PT TODAY: Nats' Murphy rules out start of season
Mar 22 2018
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| National League | American League | |
| Nationals | Daniel Murphy won't be ready | |
| Washington Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy (knee) acknowledged Wednesday, March 21, that he won't be ready for the start of the season. Source: NatsInsider.com - Mark Zuckerman | |
| BHQ take: This news has seemed inevitable for some time. Howie Kendrick is expected to get most of the playing time at second while Murphy is out. Kendrick is coming off a solid 2017 in which he batted .315 with nine homers and 12 steals over 305 at-bats. Those numbers probably overstate his performance a little, as he had an uncharacteristic 38% hit rate—his xBA was a more modest .285. Similarly,... |
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