A’s catcher Sean Murphy hit a ball very far. That’s it, that’s the blog.
Kidding.
The rookie’s 464-foot home run in the top of the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Friday is the A’s longest homer of the season.
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Is that good? That sounds really good.
To be in the same Statcast category as Matt Olson is certainly a compliment. Olson once hit a 483-foot bomb in 2017 which had been the longest one from an A’s player since the beginning of the Statcast era at the beginning of the 2015 season.
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Murphy’s fifth jack of the season, measured in at 112.5 mph exit velocity, put the A’s up 5-1.
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Murphy’s power continues to impress at the plate and manager Bob Melvin said recently he’s always “one swing away from hitting a homer.”
That’s one way to celebrate a week after graduating from prospect lists.