Sean Murphy’s injury has made this question a lot more interesting.
There was already a fair bit of debate about how exactly Drake Baldwin’s 2025 season would play out in terms of major league versus minor league time… and now that Sean Murphy is injured, it’s something worth revisiting. The door is wide open for Baldwin to make an impact at the major league level, provided the Braves agree. But, I’m just posing the question to you here: what does Drake Baldwin’s 2025 season look like now that Sean Murphy will likely miss Opening Day and then some with injury?
Is Baldwin going to be the Opening Day starter but get sent back to Gwinnett unless he blows the opposition out of the water? Is he going to blow said competition out of said water and force his way into a timeshare at the MLB level? Is he going to struggle? Are the Braves just gonna have Chadwick Tromp start on Opening Day instead? All these possibilities, and more, are up for your vociferous debate and prognostication.