Catchers Sean Murphy and William Contreras have both been traded... in the same deal

Dec 12 2022 by Bleed Cubbie Blue

 
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The catching market is on fire.

Things seemed to be going along a bit slowly in baseball’s offseason Hot Stove and then news broke Monday afternoon of the trade of two catchers. First, Sean Murphy of the A’s:

BREAKING: Catcher Sean Murphy has been traded to the Atlanta Braves, sources tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 12, 2022

Hmm, I thought, don’t the Braves already have a couple of pretty good catchers?

They did, and...

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