Seems like Murph deserves Murph Money! Of course this is Market One* so Murph will have to be traded because there is no way to operate a profitable baseball team in this city.
– Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda: The Mets’ two biggest offensive breakouts have far exceeded their salaries. Together, the Mets will pay them $7.3375 million this season, but they’ve already turned in $31 million worth of production. Both will enter another winter of arbitration this offseason so their salaries will obviously rise.
via Are the Mets worth the money? An analysis of production and salary | NJ.com.