The first thing to know about Noah Murdock is that he is not, in fact, Rupert Murdoch. That pretty much exhausts what I knew about Murdock until this morning, but now that the A’s have made him their Rule 5 selection let’s get to know him a bit better.
Murdock was the Kansas City Royals’ 7th round pick in 2019 and he stands 6’8”. While he wasn’t on AN’s collective radar he was picked over Ryan Webb (CLE) and Bryan Magdaleno (TEX), two left-handed pitchers, who were selected by...no one.
Some basic “need to know” facts about Murdock: he is 26, split time last year between AA (24.