The Rockies on Thursday called up catcher Tom Murphy, the slugger who missed the first 10 weeks of the season with a broken right arm. And now, finally, their core catching corps is intact.
“It’s almost like opening day,” Murphy said. “You know you’re going to be a really good team. That’s the feeling I have right now.”
Murphy was on line to compete with Tony Wolters for the Rockies’ starting catcher job on opening day. But Murphy fractured his lower arm throwing to second base in a spring training game against the Cubs when his arm hit Anthony Rizzo’s bat on a throw to second base.