There has been much debate since the season ended for the Mets, on whether the Mets should get a first baseman or stick with Daniel Murphy.
Here is how Daniel Murphy ranks among all qualifying National League first baseman with 450 or more at-bats.
As you can see from the above chart, Murphy is woefully deficient in not just one or two offensive areas, but all of them.
I found it odd that some saber friendly Mets fans are so quick to defend Murphy on his inability to draw walks and wonder if they applied a double standard where Jeff Francoeur was concerned this season. Murphy’s walks worsened significantly in the second half, registering just 13 passes compared to 25 in the first half.
The fact is that Daniel Murphy ranks last in OPS, On-Base Percentage, Batting Average, Walk Rate, and Runs Scored.
He ranks second to last place in Slugging Percentage, Homeruns and Runs Batted In.
There doesn’t seem to be one area in the offensive department that would justify and support an argument for keeping his job at first base. There doesn’t seem to be a defensive argument either despite this new fangled stat that suggested he was the second best defensive first baseman in the league. (I’m not kidding.)
At best, Murphy appears to be a poor mans Eddie Kranepool, who set the bar for below average first baseman who were able to stay gainfully employed as a starting first baseman.
His on-base percentage suggests that he should be nowhere near the top of the order.
His slugging percentage suggests that he is not a middle of the order bat either.
So why the fuss over a player who is ideally a 7 or 8 hitter at best in the Mets lineup?
Can we please focus on getting a legitimate power bat at first base in the off season, and leave Daniel Murphy either on the bench or back in AAA where he most likely belongs?
Joe, you hit the nail on the head. This is a WIN NOW team, no question about it. How long do people think Beltran will continue to be productive on those gimpy knees? Why trade for Santana or K-Rod if you’re not a WIN NOW team?
We don’t have the luxury of waiting 2-3 years to see what Murphy will become. We do know what he is now, and that’s the worst offensive first baseman in the NL.
Trade Ike Davis in a Roy Halladay deal along with Parnell, and whatever else they want.
Ike Davis is a fluke and we should trade him before he reverts back to what we saw in 2008 when many labeled him a bust. He hit a few deep flies in 09 in a smaller park but is still the same free swinger with the gaping hole in his swing.
Keep Daniel Murphy and see how he develops as a hitter. I like the way he takes plenty of pitches and once he’s able to hit that inside fastball, he can become a consistent .290 hitter. He is already among the best defensive first baseman in the league if not all of baseball according to a report I read. He could end up having a career similar to Keith Hernandez. Mex never had the typical power bat, but made up for it with his superb defence and his great skills as a hitter, especially in the clutch. I like Murphy’s enthusiasm.
With the Mets set at first base for the next 6-7 years, we don’t need Ike Davis so lets get something for him while we still can.
So two months of him sucking, in his first year of pro ball mind you, trumps the spectacular year he had this year? Did you the FSL is a notorious pitchers league, in fact Nieuwenhuis led the FSL in OPS with .824. Before being promoted to AA, Davis had a .863 OPS in 59 games with St. Lucie. There’s a reason he was the Mets top pick in the draft and it’s that he can hit. Will he be solid player, will eh flame out, no one can answer that definitively, but as of now, he is one of the top first base prospects in baseball and let’s at least wait until the AFL starts and ends before we make any more judgments on him.
So Ike Davis sucks and will never develop into a major leaguer, but you want to pencil Dan Murphy in at first for the next 6-7 years? Are these those “instincts” that are so much better than statistical evaluation?
How many first baseman is this organization going to keep and hang on to. From the looks of most of these comments Daniel Murphy should be the first baseman. So why keep Ike Davis of Chris Carter for that matter. If everyone is so high on Murphy, lets use the depth at first base to fill another hole, namely starting pitching. I dont know where you stand on Daniel Murphy with regard to this post, but it seems most of those who commented want Murphy as the Mets everyday first baseman. Are you familiar with the concept of dealing from strength?
My take on Murph is that he’s a decent (and minimum salaried) bench piece or good AAA depth with options remaining which is ready to be called up if needed. This season should highlight the importance of having those types of players in the organization. The Mets trade all of these types of players and end up with much more expensive depth like Cora, Marlon Anderson, Franco, and Tatis. Spend in free agency on starters, and keep minimum salary guys like Murph to round out the roster. This lets you get better quality starters and develop depth in the minors.
