Murray was released by the Rays on Saturday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Murray joined the Rays on a minor-league deal in December but failed to make the team. The 27-year-old has a 6.18 ERA in 39.1 major-league innings but hasn't appeared at the big-league level since 2016. He'll likely sign a minor-league deal elsewhere as organizational depth.
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Rays' Colton Murray: Signs deal with Tampa Bay
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Murray agreed to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Rays on Thursday, MLB.com's Mark Feinsand reports.
Murray tossed 40.2 innings for Triple-A Lehigh Valley within the Phillies' system in 2017, posting a 5.53 ERA and 1.59 WHIP with a 45:15 K:BB. The right-hander didn't see any time on a major-league mound last year, but appeared in 24 games out of the bullpen for Philadelphia in 2016, although he wasn't able to secure any sort of role and tallied just a 6.25 ERA during those outings. Looking ahead, Murray will provide organizational depth for Tampa Bay and could wind up starting the 2018 campaign in Triple-A Durham.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Activated from DL
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Murray (back) was activated from the disabled list at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Wednesday.
Murray opened the minor-league season on the disabled list while he recovered from a back injury that he suffered late in spring training. He will work in middle relief for the IronPigs.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: On minor-league DL
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Murray (back) is on the 7-day DL at Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
He left a game in late March with a lower-back injury, and is obviously not yet ready to return to game action. Murray will provide organizational bullpen depth once healthy.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Leaves game with back injury
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Murray left Tuesday's spring training game with what appeared to be a lower-back injury, Jim Salisbury of CSN Philadelphia reports.
It was a tough day for Murray, who was also told he would not earn a roster spot with the Phillies. He will join the bullpen at Triple-A Lehigh Valley once healthy.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Recalled from Triple-A
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Murray was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday.
He was subpar in 23 innings with the big club earlier this season, posting a 4.30 ERA and 18:9 K:BB in 23 innings. However, he will get the September call-up to eat some low-leverage innings out of the bullpen down the stretch.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Optioned to Triple-A
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Murray was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley following Thursday's game, Ryan Lawrence of The Philly Voice reports.
The Phillies' bullpen has been overworked over the past few days due to a number of blowout losses, so the organization optioned Murray back to Triple-A with the intention of recalling a fresh arm. Murray pitched for the third consecutive night Thursday, working two scoreless innings after starter Aaron Nola was tagged for six earned runs in just 3.0 innings. The Phillies will recall a bullpen arm Friday to take Murray's spot on the active roster.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Improves in second MLB stint
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Murray has a 1.38 ERA and 1.00 WHIP after throwing 13 innings since being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on April 30.
After an underwhelming start to 2016 at Lehigh Valley where his ERA reached 6.10, Murray's solid performance for the Phillies has been a pleasant surprise. He's pitched in 10 games, allowing runs in just one, and has thrown up to three innings at a time. Whether or not he can sustain such a low ERA and WHIP has yet to be seen, but would be welcomed by a subpar Phillies' bullpen that has a collective ERA of 3.71.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Recalled from Triple-A Saturday
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Murray was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday.
With Dalier Hinojosa (hand) landing on the DL, Murray will come up for his second stint at the major league level. He made eight appearances last year, allowing five runs over 7.2 innings, as part of the team's expanded September roster. He will likely work exclusively in the middle innings.
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Phillies' Colton Murray: Optioned to Triple-A
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The Phillies optioned Murray to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday.
Murray gave up just one earned run over 5.1 innings with the big club this spring, but he did not do enough to break camp with the big club. He figures to be an option for the big league club at some point this season after posting a 2.67 ERA and striking out 77 batters in 77.2 minor league innings in 2015.
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Phillies recall C Erik Kratz and two pitchers on Tuesday
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The Phillies added three players to their active roster with Tuesday's roster expansion. Right-handers Dalier Hinojosa and Colton Murray , along with catcher Erik Kratz , were recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
