OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Wed 9/29/21 7:45 PM

Murphy isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.
EDGE Analysis
Murphy had started each of the last three games, and he went 1-for-9 with two runs, an RBI and a walk. Cal Raleigh will start behind the dish and bat ninth.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Sat 9/25/21 5:41 PM

Murphy is out of the lineup Saturday versus the Angels.
EDGE Analysis
Murphy went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout Friday and will take a seat for the second time in the past three games. Cal Raleigh will work behind the plate for Seattle.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Thu 9/23/21 1:36 PM

Murphy will sit Thursday against Oakland.
EDGE Analysis
Murphy has settled in as the Mariners' primary catcher down the stretch and owns a .294/.375/.471 slash line over his last 12 games. He'll sit here after starting three straight games behind the plate, with Cal Raleigh set to catch Yusei Kikuchi.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Sun 9/19/21 1:02 PM

Murphy is not in the lineup Sunday against the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
Murphy went 0-for-2 during Saturday's contest and will take a seat for the second time in the past three games. Cal Raleigh will work behind the plate for Seattle.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Fri 9/17/21 4:40 PM

Murphy is not starting Friday against the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
The backstop will return to the bench for the second time in three games after going 1-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's loss to the Red Sox. Cal Raleigh will work behind the plate and bat ninth.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Tue 9/14/21 5:58 PM

Murphy is not starting Tuesday against the Red Sox.
EDGE Analysis
He'll take a seat after going hitless in his last six at-bats. Cal Raleigh is set to catch for Tyler Anderson and bat ninth.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Sat 9/11/21 6:11 PM

Murphy went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a two-run blast in a win over the Diamondbacks on Friday.
EDGE Analysis
The veteran backstop took Madison Bumgarner deep in the second and sixth innings for his 10th and 11th round trippers of the season. Murphy's second blast, a 382-foot laser to left field in the sixth inning, proved to be the difference in the contest when the Diamondbacks' Seth Beer slugged a pinch-hit solo homer in the eighth inning. Murphy now has a pair of two-hit efforts in the last four games and has driven in six runs over his last five contests overall.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Wed 9/8/21 11:40 AM

Murphy will start at catcher and bat eighth Wednesday against the Astros.
EDGE Analysis
In the lineup versus a right-handed starting pitcher (Jose Urquidy) for the second day in a row, the righty-hitting Murphy appears to have supplanted the lefty-hitting Cal Raleigh as the Mariners' preferred option at catcher. Though his OPS is down nearly 200 points this season from his career-best mark from 2019 (.859), Murphy has at least demonstrated a discerning eye at the plate of late, reaching base at a .405 clip over his last 10 games while striking out at a manageable 24.3 percent rate.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Mon 9/6/21 1:20 AM

Murphy went 2-for-3 with a run, two RBI and a walk in Sunday's 10-4 win over Arizona.
EDGE Analysis
Murphy hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, singled in the seventh, walked in the ninth and brought home a run before scoring on an 11th-inning single. The backstop snapped an 0-for-9 stretch with his first multi-hit outing since Aug. 24, though he continues to share catching duties.

OUTTom Murphy
C SF
Wed 9/1/21 1:37 PM

Murphy will start at catcher and bat ninth Wednesday against the Astros.
EDGE Analysis
The right-handed-hitting Murphy typically sees most of his opportunities against left-handed pitching these days, but he'll draw a start behind the dish with a right-hander (Jake Odorizzi) on the mound for Houston. Neither Murphy nor top backstop Cal Raleigh found much success at the plate in August; Murphy compiled a .589 OPS while striking out in 42.2 percent of his plate appearances, while Raleigh delivered a .467 OPS and struck out 34.8 percent of the time.