Los Angeles Dodgers: Offseason takes that are completely wrong
By Jason Reed
1. Max Muncy will severely regress in 2019
One popular opinion that seems to be floating around social media is that 2018 breakout player, Max Muncy, is going to have a severe regression in 2019.
If you follow my work in the slightest you would know that I argued that Cody Bellinger was set to regress in 2018, which he did. I got a lot of backlash for it, but it ended up happening.
Especially after seeing Chris Taylor regress last season as well it is easy to assume that Muncy is going to have the same fall from earth. He was not great in the second half, after all, and now there is plenty of tape on how to attack Muncy at the plate.
Don’t get me wrong, Muncy probably will have some form of regression in 2019. I do not see him building on 35 home runs and he will likely slug in the 25-30 range, if he stays healthy and gets ample playing time.
I think his average will stay around the same as well. It is easy to target the power-hitting lefty to regress but Muncy is different than other power-hitting lefties.
He does struggle against left-handed pitching but he has some of the best plate vision in the entire league and is not afraid to work out walks. With a possible platoon at first base with David Freese (which will hopefully be one of few in 2019), Muncy shouldn’t get enough looks against southpaws to severely hurt his stats.