Ike Davis is probably the most advanced young player we have in the minors at this time. We should be working to make him our regular 1B by 2011 at the latest. If we keep Dan Murphy, it would only be as a stopgap until Ike is ready. Better would be to just trade Murphy off in a package for what we can get. Ike is more valuable to this franchise than Murphy.
1. Murphy started out the season pretty good for rookie. Then the book got out on him, plus he struggled mightily in the field.
2. His initial success (I’m talking the first couple months of the season, here) was decent for a rookie. And remember, he had a few other bats protecting him in the lineup as well.
3. He absolutely sucked offensively for most of the season. His 2009 totals reflect that. But then they found a position he could actually play with some degree of competence, and his hitting started to come around as well. He works hard, has some natural talent, and by September had started to figure things out again.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/9r7u8
4. Is he The Answer? God no, but I think he merits a chance. Of course, if we could bundle him up and trade him for Adrian Gonzalez I’d do that in a heartbeat.
Joe – I loved this article although I do not agree with your opinions. Part of the reason is that I’m tired of band-aiding the Mets problems. I’d much rather fix the problems with a better GM, better long fun decision making. I’m willing to have patience to fix the problems as you’ll shortly see when I submit my next article.
In the meantime, give Murphy his shot next year. Unless we increase payroll to $175 million and get lucky, we’re not winning the division next year. Don’t give up your young guys yet.
Danny, IMO Murphy is not the guy for 1st base. Maybe as you and many other suggest he can make a significant contributions in the future, but my issue with that is the “bigs” is really not the place to develop, especially as a starter. 1st is the most vital part of the infield, and Murphy has shown his defense is clearly not ready to fill such an important role. I think if he stays on the roster for 2010 he should come off the bench behind a real 1st baseman, that would be ideal for him to get the proper guidance for growth into that role. The problem is Jeff and Omar have already said that they will field a championship caliber team in 2010, and in order to do that they have to make some real additions to the roster. I believe that spells trade for Murphy.
I think the real question here is how to managethe 1st base position. In my opinion, Dan Murphy is not the solution. I think there are various approaches to the 1B problem. Here are the options that I see:
1. Roll Dan Murphy into a trade for an established player such as Adrian Gonzalez or Fielder. Obviously that would be a package deal and not a matter of a stright up trade of Murphy for anything.
2. Roll Dan Murphy into a trade to fill one of the holes on the team such as SP, LF, or catcher. Again not a 1 for 1 trade, but a package.
3. Once Murphy is traded, we need to man 1B. If we were fortunate to get a 1B in a trade, then we are set. If not, then we can deploy Nick Evans there until Ike Davis is ready. Admittedly, Evans is another experiment, but a short term one as we will be waiting for Ike to be ready. If Ike doesn’t work out, we have Chris Carter for the same purpose.
So the options are: trade for a 1B or build from within with either Ike Davis or Chris Carter in the near future. If we build from within, use Nick Evans as the stopgap. All alternatives do not include Dan Murphy in the plan.
What makes everyone think that Murphy is as good as he will get. He’s only 24 and he got better this year. And he got better despite failing miserably in left field and playing a position he had never played before. If that’s not difficult enough, he had to do it in front of impatient and angry Mets fans and a media that kills the Mets regularly.
Murphy can improve significantly at 1st base with hard work and practice. Does anyone question his determination. And I have no doubt that his offensive numbers will improve greatly. A .330 OBP in 2009 does not mean he will be stuck on this number in ’10. Get a left fielder and a pitcher and let Murphy play
Why would another major league baseball team want Murphy or accept Murphy in a multi player trade?
1. He is cheap
2. A team that is not going to spend $ can fool its fan base by saying they have obtained Murphy based on his “potential.”
Kansas City? Toronto? Washington? Is there a talented young player on any of these 3 teams about to be ready for a $$$ contract?
3. Murphy is part of a multi-playe deal of young Mets exchanged for Halladay.
Ike Davis, Jon Neise, Bobby Parnel and Daniel Murphy for Halladay.
4. SHrugs……. Haha.. I’m grasping at straws here…….
Lifelong, Your #3 is the key. I would do that but hold back on Davis and put someone else in his place. I would even build it around Pelfrey if required to get Halladay. But Murphy is ideal as fodder for a Halladay deal.
Danny name a few major league teams who won a championship with a 1st baseman who hit .275 12 home runs 65 rbi’s w/ a horrendous ops.
Exactly, we’re trying to make a run for a championship with essentially a mediocre 2B at 1B.
