Free agent reliever Noah Murdock signed with the Pirates, he announced on social media. It’s a minor league deal that was agreed upon last week, according to the MLB.com transaction log.
Murdock, a 6’8″ righty, made his big league debut this year as a Rule 5 pick of the Athletics. He struggled over his five weeks in Mark Kotsay’s bullpen, giving up 25 runs across 17 innings. Murdock walked 20 and hit two more, far too many free passes around which to work. The A’s designated him for assignment in the middle of May. That sent him back to his original organization, the Royals, where he was assigned to Triple-A Omaha. Murdock allowed six earned runs per nine across 21 frames before suffering a season-ending injury.
The ’25 season clearly didn’t go to plan. Murdock is only a year removed from showing promise against upper minors hitters, though. He combined for 62 2/3 innings of 3.16 ERA ball between Double-A and Triple-A in 2024. He posted plus strikeout (27%) and ground-ball (59.7%) rates behind a 95 MPH sinker and a pair of breaking balls — a high-80s cutter and a low-80s slider. Murdock has thus far been held back by an inability to throw strikes consistently. He has walked well over 10% of batters faced at every stop since rookie ball. That included a massive 15.4% walk rate even in his otherwise strong ’24 season.
Pittsburgh will presumably give Murdock a look in big league camp. He has a full slate of options and could bounce between PNC Park and Triple-A Indianapolis if he pitches his way onto the 40-man roster.
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