While the Atlanta Braves’ 2025 season has been an abject failure in nearly every regard, one of the few bright spots has been the emergence of catcher Drake Baldwin. In fact, he’s had such an emergence that there’s been a bit of buzz for the team to move on from Sean Murphy.
And although that move may make sense in a vacuum, legendary Atlanta Braves writer Mark Bowman splashed some cold water on the idea of a trade with a recent story.
Braves insider makes strong case for Atlanta to keepSean Murphy
In a new story diving deep into the Braves’ plans for the trade deadline, Bowman wrote:
With (Marcell) Ozuna and (Raisel) Iglesias being short-term rentals who likely won’t bring a significant prospect haul, I’ve heard some argue that Murphy should be moved.