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Adam Rubin of the Daily News reports Mets prospect Dan Murphy has been promoted from Triple-A New Orleans and will join the Mets in Houston tonight for their game against the Astros.
Murphy batted .308 with 13 HR and 67 RBI for the Mets Double-A Binghamton affiliate before being promoted to New Orleans for one game.
Rubin’s report also includes information on the possible promotion of Mets pitching prospect Jon Niese.
…Update…11:06am…
At his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin reports, Murphy was called up to take Marlon Anderson’s, who placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a hamstring issue, spot on the roster.
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Wonder if we’ve finally sent Marlon Anderson to the glue factory
that’s awful, but I LOL’ed.
Murphy is the one who is naturally a (bad) 3rd basemen but has been playing 2nd, right? Hopefully this means Luis Castillo won’t be touching a uniform for at least a few more weeks…
If it’ meant that Endy would never start, I would be glad to have Castillo back.
Let’s not get carried away because of one at bat. That was Manuel’s fault anyhow. It’s the manager’s job to put in the right players in a given situation. Manuel should have pinch hit Shrek for Chavez. End of story.
he will. murphy is bench.
He has butchered 2b pretty well, too.
he also plays 1st and Left
I was never wild about Tatis being the emergency 3bman for Wright (or Easley or Anderson for that matter) so hopefully Murph impresses and finds a spot as the 25th man. I like Marlon a lot but have lost some faith in him as a difference maker late in the game off the bench. Some youth is always a good thing too.
I’m so excited to watch Murphy! I hope he’s starting at 2nd tonight! Let the youth movement begin!
And Argenis Reyes?
castillo 2.0??
Reyes can actually field which at this point is a question mark for Castillo. Unfortunately his bat is actually less productive than Castillo’s so he’s probably not a long-term answer either. Maybe we can smush him and Murphy into one player.
Congrats Murph, This kid can rake, I expect big things out of this kid
i hope that you are right. if murphy can really be like a chase utley or dan uggla, i will take it. then you slot reese havens at catcher, ike davis at first, fmart in left, beltran and church in center and right, wright and reyes at third and short. and finally, you got santana maine pelf and ollie and if he leaves brad holt and jon niese. way to go mets farm system.
The Mets will NEVER start that much homegrown talent nor should they. A few here or there is great but do you honestly think that ALL of those guys will be good?
havens yes, murphy yes, reyes and wright and church and beltran already are, fmart is like on a pedistule for the mets, and all that is left is ike davis, who projects to hit 30-35 home runs and drive in 100+, so why not. as for santana, maine and pelf, they are staying, as for niese, if they didnt, manny would be a met guaranteed, and as for brad holt, i dont know, but i really think this kid has a future
Havens has what, about 20 AB’s? LOL. Fmart MAY work out. Holt and Niese who knows.
I would feel much more comfortable if they get a real starter for either 1B or OF and one for the rotation.
You give me Garland and a hitter then you can put some more youth in.
Im a fan of jon garland. i think he could be a nice FA pick up in the off season. not going to command the ridiculous contracts of sabathia and sheets but is a solid starter that could easily slot into the back end.
Yup the man defines constistan 200 innings guy.
Let’s take it easy mpismyguy — every team in baseball has a farm system with players at every position, all with potential, and all liked by the organization as a possible fixture in the future (or they wouldn’t be there). But the days of every team’s future being solely in their farm was gone with Curt Flood’s failed attempt to become free.
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Yea that leaves us with 4 lefties in the lineup and who even knows if havens is gonna be a catcher
i hope so, i don’t want to see them get rid of reyes, so it’s gotta be anderson or cancel. I’m not opposed to this move, i say let the young guys get the experience, the problem is he won’t see anytime at third and this would make a 3 man rotation at second.
and when castillo comes back that makes a 4 man rotation. Put castillo on waivers
You may put a 18 million dollar 3 year contract on waivers but no one is going to take it. Castillo is here until we unload him in the offseason or next season.
Truthfully, after the way Marlon was running around the bases the other night, or trying to in obvious pain - I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the DL.
Otherwise, anyone think they’ll send A. Reyes back down then so Murphy can get his spot?
I guess we’ll see…….
Maybe give Wright a day off once in a blue moon?
Don’t undertstand you’re comment. I’m not opposed to Murphy coming up. Just trying to figure out whose spot he’s taking…..
