The Latest Breaking News from Max Muncy

There are head-scratching decisions, and then there’s whatever Tony La Russa was thinking with this one.

After finding so many ways to win ballgames over his career, Tony La Russa is now inventing new ways to lose them.

LOS ANGELES — Hey, Max Muncy, what have you done lately?

PITTSBURGH — Daniel Vogelbach finished his swing, dropped his bat and stared toward the Clemente Wall in right field. The Pirates’ designated hitter found a low-and-inside fastball, and he did what many left-handed hitters do with pitches there — pulverized it. No question Vogelbach knew it was gone.

PITTSBURGH — On Monday, the Pirates played one of their best games of the young season, pitching a gem in a 5-1 win over the perennial powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES — Off the crack of the bat, almost everyone on the field Tuesday night thought the ball was gone.

Joey Votto, Max Muncy and the Braves’ outfielders are among the players we’re evaluating with the SI MLB Panic Meter.

During a San Francisco Giants pitching change in the seventh inning Wednesday night, the scoreboard at Dodger Stadium played a familiar highlight reel.

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t hit a ball out of the infield in Wednesday’s eighth inning.