Though of course his selection is a privilege, few would blame Murphy for hesitating to suit up.
For the better part of the past decade, the position seems to have been cursed; every player who has pulled on the red-and-white suit has either left the team, been injured or suffered a serious decline in production thereafter.
via The Mets and the Curse of Kris Kringle (updated) « Mets Cetera.