Agreed. No way we can contend for a championship with Murphy is a starter on 1B. Maybe your right Danny and he could possibly develop, but this is not the “develop” level of baseball.
It’s not ideal, but if he improves slightly with the bat– entirely possible, with a slight uptick in plate discipline– and you’ve got superlative offensive value elsewhere (say, 3B, CF, SS and LF), it’s workable.
I think you’re missing the point. The Mets are not going anywhere next year. Do you think they are going to get Halladay, Holliday, Lackey, and everyone else on the free agent market?
Get a left fielder and a pitcher. See what Murphy can do next year. Then see where you are and improve more for ’11. If Murphy gets better, then trade him as he will have value. Can’t Mets fans have any patience?
The Mets “are not going anywhere next year” if we sign a pitcher and a LF but keep Murphy in such a vital position as a starter. Just my opinion.
the only problem u have with this is that this team cant afford to put out an ok team next year with no real hopes of playoff contention. the owners are upset because the LOST MONEY. they did not make the kind of money they wanted. this is a business and now u see a team that needs to make money. Murphy still might be in the plans, due to the fact hes playing fall and winter league, but expect the owners to have a say in some key trades or free agent acquisitions. hopefully they do make some good trades that could bring Doc Halladay to us from toronto.
Realistically, u can look for a team needing a salary dump to so we could get rid of oli… you could always keep him and trade pelf away for an upgrade but anyways….
onwership wants and needs to win so that they could fill up this lovely new stadium up. buy $10 beers and spend all this money on them.
No championship in ’10. It’s not going to happen. There are too many question marks. Castillo, Reyes, Wright, Left Field, 1st base, Beltran, Francoeur, Pelfrey, Perez, Maine.
Danny, You’re giving up before the offseason has even started. Ownership promised a championship and has promised to spend to get it. Let’s them take them up on the offer and see how far we can get. The team needs to get better and one of the places it can get better is 1st base.
Danny we have a 2 yr window to win or else we face a long period of rebuilding without winning or even making a playoff appearance.
1.Hallday is not a free agent this winter.
2.Delgado has maybe 2 more productive years left
(we need to resign him! 30 hr and 110 rbis is hard to come by!)
3. Who knows how long Beltran has left playing essentially on knees w/ no cartilage.
I do agree that we need a power right handed LF.
I am assuming two things.
Reyes comes back healthy in 2010 and the Mets resign Delgado.
I am assuming this will happen because if it doesn’t we’re not winning.
LOL. Why not post Jeff Francoeur’s numbers in comparison to all of the RF’ers in the NL with at least 450 ab’s? His OPS is 2nd to last, a putrid .732.
The reasons there are a double standard:
1) Murphy has only been in the league for ~700 PA’s while Francoeur has ~3,000.
2) Murphy had demonstrated some plate discipline in his time — Francoeur has demonstrated over years that he has none. In fact, he has gotten worse. And it’s the most important attribute to being a good hitter.
3) Murphy is a + defender at 1st; Francoeur is a (-) defender in RF.
4) Murphy is going to make a fraction of what Francoeur makes next year.
Francoeur has regressed offensively and defensively since coming into the league. He has been below replacement the past two seasons. What is the appeal? Is it that he had a SI Cover 6 years ago?
Trade him to a dopey team like the Royals/Pirates that thinks he doesn’t suck — there are plenty of better options out there for us to improve.
Francoeur is going to hit #6 or #7 for us in 2010. Freancouer is a far better defensive player than Murphy. Francouer will hit .260 15-20 home runs 75-85 rbi’s. I’ll take that eve though his ops is horrible.
Should the Mets start two players hitting back to back with horrible on base percentages? Francouer #6 and Murphy #7 uh… NO! One of them will not play. Francour is going to play. And yes I realize I have spelled Froancour’s name differently each time I misspelled it.
Other than the fact that Murphy is a good defensive first baseman and Francoeur is a below average to bad outfielder does not make Francoeur a better defender
So now the new thing is that Jeff Francoeur is a bad outfielder??
I’ve never seen a time where so-called Mets fans team up to hate one of their own players on such a massive scale. Wow. These new stats are so cool.
Where have you been the last few years with people calling to trade Reyes and Wright for anyone when, unlike Francoeur, they are good at baseball, really, really, really really good at baseball.
