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Mariners Select Brian O’Keefe

By Darragh McDonald | August 16, 2023 at 3:52pm CDT

The Mariners announced that they have selected the contract of catcher Brian O’Keefe. He will take the active roster spot of fellow backstop Tom Murphy, who has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb sprain, retroactive to August 14. The club already had a vacancy on the 40-man roster.

O’Keefe, 30, gets called to join the Mariners for the second time in his career. He was selected in late September last year, getting into two games before being non-tendered in the offseason and re-signing on a minor league pact. He’s spent all of this year with Triple-A Tacoma in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. Despite hitting 22 home runs and drawing walks in 11.1% of his plate appearances, his .240/.325/.511 batting line amounts to a wRC+ of just 91.

He will slide into the backup role behind starter Cal Raleigh, taking the place of Murphy, who has an uncertain timeline but will be officially out for more than a week. Murphy has generally been an above-average hitter in his career but health has been an impediment. He’s never reached 100 games played in a season and was limited by a dislocated shoulder to just 14 contests last year. He’s played 47 games this year, hitting a huge .290/.335/.538 for a wRC+ of 142, but will now have to put that strong season on pause.

Dating back to his debut in 2015, Murphy is a career .244/.313/.456 hitter, which translates to a wRC+ of 106. Despite almost a decade in the bigs at this point, he’s played just 315 games but has generally succeeded when on the field. He’s set to reach free agency at season’s end.

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  1. Edp007

    2 years ago

    He comes with a Red Cap please

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  2. Fred Park

    2 years ago

    I will miss Tom Murphy. Great catcher and clutch hitter as well.
    But I’ll gladly give this O’Keefe guy a second chance.
    Hope he finally catches fire.

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    • mlb fan

      2 years ago

      I used to wonder why the M’s valued Tom Murphy so much, letting other catchers go and keeping him for years. This years(healthy)play has answered that question for me. He’s been really solid and does have a “team leader” reputation.

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    • SODOMOJO

      2 years ago

      Let’s see if the power translates away from the PCL.

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      • Fred Park

        2 years ago

        I guess I was just hoping he could catch some team’s attention and finally get his time in The Show.
        The Mariners are pretty much rock solid at Catcher.
        But the guy is 29, and I have maybe too much sympathy for veteran players. After all, nobody ever dedicated his whole life to baseball with the idea of going no higher than Triple-A.

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        • DCartrow

          2 years ago

          At least he was replaced with a fellow Irishman

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  3. Rosstradamus

    2 years ago

    Holey-Moley….”Hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League” is an understatement if he’s got an .836 OPS and just a wRC+ of 91

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