Then if castillo starts stinking it up they can cut him and still have all those option.

I don’t think we will carry that many 2B simply because I think we will carry extra pitchers in the pen until the roles there get sorted out.
4 2Bs is a luxury they simply don’t need. But being able to keep a few extra arms that can come in and support our depleted and coming off injured rotation so we don’t have to overwork them and increase the risk of reinjury.

Murphy has a steep learning curve, what is going to help is he has played the position before. How well is anyone’s guess.

My only worry is that if his fielding is not up to snuff it might cause guys like Pelfrey and Niese to implode around the 6th inning where the tiredness starts and the ground ball and DP are very important to getting them to pitch into the 7th.

It would make no snse to put in a defensive replacement in the 6th as Murphy will likely only have had two at bats by then.

Basically if Murphy can do the routine it will be good enough to use until the 7th where the pitcher is likely to come out and a double switch can be made to put in the defensive replacement and the worn out pitcher.

say they start with Murphy starting, and emaus on the bench. If DM can’t hack it, could move to emaus. If neither guy is showing the goods, then reach down to the minors for Havens, tejada or Turner. And if all those don’t work, you start trolling the waiver wire for the Hernandezs of the world. Or play Harris.

bottom line, even with cutting Castillo, they will have plenty of options.

I don’t feel ripped off for the money we gave Wright and Reyes either.
K-Rod before hurting himself was giving me what I thought we were paying paid for.

Paying doesn’t always translate to rip off to me. In fact you usually get more ripped off by homegrowns because there is more pressure to keep the hometown faves. Just look at what Jeter got! No one else in the baseball universe would have given him that much but they kind of had to because he was the face of the franchise and they would have gone through holy hell for not signing him despite you can probably find 10 guys who had his numbers last year.

The market sets what they get paid. It’s a bery DUMB market granted…
But if I agree to sign a guy all I can ask him to do is to try and give me the numbers you gave when I decided I was willing to pay you.
Beltran, Wright and Reyes have all done that for the most part.

no chance he is on the bench.

And you can’t send guys like Castillo to the Minors. At some point you run out of options on them.

If murphy can’t field 2B then at best he can hope to get some ABs as a late inning PH and spelling Davis at first when he needs rest. In that case both Castillo and Emaus will stay and maybe platoon at second.

The Uncertainty with Jose reyes being a met past this season and maybe even past this trading deadline…

IF Reyes is the best trade chip that nets the most picks then who plays SS after he is gone? Do you rush the two guys who we think are it in two years? Or do you make sure the guy who has some ML experience has regular playing time to stay sharp so he can step in once reyes leaves and UNTIL those prospects are ripe?

They want to try Murphy at 2B and if he fails SOMEONE else…Maybe that someone else is Tejada if he tears up ST.

People should stop hanging on every word of a flippant 30 second soundbite for SNY and see what they decide when they are FORCED to decide it.

Then you will know where Ollie winds up, Who is going to get the start at 2B and if they can actually play the position and if they do the wrong thing THEN would be the time to complain that they made a mistake.

You can’t make a mistake until you have actually made a decision unless the decision is to never make one!

Really all I was saying is that the top two batters will probably stick and the only thing that COULD trump that is if Murphy really can’t field 2B.

They will only keep two 2B’s so if Murphy makes it they may go Emaus if he hits. But if castillo does I’m better Emaus goes down to the minors.
They would be quite happy if Castillo lit up the world and started hitting if you asked them I bet!

You see how little it takes for some to complain about this team.
Castillo isn’t as bad as Perez who he is constantly lumped in with.

Yes his range was bad because his legs are going. If his legs hold up he isn’t as bas as some would suggest.

Be nice to have another option and most of those options present themselves at the trading deadline. Who knows we may trade Beltran for a 2B mid season.

But just to be clear, I like Murphy and hope he does well. I just don’t see his Bat being all that matters to his getting the 2B gig. If he can’t field not even hitting .400 will get him that job.

We have a chance for all of that even without the moves they wanted.
And basically any move would not have changed the fact I stated above and we could fail anyway.

This year is not going to be about who we could have gotten or got rid of.
It will be about the guys we ALREADY had actually playing the way they were supposed to when we brought THEM in to play here!

One bat/fielder/player is not going to change much.
It’s still going to be getting what we thought we had but was hurt, doing what we expect of them when they are NOT hurt!

They do that we win a ton of games!
Even with Tejada in there at 2B!

Injuries play a big part in shaping any MLB roster. (Last year I ran a quick check of all the MLB teams. Every team had at least one player on the Disabled list. As memory serves me, there were 135 players in total on the list at the time of the review.) The Mets are no different from any other team. If their injuries go up, they are toast. If Reese Havens gets past his rib/obliques, he’ll likely displace everybody, including Murphy, playing 2B. I see it happening in mid-2011, ahead of most of the posters on MMO.

I’ve followed Havens closely since he was signed, and I remain convinced he’s the real deal. Only injuries can stop this kid. But who can predict misfortune?

beat them all up in ST, pick the guy you think gives the team the best chance to win, and see what happens. If they don’t preform, try someone else.

people seem to be taking the pre-ST comments way too literally, and set in stone. At this point, everything is subject to change.

not sure if they really picked murphy, as opposed to saying they thought he was a real option. But yes, I trust their judgement more than most people commenting on a blog!

I have a question. Why did Collins and Sandy send Tejada packing before the season? What was their motivation?

Another question. Why did Collins and Sandy pick Murphy before the season? Did he see fewer faults than some of our MMO self-proclaimed experts? Is Collins opaque, and not a good judge of talent?