Anyone who wants to trade Wright or Reyes is just plain wrong. I would NEVER advocate anything like that. I just dont understand why all of this out and out hate is being spewed on Francoeur who flourished under Howard Johnson’s tutelage and he will continue working with Johnson at a hitting clinic at his home. What has he done to deserve all of the animosity beside be a good soldier and a solid presence in the clubhouse? Who are you to say he is washed up and finished at age 25? Why cant he get a fair shake by this insane segment of Mets fans who pick apart every player like a frog in a biology lab?
He flourished to mediocrity. He’s not good. He had a two month hot streak and people fell in love with him. And most importantly, in that two month hot streak, he was still a below average ball player with and OBP of .338. He made outs 66.2% of the time and that his a hot streak for him. That is terrible.
Q:Which of the following is a worse defensive 1st baseman than Daniel Murphy?
A.NONE.
Albert Pujols Cardinals
Ryan Howard Phillies
Prince Fielder Brewers
Derrek Lee Cubs
Adrian Gonzalez Padres
James Loney Dodgers
Joey Votto Reds
Lance Berkman Astros
Conner Jackson D Backs
Casey Kotchman Braves
Lyle Overbay Brewers
Todd Helton Rockies
Pablo Sandoval Giants
Nick Johnson Nationals
Tony Clark D Backs
According to the new world of saber baseball, all of them, LMAO!
Or to ask it another way which of the following 1st baseman above are better defensively than Daniel Murphy.
Answer: ALL OF THEM!
Nobody is saying Murphy is the greates fielder in baseball, we’re saying THIS YEAR he was the third best in the MLB of 1B with 800+ innings at first. Next year he may very well suck, he may get better, hopefully he’s not at first for us enough to find out but you never know. The only thing we’re saying is, is that the perception of him as a shitty fielder wrong and he is in fact one of the better players there this year. Also, one year of defensive stats equal only one third of offensive stats so 800 innings is not a large enough sample size to make a definitive statement on his defense going forward.
But he is a shitty fielder.
It’s the 9th inng of a tie game and you need one first baseman on the list I out up. There is a man on first base. Your such a good manager that you know your pitcher will throw 3 balls in the dirt trying to pick off the man at first. Your 3rd baseman tends to short arm balls to 1st base in the dirt.
There is a lefty pull hitter up.
Your telling me that of all the 1st baseman I have listed you wold put Daniel Murphy in the Top 3??! Come on now. Be honest.
It’s a tie game 9th inng man on 3rd base. There is one out. I can honestly say that I want Jeff Francoeur playing right field.
Can you honestly say that you want Mirphy playing 1st base in the above example? No. Of course not
Argument over.
You’re an idiot, sorry, I was trying to refrain from name calling but I can’t anymore. Where did I say Murphy is clearly a better fielder than Pujols or Gonzalez, I even said there isn’t enough evidence to say Murphy is going to continue being a good fielder. And regarding Winn and Francouer, Winn covers much more ground than Francoeur does. All of Francoeur defensive value comes from his arm which is not what it once was and has become just above average. Besides that he has zero range, none. Winn has excellent range for a right fielder, he was a good center fielder so obviously he is faster than Francoeur. Your reasoning is 100% subjective, everything you know about players is either what you see –and you can’t see every play so you have limited knowledge and what you see you don’t understand because you are not a scout and are not trained to know what to see– or what you hear from other people or whatever numbnuts is on ESPN.
He actually looked very good in the second half and he might have made the best defensive web gem of the year with that behind the back flip. My problem is we need to upgrade the offense and unless we trade a core player, 1B and LF are the most logical places to add a power bat. Angel Pagan is more productive than Murphy given 500 AB.
I agree. Again, who said Murphy should be our first baseman next year? I don’t want him there that’s for sure. But he IS A GOOD FIELDER. That’s about all he is. He’s a bad hitter, almost everyone here and every single saber-inclined fan will agree to that. In my opinion, the worst case scenario has him platooning first base next year because he’s not good enough to go at it alone.
Also, regarding Pagan, not only is he better per 500 PA than Murphy, he’s also better than Francoeur. I want Beltran flanked by Holliday and Pagan next year. Pagan is at worst Francoeur’s equal at the plate and has much better range.
Except for Werth which of the following is a better defensive right fielder than Francouer?
Jason Werth
Corey Hart
Ryan Ludwick
Hunter Pence
Brad Hawpe
Andre Ethier
I can’t name them all someone hlep me ut………..
