Sean Murphy Sitting Out To Open The Second Half
4 months agoAtlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy will get the day off on Friday for the series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to kick off the second half of the 2024 season. In Murphy's place, Travis d'Arnaud will do the catching for rookie right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach while hitting sixth in the batting order against Cardinals right-hander Sonny Gray. Murphy missed significant time in the first half of his second season in Atlanta due to injury, which is why he's played in only 33 games after making the All-Star squad for the first time in 2023. The 29-year-old backstop has been a disappointment this year, even when healthy, as he enters the second half with a weak .211 average (23-for-109) with five homers and 12 RBI. The Braves will continue to give Murphy days off here and there to keep d'Arnaud's bat in the lineup.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com