We’re only a couple days into the 2021 MLB season, and the Oakland A’s are already averaging one wrist injury per game.
Catcher Sean Murphy was a late scratch from Friday’s lineup due to a right wrist contusion, the team announced. It was incurred during Thursday’s Opening Night game, presumably when he was hit by a pitch in that area.
Fortunately, it doesn’t sound serious for now, and Murphy is day-to-day “[depending] on how he responds to treatment,” reports Matt Kawahara of the S.F. Chronicle. He’s not in the lineup Saturday, with Aramis Garcia starting behind the plate again in a day game after having just played the previous night game.