The Angels are among the teams interested in Indians corner outfielder David Murphy, Jon Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports report (on Twitter). The lefty-hitting Murphy is in the midst of a solid season in Cleveland in which he’s batted .299/.347/.443 in 224 plate appearances. The 33-year-old is making $6MM this season and has a $500K buyout on his $7MM 2016 team option.
The Angels already have lefty hitters (Matt Joyce and Kole Calhoun) in the outfield corners, although Joyce has struggled this season, and Murphy could also help righty C.J. Cron (who has a .679 OPS this season and has done most of his damage against lefties) at DH. Last week, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that the Indians would like to receive younger hitters in return for Murphy or Ryan Raburn.
Take Bo Way and cash for him.
No. Just no.
I don’t want to root against Murph. Although, Cron always seems to kill the Rangers, so David taking most of his playing time away wouldn’t be a terrible thing when the Rangers and Angels face-off.
Calling Joyce a hitter is a stretch, the Angels wold love to replace him.
That’s brutal, but couldn’t be more true. I remember Rays fans saying that he normally falls off mid season, but at least starts the year off well. He didn’t even give us that this year.
He would definitely play every day against righties, if acquired. Joyce is just killing them. They would be better off just playing Robertson over him. He’s that bad.
Pretty much this. Robertson has been solid though.