Sean Murphy's performance in 2024 sharply declined after a stellar 2023 season, mainly due to an oblique injury sustained on Opening Day. Despite some hope based on historical data, his batted ball statistics remain significantly below his career average, which raises concerns about his potential recovery. The Atlanta Braves are heavily invested in his future, needing his contributions at catcher, but may look to Drake Baldwin as a possible alternative if Murphy doesn't regain his previous level of play. The team's success in 2025 may hinge on Murphy's resurgence, alongside key recoveries from other players like Strider and Acuña.
To throw in a pinch of pessimism, his batted ball data was still dramatically below his career baseline.
It is easy to point to some underperformance of batted ball data and the oblique injury to paint a picture that he should regress back to his star-level self.
Collection
[
|
...
]