muncy left the game early but got good news back in the Dodgers’ clubhouse, with initial X-rays on the injury coming back negative.“It hurts (but) it’s not broken,” Muncy said.

“It is a relief.We just gotta monitor the next couple days.

Typically, especially in that area, the X-rays never come back positive immediately.It kind of forms a little bit.

But I’m pretty sure it hit half my wrist pad and then half my wrist … I haven’t looked at (the replay) yet, but that’s kind of what I was feeling.”Manager Dave Roberts echoed that sentiment, saying that while Muncy is unlikely to play the rest of this weekend’s series, the club’s initial expectation is that he avoided anything more serious.“I think it got enough of that pad to protect him,” Roberts said.“So he’ll be down for the next couple days, just to make sure we get that swelling out.

But I think right now we’re breathing a sigh of relief.”Any extended absence of Muncy, 35, would represent a major blow to the Dodgers’ offense.  California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.Please provide a valid email.

By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story The third baseman is batting .258 this season with a team-leading 12 home runs, as well as 19 RBIs and a .878 OPS.

He has also said repeatedly that his swing is in as good a place as it has been in years, having finally gotten over elbow and oblique problems that have limited his playing time the last four seasons and disrupted the mechanics of his stroke at the plate.Muncy has suffered a right wrist fracture before, missing two weeks late in the 2019 seas...