What do you do with a man who is hitting .320(ish) and has hit in his last 11 starts and would have an 11 game hitting streak if the manager hadn’t PH him in the 9th the other night?
You sit him down so Nick DFA Evans can start.
Maybe Murph has a cold or something I don’t know about. Maybe all the 300th hit celebration are dealing with the media wore him down.
“People treat this guy like he’s a five-year, six-year veteran,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “I’m trying to make sure Dan Murphy, next year we get the max out of him. I think if he has a place to play where he can focus his energies – which there’s a lot of – I think he’ll be a good player.”
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“It’s who he is and what he is. I’m going to tell you something – you cannot change people. You can try to temper it, but Dan Murphy is a good player because of who he is and what he is and what he stands for.
“The minute I change that, he’s going to be an average guy. I don’t want an average guy. I want him to be himself, but I want him to understand through the process of learning what it takes to make sure he can play 162 games.”
via Batting glove the only kind that fits Mets’ Murphy – NorthJersey.com.
The article (good read) also suggests Murphy could be the LFer next year with Bay in CF.
Today’s DFA Lineup
Sunday, August 7
vs. Atlanta
Jose Reyes – SS
Justin Turner – 2B
David Wright – 3B
Scott Hairston – RF
Jason Bay – LF
Angel Pagan – CF
Ronny Paulino – C
Nick Evans – 1B
Dillon Gee – RHP
You’re not terrified by the possibility of a Daniel Murphy – Jason Bay – Lucas Duda outfield?
It scares *me*. Park the guy at 2nd the rest of the way, let him take his lumps, and actually give him a chance to learn an (singular) infield position.
He certainly took his lumps…I said it a few days ago…2B is a hard position. You stick a guy there who doesn’t know what he is doing, he can get hurt. Sorry to see it already happened.