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Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy’s sneaky fix that has put him on Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge’s level
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The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped two of three games to the Miami Marlins . The offense for the Dodgers struggled in the series, scoring just eight runs in three games.
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While there have been some offensive struggles, Max Muncy is not struggling. Now he is talking about the small fix that brought his offense to the levels of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge , according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
Starting on April 230 of last season, he started wearing prescription eyeglasses. Since then, he is fourth in the majors in OPS and wRC+ with a minimum of 350 plate appearances. He is behind just Judge, Ohtani, and Nick Kurtz in that time frame. Muncy, who will turn 36 years old during the season, has solid vision. He has 20-15 vision, but that makes him left eye dominant. The glasses make it so his eyes work in tandem.
"In this sport, especially in this sport, anything that can help you mentally, believe in yourself a little bit more, you have to do it," Muncy said. "Half the battle is trying to trust who you are as a player. There are so many negative things that happen that kind of take you away from that. If there's something that can bring you back just a little bit, you have to be excited about it and want to do it."
Muncy has continued to be great so far this season. He is hitting .287 with nine home runs, 11 RBIs, and a .968 OPS. His OPS is eighth in the majors, while his .594 slugging percentage is seventh, just one spot behind Judge. He is also on pace to have his best batting average, slugging, and OPS of his career.
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The Dodgers are now 20-11 on the season , which places them in first place in the NL West. They begin a weekend series on the road with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
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