Giants backup catcher Tom Murphy The team was diagnosed with a herniated disc this morning and announced to the beat writer this morning (linked by Shayna Rubin from the San Francisco Chronicle). He will receive an epidural injection and leave it for several weeks. The Giants didn’t officially rule Murphy’s opening day, but things are definitely in that direction.
Wage claims Sam Hoff Signed with minor leagues Max Stacey Will compete for the backup work behind it Patrick Bailey If Murphy is indeed eliminated. The Giants also announced that they had pulled the catcher Adrian Sugastey Starting from the Little League Camp, he was formally invited to the Big League Camp and supplemented some of the lost depth.
San Francisco signed 34-year-old Murphy in April for a two-year contract worth 8.25mm in the 2023-24 offseason. Despite his obvious durability issues when he came to the Giants, the veteran defender has a record of firm production in a healthy situation. From 2019-23 to the Mariners, he handed over a total of .250/.324/.460 batting lines in 807 sets, despite his performance in the worst hitter environment in the sport Home game. According to WRC+, Murphy was 16% higher than the average during running with M.
So far, Murphy’s contract performed poorly. The right-handed veteran appeared in just 13 games at the beginning of the 2024 season and then suffered a Level 2 knee strain, initially expected to put him on hold for six weeks, but eventually proved to be essentially the end of the season. Murphy recorded just 38 plates in his first year with the Giants and released a sluggish .118/.211/.235 Slash.
Despite Murphy’s history of injury, knee trouble is a new development. He had previously endured a long absence due to a fractured forearm, a fractured foot, a dislocation of the shoulder and a ligament injury. The knee problem was not a problem he had before – just like this new development in the past was not a hindrance from the past.
Joining Murphy last offseason was the second pick many years ago Joey Bart Struggling in San Francisco. Murphy’s two-year deal certainly played a role in driving the picks in the lineup, and the breakthrough he enjoyed after being traded to the Pirates would only add one layer further to increase Murphy’s health dilemma. Last year, Bart hit .265/.337/.462 in 282 sets last year, and as we entered the 2025 campaign, he entered the top of the Pirates’ depth map.
In Huff and Stassi, the Giants have a pair of experienced choices to support Bailey, who is perhaps the best defensive player in the game (and one of the best defensive players in MLB). Huff just turned 27 and was in the first top 100 for the Rangers. He has a steady .255/.313/.455 slash in 214 major league cards, but the Rangers are obviously not optimistic about his chances of maintaining the piece. Given that he benefits from the average of the game.353 and has benefited greatly from more than a third of his career, it’s an understandable question.
Stassi, 33, is not suitable for professionalism since 2022 due to injuries and painful 2023 misery, his son was born for more than three months and spent more than six months in the NICU. Thankfully, the end result is that Stassi and his wife were able to bring their baby boy home, but Stassi has no hope for returning to Diamond in 2024. At the beginning of the 2023 season, he missed the time to work his left hip and surfaced around 2024 – this time he needed an end-of-season hip surgery.
Stassi was on the court and he was inconsistent, but showed signs of more than just backups. Starting from 2020-21, he scored .250/.333/.452 in 118 games and 454 cricket matches. He is an elite stadium frame and he also demonstrates high-quality blocking skills on dirt stadiums. If he had been through hard years (both personal or professional), Stasi is an interesting backup option if he had recovered his full strength. However, he needs to be added to the 40-man squad.
The Giants have some other health issues to focus on the camp, although so far there seems to be no major concern in any way. Outfielder Heliot Ramos According to Susan Slusser of the Chronicle, a tilt issue is being dealt with, but it is expected that only about a week for him to get along with. Ramos is one of the most critical young players in the Giants roster. The long-term top prospect exploded in 2024, slashed .269/.322/.469, with 22 home runs, heading to the plate in 518 times. The vast majority of his work violates the left-handed (.370/.439/.750), but if he can improve the .240/.286/.387 output to his right-handed colleagues, Ramos will have a huge Daily potential.
Southpaw Erik Miller Each slusser is also a bit behind. He dealt with some numbness in his tilted hands, which naturally attracted people’s attention. He hasn’t been extensively tested yet, so no one knows if he’ll miss any time, but Miller, 27, has had his own breakthrough during last year’s rookie effort. In Bob Melvin’s bullpen, he recorded a 3.88 running average in 67 1/3 innings, with a 30.6% strikeout rate but also a 13.4% walk rate. He is currently expected to be the only South Claw in the Giants bullpen. They don’t have another lefty relief candidate in the 40-man lineup Joey Lucchesi,,,,, Enny Romero,,,,, Ethan Small and Miguel del Pozo All have different levels of MLB experience.
