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17 to unheralded hero by the end of the 2018 season. His time with the Dodgers has been quite eventful."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 2019 Spring TrainingProspectsCommentaryNews and NotesPlayer Profiles2018 Dodgers Review: Max MuncyNew George Bell Jersey ,860commentsThe perfectly rectangular, unsung hero the Dodgers neededPSTShareTweetShareShare2018 Dodgers Review: Max MuncyJayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsMax Muncy went from minor-league signing in 2017 to unheralded hero by the end of the 2018 season. His time with the Dodgers has been quite eventful. What went rightMuncy began the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City — as expected. The Dodgers got off to a slow start and, thanks to a slow start from Corey Seager, a wrist fracture to Justin Turner and a shoulder injury to Logan Forsythe, Muncy got his shot on April 17. He started a little slowly (.730 OPS in April), but he got on track quickly in May and June. He had a .932 OPS in May and an even better 1.176 OPS in June. Through the end of June, he was the Dodgers’ best hitter, and one of the best hitters in all of baseball. That garnered him some serious All-Star consideration.While he didn’t make the National League All-Star team, he participated in the Home Run Derby. He hit 17 home runs in the first round and 12 in the second. He fell to future teammate Bryce Harper in that round, though.Despite an increase in strikeouts in the second half, he still posted a .919 OPS (after a 1.013 first-half OPS) en route to a 35-home run campaign.His signature moment came in Game 3 of the World Series that I’m not sure has even ended yet. After just missing a walk-off home run in the 15th inning, he made good in the 18th inning. Muncy hit a walk-off home run off Red Sox pitcher Nate Eovaldi to give the Dodgers their lone win of the 2018 Fall Classic.What went wrong Muncy has never been known as a strong defender. He was brought up to play third base in Forsythe and Turner’s absence. That lasted until Turner returned from injury. But Turner missed some more time that forced Muncy back to third base. This time, it lasted until July when he made an error in Milwaukee that led to three Brewer runs and a Dodger loss. The Dodgers had acquired Manny Machado about a week prior and he played the hot corner until Turner came back from his second injury. Muncy eventually found a home mostly at first base, but also dabbled at second base.At the plate, his second half got off to a rough start. The first month after the All-Star break, he hit just .209/.284/.495. The power was still there, but the walks weren’t (7.8 percent after 18.6 percent in the first half). The strikeouts also spiked to an alarming level — 38.2 percent in that month after a 23.3 K% in the first half. Luckily Dave Winfield Jersey , he closed the season strong (.304/.350/.620), thanks in part to having his playing time cut back just a bit.2018 particularsAge: 27Stats: .263/.391/.582/.973, 35 HR, 79 RBI, 104 H, 75 R, 161 OPS+, 5.2 WARSalary: Pre-arbGame of the YearGame 1 of the National League Division Series saw Muncy hit a 3-run home run in the second inning to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead (and basically won the game and series at that point). He walked three times and even stole a base. Roster statusMuncy has two years and 27 days of service time. He’ll be arbitration-eligible for the first time following the 2019 season. He also has two minor-league option years remaining. Arizona’s ace put together a valiant effort, even if it wasn’t enough to get the team to the Promised Land"2017 Rating: 8.722018 Rating: 8.042018 Performance: 33 starts, 207.2 IP, 3.21 ERA/135 ERA+, 3.70 FIP, 4.2 bWAR, 3.5 fWAR2018 Salary: $34 Million2019 Status: Signed through the 2021 season, owed $34.5 million next seasonZack Greinke is arguably one of the best pitchers to ever wear either the Teal and Purple or the Sedona Red. Zack Greinke is also paid like he is one of the best pitchers to ever wear either of those colors. This fact causes much consternation among a very vocal group of fans, and it has lead to many debates on this fine site of ours and will only lead to more as we continue through this Offseason of Uncertainty. I believe he was worth it, and Exhibit A is the fact he is ranked number five on our season ranking. Beyond that Jack Morris Jersey , he was a well above average anchor for a starting rotation that desperately needed it at a price that wasn’t too far off of what I suspect would be market value for him right now. The month of April, including a single game in March, was wildly inconsistent. Three of his starts he gave up two runs or less. In his other three starts, he gave up no less than four. As we all know, the team worked around that, going on to put together one of the best months in franchise history. After that rocky start to the season, he started to look more and more like the Greinke that we were all were excited to have join the team when he was signed back in the offseason of 2015 and the Greinke we grew accustomed too in 2017. He strung together three straight starts where he only gave up one run, and though that was followed by a less than stellar four run outing, he finished the month with another strong outing, bringing his ERA for the season down to a respectable 3.65.He continued that trend of lowering his ERA even further over the next couple months of the season, consistently going out, keeping the opposing teams in check, and giving the Diamondbacks a chance to win, even if they failed to capitalize on that with any regularity. He reached a season low 2.93 on August 26th, which also coincided with approximately the last time I thought the Diamondbacks had a real shot at winning the division.Going hand in hand with his run prevention is how many innings he did it over. He only had two starts that went less than five full innings, and he only had five more that went less than six, for an average of 6.1 IP per start. In a season where the bullpen’s exhaustion played a huge roll in the final outcome http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , you simply can’t overstate the importance of the consistency he brought to the mound every five days. That’s one of the key rolls of a TOR pitcher. They have to be able to go out there every start and give every aspect of the team the best shot at success, including taking pressure off of the bullpen as much as possible. Greinke did just that.The outlook for his 2019 season is both clear and murky. It seems reasonable to expect roughly the same output and results from him next season, barring injury. While a decline could be expected given his age, nothing has really indicated that’s coming, as he once again stayed right around his career norms in almost every statistic. Reasonably, he should be right about the same next year, as long as he continues to be able to work around his decrease velocity on the fastball.What’s murky, however, is what team he will be doing it for. Much like Paul Goldschmidt before him, rumors have been swirling all off season that Hazen and Co. are interested in the possibility of shipping him and a large portion of his salary off to a contending team thatcan put him to better use in exchange for more years of control, hopefully shoring the team for a future window of contention. What happens, no one can say for sure, but it seems reasonable to assume that the fate of Greinke will determine once and for all the path this offseason is going to take