2025 Stats
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.231
HR
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Murphy strained his oblique on Opening Day last season and wound up missing more than eight weeks of action. It turned out to be a harbinger of doom, as the 30-year-old suffered through his worst season with a lowly .636 OPS and sub-.200 batting average. Dating back to the 2023 All-Star break, Murphy is slashing just .181/.294/.323 across 432 plate appearances. He also has a 37 percent hard-hit rate over that stretch, which is down significantly from his career 42.4 percent mark. A spike in his ground ball rate (53.9 percent) also conspired to hold Murphy back in 2024. He's young enough and talented enough to return to being a starting-caliber fantasy catcher in 2025, and Murphy's playing time outlook went up after Atlanta declined Travis d'Arnaud's option and he wound up signing with the Angels. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a six-year, $73 million contract extension with the Braves in December of 2022. Contract includes $15 million team option for 2029.
Remains red hot Saturday
Murphy went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Saturday in a 7-6 win against St. Louis.
Analysis
Murphy clubbed a huge homer in the eighth inning, driving in three runs on a shot to left field to give Atlanta a one-run lead. It was the third long ball in the past two days for the veteran catcher and his seventh home run across his past 11 contests. The power surge has pushed Murphy to 16 homers and 38 RBI on the campaign, numbers more than good enough to nail down a spot atop the catching depth chart on most teams. However, talented rookie Drake Baldwin has 11 homers and 32 RBI along with an .840 OPS (slightly better than Murphy's .837 mark), so it will be interesting to see how the team divvies up playing time between the two moving forward. Murphy has started five of Atlanta's past six contests, though one of those starts came at DH, and Baldwin also logged one start at DH during that span.
Murphy clubbed a huge homer in the eighth inning, driving in three runs on a shot to left field to give Atlanta a one-run lead. It was the third long ball in the past two days for the veteran catcher and his seventh home run across his past 11 contests. The power surge has pushed Murphy to 16 homers and 38 RBI on the campaign, numbers more than good enough to nail down a spot atop the catching depth chart on most teams. However, talented rookie Drake Baldwin has 11 homers and 32 RBI along with an .840 OPS (slightly better than Murphy's .837 mark), so it will be interesting to see how the team divvies up playing time between the two moving forward. Murphy has started five of Atlanta's past six contests, though one of those starts came at DH, and Baldwin also logged one start at DH during that span.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+9%
OPS vs LHP
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| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023vs Left | .829 | 246 | 15 | 34 | .226 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .761 | 681 | 32 | 97 | .231 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .920 | 75 | 7 | 16 | .215 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .777 | 150 | 9 | 22 | .239 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .654 | 70 | 4 | 9 | .175 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .629 | 194 | 6 | 16 | .200 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .884 | 101 | 4 | 9 | .274 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .832 | 337 | 17 | 59 | .245 | ||||
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| Since 2023Home | .721 | 460 | 19 | 58 | .225 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .838 | 467 | 28 | 73 | .234 | ||||
| 2025Home | .702 | 109 | 7 | 17 | .208 | ||||
| 2025Away | .945 | 116 | 9 | 21 | .255 | ||||
| 2024Home | .594 | 130 | 4 | 11 | .197 | ||||
| 2024Away | .678 | 134 | 6 | 14 | .190 | ||||
| 2023Home | .807 | 221 | 8 | 30 | .253 | ||||
| 2023Away | .880 | 217 | 13 | 38 | .250 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Sean Murphy compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
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0.25BB Rate
8.0%K Rate
32.0%BABIP
.265ISO
.281AVG
.231OBP
.311SLG
.513OPS
.824wOBA
.354Exit Velocity
90.2 mphHard Hit Rate
41.9%Barrels/PA
9.3%Expected BA
.223Expected SLG
.481Sprint Speed
21.9 ft/secGround Ball %
40.3%Line Drive %
19.4%Fly Ball %
40.3%Prospect Rankings History
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When Atlanta acquired Murphy, it was coming off a season where he had collected 611 plate appearances for the Athletics. While it was anticipated Murphy wouldn't repeat that with Travis d'Arnaud in the mix, most expected Murphy would gather more than the 438 plate appearances he recorded. Confusing matters more is Murphy's 129 wRC+ was the highest of all catchers with at least as many plate appearances, and Murphy's defense was outstanding. Meanwhile, when healthy, d'Arnaud's offense and defense both displayed signs of decline. Perhaps the extra rest helped Murphy, as he posted career highs in average exit velocity, hard-hit rate and barrel percent. Even so, it's curious why Murphy didn't play more. Both backstops will be back with Atlanta this season, so it must be assumed Murphy will continue to lose playing time to his veteran counterpart. However, at some point, Atlanta should realize Murphy is the better option. Paying for more playing time is defensible, just don't take the leap to 2022 levels.
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Posts sixth career multi-homer game
Murphy went 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's 6-5 win over the Cardinals.
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Spoils shutout Sunday
Murphy went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Orioles.
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Launches go-ahead homer
Murphy went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run during Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Angels.
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Provides only offense in loss
Murphy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Phillies.
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Launches grand slam
Murphy went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a double in Saturday's 6-1 win over Philadelphia.
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Expected to stay put
Atlanta has "no intention" of trading Murphy at the deadline, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Given the presence of rookie Drake Baldwin, it's been speculated that Atlanta might be willing to part with Murphy, who is making $15 million in 2025 and in each of the next three years. However, the club has typically liked to carry two strong catchers on its roster under president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos, and it appears the team is not interested in deviating from that strategy with a trade of Murphy. The 30-year-old has been scorching-hot at the plate, clubbing seven home runs over his last 12 contests. It's much likelier Atlanta trades Marcell Ozuna, and if that happens, it could play both Murphy and Baldwin regularly between catcher and designated hitter.
Given the presence of rookie Drake Baldwin, it's been speculated that Atlanta might be willing to part with Murphy, who is making $15 million in 2025 and in each of the next three years. However, the club has typically liked to carry two strong catchers on its roster under president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos, and it appears the team is not interested in deviating from that strategy with a trade of Murphy. The 30-year-old has been scorching-hot at the plate, clubbing seven home runs over his last 12 contests. It's much likelier Atlanta trades Marcell Ozuna, and if that happens, it could play both Murphy and Baldwin regularly between catcher and designated hitter.