{"id":23877,"date":"2020-07-09T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dodgers-100-million-stadium-renovation-behind-max-muncys-injury\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T12:20:00","slug":"dodgers-100-million-stadium-renovation-behind-max-muncys-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dodgers-100-million-stadium-renovation-behind-max-muncys-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dodgers\u2019 $100 million stadium renovation behind Max Muncy\u2019s injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Dodgers\u2019 $100 million stadium renovation behind Max Muncy\u2019s injury<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Los Angeles Dodgers were eager to show off $100 million worth of stadium renovations to fans and a national audience at the All-Star Game<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

Turns out, it app<\/a>ears only players are going to see the changes up close this season because of the coronavirus pandemic, which will keep the public out of the ballpark for at least the early portion of a 60-game schedule that begins July 23. The Dodgers won\u2019t host the All-Star festivities until 2022.<\/p>\n

The black tarp that served as the backdrop in center field is gone, replaced by a new center field plaza that may take some getting used to for hitters.<\/p>\n

First baseman Max Muncy was hit by a pitch on his left ring finger during the team\u2019s intrasquad game Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t really see the ball,\u201d he said Wednesday on a video conference call. \u201cI\u2019m trying to adjust to some of the changes out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muncy said he\u2019ll stop swinging a bat while his finger heals, but he expects to be ready for Opening Day.<\/p>\n

The new batter\u2019s eye has a bar on top of it that is out of the hitters\u2019 view but where fans can watch the game \u2014 under normal circumstances. There\u2019s a new pedestrian walkway behind the speaker towers in center field that encircles the stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different from what we\u2019re used to,\u201d Muncy said. \u201cPitchers are pretty happy about the batter\u2019s eye out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Max Muncy said he had a hard time seeing the ball after Dodgers Stadium center-field renovations (seen right).<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manager Dave Roberts said, \u201cYou don\u2019t want a player to not be able to see, to put him in harm\u2019s way. For Max to say he couldn\u2019t see the ball because of the background, that\u2019s a little unsettling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, closer Kenley Jansen, outfielder A.J. Pollock, infielder Gavin Lux, catching prospect Keibert Ruiz and pitchers Scott Alexander, Pedro B\u00e1ez and Tony Gonsolin haven\u2019t reported to Dodger Stadium since summer camp began a week ago.<\/p>\n

Roberts has said he can\u2019t comment on the reasons for the absences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopeful we\u2019ll get all those guys back soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Teams are prohibited from saying whether a player tested positive for COVID-19 unless the player gives permission. The COVID-19 injured list, which has been added during the pandemic, will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n

Roberts and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman have said there have been positive tests among players, but didn\u2019t reveal any names.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers have 2 1\/2 weeks of workouts and three exhibition games to prepare for the shortened season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing late to summer camp certainly puts them behind the 8-ball because of the repetitions, getting your legs under you, getting the at-bats, the innings, building up, all that stuff. Certainly it makes it a little more difficult,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

Each of the missing players figures to have a role in the team\u2019s push to return to the World Series<\/a> after losing in back-to-back appearances in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n

Jansen has been the team\u2019s closer since 2012 and earned his 300th career save last year. Pollock hit .266 with 15 home runs and 47 RBIs in 86 games last season, when he missed 2 1\/2 months because of an elbow injury. Pollock\u2019s wife gave birth to a girl three months prematurely in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s any chance of putting her at risk, it gets to be a difficult decision,\u201d Pollock told SportsNetLA, the team\u2019s TV network, last month.<\/p>\n

B\u00e1ez and Alexander would work in relief. Gonsolin is among those in the running to fill David Price\u2019s spot in the starting rotation. Lux was a September call-up last year who homered in his first at-bat in his postseason debut. Ruiz could make his debut this season.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers will be without Price and right-hander Jimmy Nelson this year. Price has decided to sit out after being acquired from Boston last offseason, while Nelson underwent back surgery and is out for the season.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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