Agreed. The time to move Murphy was 2 months ago when he had an .800+ OPS and about 3 WAR. There is zero chance we are getting equal value for Murphy at this point. So he would just be a salary dump, and with his upside that would be a terrible salary dump. We should have more than enough money to fill the holes we need to fill this off-season, so freeing up his money should not be necessary.Horrendous idea
Let Murphy rebuild his value after this surgery, playing in a 40/60 split with Baldwin and will filling at DH occasionally . Then hopefully trade him next off-season if he has a good year.