Easily/A. Reyes at second works for me right now. But if Beltran is ever gonna get a day off, then Chavez plays center so who plays right if Church isn’t back?
And isn’t Easly the only one who can play backup SS?
I know Tatis can play 3rd as well, but right now he’s our LF.
Too much for me to figure out. Glad I’m not the one who has to - LOL…….
I could see A. Reyes being sent down, or Nick Evans with Easley and Murphy picking up some LF time as well as 2B time.
Why would you want to send Reyes down? He’s been solid and Easley is doing an excellent job at first and, I hate to say it, Castillo and his 4 year $24 million contract will be back soon. Murphy is strictly a bat of the bench for a week or two.
metfan4decades, Murphey has player a lot of left field. SLider omar brought him up to see where he is offensively and defensively. he even said in his press conference that he wants to see some of his rookies in the bigs. this in no way is just for hitting. if it was val pussccucci would have been up awhile ago
probably move Evans down to get him some PT
I wouldnt doubt if Evans went back down. He hasnt really impressed all that much. otherwise its gotta be cancel or anderson
I will never get the dislike for Castillo and the love for Endy. Endy made a good defensive play and he is gold. The guy is a defensive replacement and should never start if possible. He can’t hit. He trails Castillo in EVERY major offensive catagory, yet we rip Castillo as a terrible hitter.
In the same amount of AB’s Castillo has scored 15 more runs.
He has more HR, more Rbi, more steals, 40 walks compared to 17 for Endy, his OBP is 54 points higher and his slugging percentage is even higher than Endy’s.
Guys adding Castillo back to this lineup at 2nd and using Easley in the OF is a dramitic improvement.
thats great that you look at the whole season, but take a peak at the last month when we’ve needed chavez to step up, he’s hitting 309. when’s the last time castillo’s hit 300 for a month, anyway i hope you’re right, maybe castillo needed to get healthy. if he can come back and play well i will be a happy chap, we certainly could use him as easily is fadding a little. If he plays well and tatis can contniue at a decent pace, this lineup looks pretty good with a solid bench of easily, chavez, and they young bucks of reyes, murph dog and evans.
Endy’s last 21 days .265 with a .294 OBP. He had 1 good week I guess. Castillo could go up in a wheel chair and get a .300 OBP.
Chavez is terrible.
LMFAO
Endy doesnt have a 4 year 24 million dollar contract
Too bad for Endy. What does that have to do with it? Like you would turn down a 24 million dollar contract. Nope guys you are paying me too much, how about 1 year for 2 million. LOL. Money has NOTHING to do with it. Castillo is just a better hitter.
Ya money has nothing to do with him being a better hitter, but Castillo gets criticized for his contract.
Bigger Contract = Higher Expectations
The only dramatic improvement will happen when (if, please)Church comes back…moving Easley to the OF weakens it…Tatis, who I love, can’t play RF…If Castillo comes back It is going to be an Easley?Castillo Platoon at 2B with Castillo, Easley and Tatis playing the tough lefty.
Easley and Tatis can play OF well enough. Then Endy can be the defensive replacement.
i can’t see them moving evans down, that leaves them with only anderson as an OF reserve ( and i guess easly but he’s your starting 2B). honestly i can’t see them sending reyes down over anderson or cancel, reyes is hitting over 300 the other two guys are hovering around 200. When castillo and church come back and if the murphy guy can really play then i see anderson cancel, and either reyes or evans being gone to make up the 25 man roster.
I would imagine that Cancel will be DFA’ed.
Cancel would be great to have on the bench to pinch hit and even run if Anderson isnt going to pick it up. He doesnt have the speed Reyes has but hes really a smart base runner and hes hit the ball much better than Anderson lately as well, especially in the clutch.
Do you guys ever look at stats or do you just make things up.
last 21 days
Marlon: .343 BA 8/23
Cancel: .182 BA 2/11
I admit those stats are poor but they dont tell the whole story. Cancel had a terrible game in that 14 inning sleeper and as i said in my post above, Cancel is a great base runner. I didnt say he was going to change the team but I think all around hes better and with some more plate time I think his hitting would pick up as well.
Besides, BA is a useless stat with this team this year.
Which one do you want me to use? Anderson still has better stats in every catagory over the last 21 days.