From ESPN: Murphy prepared to take back seat

[Bill]

It's probably too early to say that he'll be another Wally Pipp but at
least he's willing to acknowledge that Ike is the better choice, for
now. Sounds like Daniel might end up trying to play some 2nd base again.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5120112

Bill

[montygraham]

Murphy had his chance and he demonstrated that he had no "tools."
Because he was given the starting job (if he had been healthy on
opening day), Omar demonstrated that he ability to judge skill sets is
seriously lacking. What I'm more concerned about is how this
organization responds so slowly. For example, suppose Ike hits
around .250 to .270, with little power and a mediocre OBP? I'd go
back to Murphy in 3 weeks. Light a fire under both their butts, and
let's see how well they do under pressure. If you are going to win a
World Series some day, you are going to have to deal with more
pressure than this sort of situation. Instead, there seems to be a
reticence in this organization to do things that would be good
indicators of how "gutsy" their players are. And in light of the last
few years, that's the kind of quality that they seem to need most.

[skat...@gmail.com]

This scrub will never see first base again, whether it's offensively
or defensively. The fact that he was given the position is a joke in
and of itself.

[Matt]

Daniel Murphy has worked very hard to make himself a decent defensive
player. He's a team player that hits, cares, and does what it takes to
have
his team win.

I'll take him over a hundred A-Rods or other "superstars". He reminds
me of
Ed Kranepool, and that's quite a thing in my mind.

Matt
(Met fan since 1962)

[Jimmy]

"Daniel Murphy has worked very hard to make himself a decent defensive
player. He's a team player that hits, cares, and does what it takes to
have his team win."

I can't disagree with this statement but Ike Davis is a better player,
period. Murphy really has no place on this team anymore.

[Matt]

That may or may not be. I personally think I'd love to have him as a
backup.
But that said, insulting the man is just rude, which is what I took
exception to.

Matt

[skat...@gmail.com]

Oh please, he's nothing but a triple-A player who happened to get
victimized by the Mets hype machine as the second coming because they
didn't want to spend the money and get a real first baseman. And
watching him play the outfield made for great entertainment.

[tmp]

And you were saying the same thing about him in 2008 when he came up
from AA and hit .313 with a .397 OBP? Just checking...

[skat...@gmail.com]

On Apr 25, 10:30 am, tmp <t...@nowhere.net> wrote:

and how many at-bats did he have? if you think he'd have put up those
numbers with say 500 atbats, you're just as nuts.

[Matt]

Daniel Murphy might be a great player. The likelihood is, we will
never know.
But can he hit 300 with 500 at bats? I think he could. You think he
can't. The
proof is impossible to come by.

Matt

[tmp]

151 plate appearances, but that wasn't my point....

When he came up in 2008, he hit well, and a lot of people thought he
could become a pretty good major league hitter. I was one of them.

Since you seem so all-fired sure of yourself in your opinion of him now
(as if any idiot could have seen right away that he sucked), my question
to you is what was your opinion of him then? Were you fooled by that
initial hot streak or not?

[Ruben Safir]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:19:08 -0400, tmp wrote:

> Since you seem so all-fired sure of yourself in your opinion of him now
> (as if any idiot could have seen right away that he sucked), my question
> to you is what was your opinion of him then? Were you fooled by that
> initial hot streak or not?
>

Actually, I'm not sure Murphy can't be a very good hitter, OTOH, he
certainly is no guarantee that will be either. Its a long season, lets
see what happens.

Ruben

[tmp]

I'm not either, but his problem now may be that he won't get another
chance to find out - at least not on the Mets.

[Chris ®]

The only way Murphy ever gets to see regular playing time with the Mets
again is if the National League implements the DH between now and when
his rehab is over.

Ike Davis is the Mets first baseman, now and for the forseeable future.
Ike did to Murph what David Wright did to Ty Wiggington.

-
"Sometimes, there just aren't enough rocks" - Forrest Gump

[Darren Delgado]

On Apr 24, 4:22 pm, Matt <matttel...@sprynet.com> wrote:

> On Apr 24, 10:16 am, JerseyDevi...@webtv.net (Jimmy) wrote:
>
> > "Daniel Murphy has worked very hard to make himself a decent defensive
> > player. He's a team player that hits, cares, and does what it takes to
> > have his team win."
>
> > I can't disagree with this statement but Ike Davis is a better player,
> > period.  Murphy really has no place on this team anymore.
>
> That may or may not be. I personally think I'd love to have him as a
> backup.

I think having Murphy as a backup is a waste of a spot. He can only
play one position, he's not that great at it, and he isn't a very good
hitter. I don't see what he adds to the bench as a backup over what
Tatis offers.

[Darren Delgado]

I don't think it is impossible that he can be a good hitter, but it's
not very likely. He never hit very well in the minors and he never
hit very well in the majors. I guess he could suddenly learn how to
be an exceptional hitter out of nowhere, but I doubt it.

Also, you're probably right that we'll never know, because no team
will be as dumb as the Mets were and give him an everyday job anywhere
based on his professional career to date.