For the first full month of the 2025 season, it was fair to wonder if the Dodgers would stay loyal to one of their longest-tenured players and pick up his option for 2026. Max Muncy had a .194 average and .610 OPS by the end of April, and he didn't seem to be making improvements, no matter what the Dodgers tried to do to fix him.
He reached his rock bottom on May 6, with a .176/.308/.278 slash line after a hitless game against the Marlins, but then things started slowly trending upward. The solution was a no-brainer: Muncy just started wearing glasses.