Wow, Brad Hawpe is the single worst right fielder in baseball and probably the worst fielder at any position besides Adam Dunn, Francoeur is better than him. Eithier also sucks as does Hart, but Church (yes, Church) Ichiro, Markakis, JD Drew and Randy Winn are all better than Francoeur in right
Randy Winn?? Are you kidding me? you would rahter have Randy Winnplay right field than Francouer?
yeah…. Its the 9th inng of a tie game man on 3rd base one out.
Oh Yeah! I would rather have Randy Winn playing right field instead of Jeff Francouer???!! NOOOOOoooooooo!!! PLEase stop.
Joe, I find it very interesting this thread has so much feedback. Fans sure are divided when it comes to Murph and Frenchy. Did you anticipate such a response? My stance is clear as I have posted, I had no idea what a “hot button” issue Murphy is. I guess I am too old fashioned to be sold on Saber baseball just yet, but I have been a Mets fan for 30 years. Being such a die hard fan, I would trade Murphy, or any other complimentary player, hell I’d trade my mother if I thought it would win a WS. I thought that was the goal here? just my $.02
I knew Francoeur was a lightning rod, but had no idea Murphy was too. Wilpon said he wanted a championship in 2010 and I felt our odds would be better with an upgrade at first base. I didnt expect this. If Murphy was a Pirate and I suggested trading for him everyone would agree that would be insane. But many fans are willing to buy into the hype when it comes to home grown minor leaguers.
Murphy is no lightning rod, for me atleast – selective use of stats to fit your personal beliefs about players is the lightning rod. You like Francoeur and don’t like Murphy. You use a stat (in this post) to show that Murphy sucks at hitting compared to other 1st basemen. Yet you would never do this same analysis for Francoeur because you like him.
This statement is also puzzling:
“I found it odd that some saber friendly Mets fans are so quick to defend Murphy on his inability to draw walks ”
Which “saber friendly” Mets fans have been quick to defend Murphy? I know I haven’t, for one, and have actually made numerous writeups this year saying it’s foolish to keep Murphy at 1B this year. If you could provide a link to some saber friendly Met fan praising Murphy I would greatly appreciate it.
It’s my opinion that Francoeur will be better than what he was with the braves with a new hitting coach and a willingness to work closely with HoJo where he will be in November participating at his hitting clinic.
What is so wrong with being a Francoeur fan? I’m a Mets fan and he’s become one of my favorite Mets. There really is no mysterious secret to why I like certain players, I just do.
Regarding Murphy, I don’t hate him, I just like LaRoche, Feilder and Gonzalez better than him as an everyday first baseman. I view Murphy as a Dave Magadan type and would like to see him stay on the team as utility guy and pinch hitter.
Believe it or not, we do have saber friendly writers on this site, and this post was in response to another post on this site that ran 3 days earlier. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/10/murphy-francesa-and-the-future.html
peace…
Interesting, I read that post and didn’t realize it was using sabermetrics to make a case for Murphy. Thanks for providing.
Also, I never said there’s something “wrong” with liking a player for whatever reason (in this case Francoeur), just that it seems hypocritical to write this piece slamming Murphy because he was the worst hitting 1B in the league while never once mentioning over the last couple months that Francoeur was the 2nd worst hitting RF in the league. That’s all.
Joe don’t yo know anything?! Daniel Murphy is going to be the best 2nd baseman of all time! And David Wright is going to hit 30+ home runs.
Oh by the way did you know that Randy Winn is a better right fielder than Jeff Francouer? Oh and lets not forget about our own Johnny Bench to be; Josh Thoele. You see hoele is a young catcher with the otneital to be a pretty good gap hitter. He just needs to get better defensively. HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. a catcher who needs to get beter defensively!? Isn’t that like saying. “Yah, this young pitcher is gonna be good. he just needs to get better at pitching.” PLEASE STOP the insanity I need to go to bed. STOP> I feel strangely compelled to counter all these wacky assertions tonight. It’s the wine.
Oh! And and lest we forget the Met fan refrain; “Luis Castillo sucks! he never gets on base and he strikes out too much!”
