Braves place Sean Murphy on IL with fractured finger

ATLANTA — The Braves positioned catcher Sean Murphy on the injured record with a fractured left center finger Tuesday, and supervisor Walt Weiss mentioned he may very well be out as much as eight weeks.

The Braves signed free agent catcher Sandy Leon to exchange Murphy, who missed the primary 35 video games of the season rehabbing from proper hip surgical procedure in September. The 37-year-old León had been catching in an impartial Mexican League. León performed 5 video games for the Braves final season, his solely MLB motion since 2023.

Murphy performed simply 4 video games this season and was 1 for 14 on the plate. He was injured when Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim hit his glove on a swing within the seventh inning of Sunday’s sport.

Murphy is in his fourth season with the Braves and was projected to earn important time behind the plate upon his return to maintain second-year catcher Drake Baldwin recent and permit Baldwin to be the designated hitter on his off days. Baldwin has performed each sport this season and has a .892 OPS with 10 house runs.

The Braves additionally referred to as up outfielder José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett after sending down infielder Jim Jarvis on Monday.