Usually, signing a two-year, $8.25 million contract shows stability and confidence. However, for the Giants and their catcher, it meant medical chaos. He missed the 2024 season because of a knee ailment, and just when he thought he would finally play— a back injury (herniated disc) sidelined him for the 2025 season, and he is pointing fingers at the doctors.

The catcher is Tom Murphy. During spring training, he began rehab after being told he had a small oblique strain, but scans subsequently showed that the underlying problem was a herniated disc in his mid-back. To make matters worse, surgeons injected the incorrect disc during therapy, which made his recuperation take longer and caused severe muscle spasms that lasted for hours. And he didn’t mince words while talking about the injur

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