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In a report for the Daily News, Adam Rubin reports Mets prospect Daniel Murphy recently asked to switch positions, from third base to second base.
According to Rubin, Murphy, who plays for the Mets Double-A Binghamton affiliate, has committed three errors since making the move 15 games ago, but is receiving positive reviews for his play.
In 82 games this season for the B-Mets, Murphy is batting .306 with 11 HR and 57 RBI.
For more on the Mets minor league system, be sure to check out Toby Hyde’s Mets Minor League Blog.
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Could be the best decision this kid has ever made. If he’s any good, he can have a shot at starting, eventually, at 2B. Where as Wright has 3B locked up…forever.
Ofcourse 3B is a much more powerful position where you’re less likely to get hurt and more likely to earn a big contract. Not like he’s blocked by 5 other second basemen on the team…
This kid definitely knows what goes on in Flushing. Smart.
Most people are aware that David Wright plays 3B for the Mets.
He must have seen Castillo play.
He must not have seen Delgado play.
This is an obvious move, assuming the kid can play second base.
Argenis Reyes look pretty good there but I agree, Murphy did the smart thing switching posiitions. He’d be blocked at that position.
what does this mean for reese havens? someone is trade bait.
i doubt it as reese i believe can play other positions besides 2b. Good to have depth though.
Reese is still in A ball! just because someone is signed at a position doesn’t mean that they’ll stay in that position. They almost never do.
Reese is a Shortstop by trade, not a second baseman, although because of Reyes people obviously project him to eventually move. And Reese Havens is at least over a year away. Not a large concern right now. We’ll worry about that when the time comes. If Havens can hit, his value will carry anywheres the Mets want to put him.
I’ve read more than once that Havens might even become a catcher. He seems to be really versatile. He’s not like Ike Davis who projects as a 1B because they’re just trying to stick his bat somewhere. Havens is purportedly a good natural defender all over the diamond.
Ike is also an outfielder and if neither of those two positions work out for him he can probably pitch out of the bullpen
I think Davis is more likely to end up in the of than first base.
Havens is probably 3 years away. It means absolutely nothing.
3 years away? Everything I’ve read said he could be ready by the beginning of 2010.
Well, so maybe he will be ready in two years. That’s assuming a perfect progression through the minors, and even then, it’s unlikely that he makes the team out of ST, unless he’s absolutely tearing the cover off the ball.
I like Reese Havens and think he’ll be a good player. We just need to remember that prospects rarely ever shoot through the system and perform at the ML level in the best-case scenarios we all like to think about.
3 years is a stretch. the man has already played and excelled in big time d1 college baseball. i’d say he’s at worst 2 years away.
He had two sub-par seasons before breaking out at 21. He’ll likely start at Hi-A next year, and if he performs well he could see AA. The next season, I imagine he’ll start at AA or AAA, and could get cups of coffee or even a longer look. At best, IMO, he’ll be primed to be a starting IF at the ML level by the 2011 season.
Again, I’m talking about when he’d be ready to assume full-time starting responsibilities. It’s entirely possible that he’s on the roster at some point in 2010.
How about first - wonder if he would consider trying first base as well?
He doesn’t hit enough to play first. And if he for some reason did move there, he’d still be behind Evans and Carp on the depth chart.
Murphy’s played 1B a handful of times already this year.
He doesnt really hit with the power to be a big league 1B, but if he could be a superior defensive 1B maybe it works. They would need some more production out of LF/RF if Murphy was going to be an everyday 1B. He seems to be turning into Ty Wiggington v2.0 for the most part.
“if he could be a superior defensive 1B maybe it works” - do you remember Doug Mientkiewicz? It doesn’t work. 1B is a position where superior offense overwrites superior defense. Besides, there are enough “defensive” guys on this team - the Mets need people who can drive in runs…
…the defensive guys on this team arent very good on defense…
I know it doesnt work, just trying to give his idea some credit. It didnt work with Zeile, or Wiggy, or Mientky, etc… so yea.
Just thinking, why wouldn’t the Mets just have moved him there? He shouldn’t have had to ask right?
Good point. Maybe it was suggested to him in some fashion, and he agreed, as opposed to him asking out of the blue.
Also, I remember hearing something about this several months ago, even maybe last season. Maybe I’m imagining things.
Should the Mets minor league teams just not put fielders at 3B and SS? _someone_ has to play there!
Welcome to about 10 days ago, really, this is old news
Early results haven’t been so great either, I think he had 3 errors in his first week there, but you figure he’s inexperianced and needs to learn the position and all. But it makes too much sense not to try him there, better then relegating him to a Corner OF or First Base because of Wright blocking him where he is.
Don’t get onthe poor guy. He is just a replacement. You can’t expect him to preform up to Matt’s level here in the Major Blogs.
I know its premature as we do not have enough of a sample size yet on argenis and Muphy is still a while away from shea(citi) but i think omar is going to have to bite those last 2 years on castillos contract if these kids keep producing. At least we have good options to keep the youth movement going. I believe easly is gone after this year so we may see castillo and argenis as a platoon in 2b at citifield. Idk but i like that this kid took initiative and gave himself a better shot at making the show.
argenis is a switch hitter, right? Is Dan a righty?
Argenis Reyes has a career .676 OPS in the minors, and just a .641 OPS this season with the big club. His .308 average looks nice, but it’s an empty average for sure. This guy is actually less productive than Luis Castillo offensively, and based off of his track record it would be unreasonable to expect him to even match Castillo’s career .724 OPS. He’s a bench player, a defensive replacement and nothing more.
Argenis Reyes is going to become the new Ruben Gotay around here.
At least he plays good defense. Which is more than you can say about Castillo or Gotay. Agreed that he’s not likely to be more than a utility infielder.
Yeah, he’s definitely a nice guy to keep around. Speedy and excellent with the glove. I’m just afraid that people are expecting wayyyy too much of him now.