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Cards notes: Dec. 11 -- Trade with Oakland lands catcher Sean Murphy
The St. Louis Cardinals have completed a trade with the Oakland Athletics to acquire catcher Sean Murphy in exchange for 1B/OF Juan Yepez and minor-league left-handed pitcher Jake Walsh.
A two-time Gold-Glove winner, Murphy hit .250 with 18 homers and 66 RBIs in 148 games (146 starts) for Oakland in 2022.
The 28-year-old is a career .236 hitter with 46 homers and 147 RBIs,
Yepez, 24, spent 76 games in St. Louis in 2022, during which he hit .253 with 12 home runs and 30 RBIs.
At AAA, Yepez hit .277 with 16 homers and 53 RBIs.
Walsh, 27, pitched in three games for the Cardinals 2022, going 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA.
The 17th-round pick in the 2017 draft, worked in 13 games for AAA Memphis going 1-0 with a 1.17 ERA.
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