The 2018 Diamondbacks had a roller-coaster season. But of all the players, few had a more roller-coaster season than John Ryan Murphy. On June 1, he had a .950 OPS, having hit eight home-run in just 83 plate-appearances. With Alex Avila’s OPS on the same date being less than half that (.453), the fanbase were increasingly vociferous for Murphy’s playing-time to replace that of Avila. But then the script flipped: Murphy batted only .155 the rest of the way, with an even lower OPS of just .418. At one point John Ryan went six and a half weeks between hits (July 6-August 21), going 0-for-33 over a 14-game stretch - one of the worst streaks by any position player in franchise history.
2018 Arizona Diamondbacks Reviews: #30, John Ryan Murphy
