MESA, Ariz. — The Oakland A’s made sure to play it safe with Sean Murphy this spring, but made his Cactus League debut on Monday night against the Chicago Cubs — a day earlier than the A’s anticipated.
Why fold your starting catcher into the fold slowly? Murphy had two surgeries in one year.
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The 25-year-old underwent lateral meniscal debridement procedure on his left knee one week following the A’s wild card loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in October. It was a follow-up procedure following Murphy’s surgery to repair a torn meniscus in that knee back in May.