Thursday, September 19

Report: Angels including 3-time All-Star Daniel Murphy

Daniel Murphy is returning to affiliated baseball, because the Angels have bought the 38-year-old three-time All-Star’s contract from the unbiased Long Island Ducks, in accordance with a tweet from Ducks common supervisor Michael Pfaff. According to MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, he’ll begin his Angels tenure with Triple-A Salt Lake. Los Angeles has not confirmed the deal.

Murphy, who retired from MLB in January 2021, is greatest remembered for his epic efficiency for the Mets of their run to the 2015 National League pennant, when he homered in six straight playoff video games, and his subsequent sturdy years for the Nationals, together with a second-place MVP end in 2016. He final performed in MLB within the shortened 2020 season, posting a .608 OPS in 40 video games for the Rockies. He has a .296/.341/.455 slash line with 138 dwelling runs and 735 RBIs in 1,452 Major League video games.

He returned to the diamond this yr, placing up sturdy numbers for the Ducks whereas taking part in a mixture of first and second base: a .331 common with an .861 OPS, two homers and 19 RBIs in 37 Atlantic League video games.

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