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Sitting Tuesday Murphy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Twins.

Impact It's the second straight day and third time in Atlanta's past four games that Muphy will be on the bench. The 29-year-old has a .633 OPS in August and will cede catching duties to Travis d'Arnaud on Tuesday.

AUGUST 27, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Retreating to bench Monday Murphy is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.

Impact Travis d'Arnaud returned to the lineup Saturday after missing about a week of action with a wrist injury, so Murphy appears set to move back into more a timeshare at catcher after he had started behind the plate in six of the past seven contests. Murphy has posted a .633 OPS in August, roughly in line with his disappointing .665 mark for the season.

AUGUST 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Getting Saturday off Murphy isn't in Atlanta's lineup for Saturday's game against the Nationals, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.

Impact Murphy has gone 4-for-23 with nine strikeouts over his last seven games. He'll get a breather Saturday as Travis d'Arnaud makes his return from a wrist injury that caused him to sit out for a week.

AUGUST 24, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

On bench Saturday Murphy is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels.

Impact Murphy and Travis d'Arnaud have been alternating starts behind the plate recently and after Murphy started Friday, it'll be d'Arnaud's turn to catch Saturday. Murphy missed the first two months of the season with a strained oblique but has logged a .228/.315/.399 slash line with seven home runs in 178 plate appearances since returning.

AUGUST 17, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving rest day Murphy is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Giants.

Impact Murphy will take a seat for the series finale after he caught all nine innings of Wednesday's 13-2 win while going 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk and two RBI. Travis d'Arnaud will replace Murphy behind the plate and will bat fifth.

AUGUST 15, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Getting Tuesday off Murphy isn't in Atlanta's lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants, Lindsay Crosby of AthlonSports.com reports.

Impact Murphy will take a seat Tuesday after going 1-for-4 with two strikeouts during Monday's series opener. Travis d'Arnaud will do the catching for right-hander Charlie Morton instead and bat fifth.

AUGUST 13, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving breather Sunday Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies

Impact Murphy started the first two games of the series at Coors Field and will sit for Sunday's matinee. Travis d'Arnaud will step in behind the plate to catch for rookie righty Spencer Schwellenbach.

AUGUST 11, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Getting afternoon off Murphy is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Brewers.

Impact Murphy will take a seat for the Thursday afternoon contest after he caught all nine innings of Wednesday night's 8-5 loss while going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Travis d'Arnaud will settle in behind the dish for Atlanta in the series finale.

AUGUST 8, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Taking seat Tuesday Murphy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.

Impact Murphy has continued to split time behind the plate with Travis d'Arnaud, and he'll yield to d'Arnaud for Tuesday's series opener. Murphy is 5-for-16 with a solo homer in his last five games.

AUGUST 6, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving rest Wednesday Murphy is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.

Impact Murphy is getting a breather for Wednesday's matinee after he had started behind the plate both of the past two days. Travis d'Arnaud will spell Murphy at catcher, forming a battery with starting pitcher Chris Sale.

JULY 31, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Knocks sixth homer Murphy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 8-3 loss to Milwaukee.

Impact Murphy's playing time has been dropping in the second half -- he's gone just 3-for-15 with five walks over five games since the All-Star break. The catcher's homer came in garbage time Monday. He's up to six long balls, 13 RBI, 10 runs scored, three doubles and a .210/.295/.379 slash line through 38 contests this season. Until Murphy finds more consistency at the plate, Travis d'Arnaud will continue to eat into his playing time.

JULY 30, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Knocks sixth homer Murphy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 8-3 loss to Milwaukee.

JULY 30, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Absent from lineup Murphy is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Mets.

Impact Murphy will sit Sunday for the second time in three games. He went 0-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Mets. Travis d'Arnaud will start behind home plate and bat fifth.

JULY 28, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not in Friday's lineup Murphy is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Mets.

Impact Travis d'Arnaud has started each of the first two games of the series against the Mets and has made four starts to Murphy's three since the All-Star break. Murphy had two hits in his last start Wednesday, but before that he had been hitless across his last five contests.

JULY 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not in Friday's lineup Murphy is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Mets.

Impact Travis d'Arnaud has started each of the first two games of the series against the Mets and has made four starts to Murphy's three since the start of the second half. Murphy had two hits in his last start Wednesday but before that had been hitless across his last five contests.

JULY 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting down Thursday Murphy isn't in Atlanta's lineup for Thursday's game against the Mets.

Impact Murphy will get a breather after going 2-for-4 during Wednesday's game against the Reds, allowing Travis d'Arnaud to catch for lefty Chris Sale during Thursday's series opener.

JULY 25, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Idle Tuesday Murphy is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds.

Impact Murphy is hitless in his last 13 at-bats but has more walks (3) than strikeouts (2) during that stretch. Travis d"Arnaud will catch and bat cleanup Tuesday.

JULY 23, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving Sunday off Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

Impact Murphy went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader and will sit Sunday while in the midst of a 3-for-23 slump. Travis d'Arnaud will work behind the plate and bat sixth in the series finale.

JULY 21, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting Saturday Murphy isn't in Atlanta's lineup for the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Cardinals.

Impact Travis d'Arnaud will start behind the plate for the first game of Saturday's twin bill, making Murphy the likely choice to start at catcher during the nightcap.

JULY 20, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Absent from Friday's lineup Murphy is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Cardinals.

Impact Murphy sat out the final game before the All-Star break and will also begin the first contest after the break on the bench. Travis d'Arnaud will do the catching for Spencer Schwellenbach.

JULY 19, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Getting rest Sunday Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

Impact Murphy caught eight innings and went 0-for-4 in Atlanta's 4-0 loss Saturday evening, so he'll be getting some routine maintenance as the two teams close out their series with a day game. Travis d'Arnaud steps in behind the plate as Murphy's replacement in the starting nine.

JULY 14, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting Friday Murphy is not in the starting lineup for Friday's series opener against the Padres.

Impact Murphy started in three of four games against the Diamondbacks this past week, going 3-for-11 with one walk, one home run and three RBI. He'll begin Friday's contest in the dugout while Travis d'Arnaud starts behind the plate and bats eighth against Padres right-hander Matt Waldron.

JULY 12, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Slugs clutch homer Murphy went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 5-4 extra-innings win against the Diamondbacks on Monday.

Impact Atlanta was down to its last out when Murphy tied the score with his two-run blast off Arizona closer Paul Sewald in the top of the ninth inning. The clutch long ball was Murphy's second over his past four games, though he has only one other hit during that stretch. The veteran backstop went deep a career-high 21 times last season and has five homers through 29 contests during the current campaign.

JULY 9, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving Sunday off Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Phillies.

Impact Murphy was on the bench for Friday's series opener and will also sit for Sunday's finale after going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Saturday's contest. Travis d'Arnaud will step in behind the plate to catch for righty Reynaldo Lopez.

JULY 7, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not in Atlanta lineup Murphy is not in the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Phillies.

Impact Travis d'Arnaud will do the catching for Max Fried in the series opener. Murphy has a 1.050 OPS over his last 12 games and would seem to be a good bet to be in the lineup Saturday and Sunday.

JULY 5, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

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