“Daniel Murphy is better than Carlos Delgado Man!:
Hahahahaaa. its addictive I can’t stop
Boy has this thing gone loony. How did we get the idea that Murphy is a good fielder? He has proven that he can’t play the OF. He can’t be trusted to play 3 of the 4 IF positions. He is marginal at 1B at best, no matter what the sabers say. Has anyone listened to Keith analyze Murphy’s play. He frequently get his feet tangled, stretches in the wrong direction, and gets himself out of position. He tries to make plays the 2B should be making. He very often is unable to even cover the bag. If he hasn’t made many errors of commission, how many errors of ommission has he made? Do errors of ommission and faulty mechanics at the bag show in the metrics at all? The reality is that the Mets are atempting to hide him on the field by assigning him to 1B. He is a bench player with no versatility. That means he is expendable, because his hitting value is low and his fielding versatility is non-existent. What is he? Answer: trade fodder! Anyone want to start the Dan Murphy as catcher experiment? If so, let’s do it at PSL.
It’s the 2010 World Series game 7, Mets are playing the Yankees at Citi Field. Top of the 9th runner on 3rd base and Posada is hitting.
If only the Mets has Randy Winn to play RF instead the Mets are stuck with Jeff Francouer in RF. OH NO! Oh My. Winn’s arm is soooooooooooooo much better than Francouers. and Winn’s covers soooooo much more ground than Francouer…Haaaaaaaaaahhhhaaaaa hahaaaaaaa.
Francouer
2009
152 games
Chances:308
Putouts:294
Assists:11
errors: 1
.993%
winn
2009
146 games
Chances:287
Put outs:282
Assists:5
errors:0
So Francour played in 6 more games than Winn in 2009 but had 21 more chances, 26 more putouts and 6 more assists.
But how can this be???! Winn id suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch a better fielder than Francour. Hahahahahaha…..hahahaha
Well first off, you can see Winn created more of his chances to outs. More importantly, a player cannot control the number of balls hit to him, how hard they are hit and so on. UZR takes every play as an individual event and rates the player based on all of the plays. If all people thought like you, we’d have never left the stone age.
Evan_S says:
October 12, 2009 at 11:02 pm
“And regarding Winn and Francouer, Winn covers much more ground than Francoeur does. All of Francoeur defensive value comes from his arm which is not what it once was and has become just above average. Besides that he has zero range, none. Winn has excellent range for a right fielder, he was a good center fielder so obviously he is faster than
Francoeur. Your reasoning is 100% subjective,….”
Hahahahaaaa. hahahahhaaaa….
You are an idiot. You know, one of these people that other people laugh at because of your stupidity.
metsgod97 says:
October 13, 2009 at 7:06 am
“You are an idiot. You know, one of these people that other people laugh at because of your stupidity”
Metsgod97 wrote the following on October 11 2009:
“Jeff Francoeur is a gritty player. Despite the fact that he is not very good at walking (it’s because he’s manly!) he still is a leader and re energized David Wright. This team has no heart, grission, or leadership and needs more of these players players like Francoer. My solution?
Trade for Mike Jacobs. He’s gritty and had 92 RBI’s
trade for Shane Victorino; He is a winner. He can play center next year while Beltran moves to left. Trade Jose Reyes. The dude was milking it, was a wimp and celebrates to much. Replace Reyes with Chone Figgins. He’s like David Eckstein, except better. He’s obviously a winner. Sign Eckstein for backup infield, and for his leadership and winning abilities.”
HAHHAhaaaaaaaa HAaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yeah I’m the idiot. HAhahahahahaha
Seeing that you couldn’t interpret obvious sarcasm, I’m going to agree with you, you are the idiot.
You obviously don’t understand sarcasm.
IDIOT
Let me get this straight the sarcasm in the above you wrote is in reagrds to Jeff Francoeur being a gritty player who has helped David Wright’s game???
But then you state you want the Mets to make 3 trades this off season. This is sarcasm also? You advocate for the trades below.
1st trade: trade for Mike Jacobs because you state, “he is gritty and 92 rbi’s”
2nd Trade: “trade for Shane Victorino; He is a winner. He can play center next year while Beltran moves to left”
3rd Trade: “Trade Jose Reyes. The dude was milking it, was a wimp and celebrates to much.
You then go on to say that the Mets should obtain Chone Figginsto replace Reyes becasue, “…He’s like David Eckstein, except better. He’s obviously a winner.”
What you gave up trying to obtain Randy Winn? NAd what no Luis Castillo bashing?
First of all, I like Luis Castillo offensively. Oh, and if you didn’t realize, Mike Jacobs sucks at baseball, and Shane Victorino and Chone Figgins are people that commentators like Joe Morgan like. If you don’t get this sarcasm you truly are an idiot.
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