{"id":105537,"date":"2025-08-04T21:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=105537"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:01:44","slug":"dodgers-activate-max-muncy-tommy-edman-hits-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/08\/04\/dodgers-activate-max-muncy-tommy-edman-hits-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Activate One Infielder, Put Another on Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers activated third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=muncyma01,muncyma02&amp;search=Max+Muncy&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-04_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Muncy<\/a> from the injured list and placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-04_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> on it, the team announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99934\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-99934\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Edman will miss a second straight game with an injured ankle, but could return on Saturday.\" width=\"505\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26049275_168400885_lowres-2048x1386.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apr 29, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman (25) celebrates after scoring against the Miami Marlins during the third inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Dodgers Activate Max Muncy; Tommy Edman to Injured List<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Dodgers activated IF Max Muncy from the injured list and placed IF Tommy Edman on the injured list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers\/status\/1952510681791840327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Running on Gimpy<\/h3>\n<p>Edman had to leave yesterday&#8217;s game in the fourth inning after re-injuring his ankle while rounding first base. This is the same ankle that made him miss time earlier this year. It has been apparent that the ankle has not fully healed from the injury earlier this year, as the former NLCS Most Valuable Player has been a shell of himself offensively. He has struggled to maintain a batting average above .200. However, he has manned third base admirably in Max Muncy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/03\/dodgers-call-up-outfielder-esteury-ruiz\/\" target=\"_self\">absence.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Time to Heal<\/h3>\n<p>Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/roberda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a> said that there is no timetable for the utility man&#8217;s return. They prefer not to rush Edman back, which would allow the ankle to heal completely as they look to October.<\/p>\n<h3>Returning Sooner Than Expected<\/h3>\n<p>For his part, Muncy is back in the lineup tonight after missing a month due to a deep knee contusion. The Dodgers are counting their blessings after it appeared that he sustained a severe knee injury, which could have sidelined him for the rest of the season. The initial timeline for his return was six weeks. It has been a month. The Dodgers have struggled offensively while he has been hurt. This is reflected in their 10-14 record in the month of July. As a result, the San Diego Padres have crept within three games in the National League West standings. Muncy has the ability to lengthen the Dodgers&#8217; lineup even in the midst of a perennial All-Star. Before his injury, the third baseman was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/27\/three-trends-to-monitor-as-dodgers-enter-second-half\/\" target=\"_self\">hitting above .300<\/a> with double-digit homers the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>There is no convenient time for injuries to happen. However, the Dodgers would prefer Edman to fully recover just in time to contribute in the stretch run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Peter Aiken-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers activated third baseman Max Muncy from the injured list and placed Tommy Edman on it, the team announced on Monday. Dodgers Activate Max Muncy; Tommy Edman to Injured List The Dodgers activated IF Max Muncy from the injured list and placed IF Tommy Edman on the injured list. \u2014 Los Angeles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":103046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[257,2240,3899],"class_list":["post-105537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-dave-roberts","tag-max-muncy","tag-tommy-edman"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105537"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105544,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105537\/revisions\/105544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}