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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.
Marlon to DL>. there ya go
They have a DL for suck?
there it is anderson on the DL, hopefully he stays there the rest of the year, i won’t miss him. he was great 2 years ago but not anymore
I can agree with this. Move him to the DL and he may be able to help in September.
exactly
Yeah, Marlon on the DL. That’s what I figured. Makes the most sense right now. That hammy is still a problem. If he can get it healthy going into Sep., and if we need someone off the bench, he’ll be available.
Otherwise, now they’ve got time to see how things work out with Church and Castillo possibly coming back – Evans and Murphy contributing, etc. etc.
Has it been reported for sure?
Well, if you look above in this post, it was added a few minutes ago. Update at 11:06.
Sorry.
preach on preach on
I’d love to see Murphy, the dude can flat out hit. The only problem is he has been horrible defensively at every position they have put him. Do you guys think he’ll get the Nick Evans treatment or actually get some playing time?
That’s not true about his defense. He was looking much beter at 2B. He just has bad footwork.
Yeah, but we don’t need another second baseman. That’s one position where, at the moment, we seem to have too many players.
eh…he still has committed a bunch of errors at 2B in his short time.
All in the 1st few games.
I’d bring up Fernando Martinez. He’s raw. no question, but so was Miguel Cabrera in 2003. Cabrera had better Minor League numbers, but also had a lot more Minor league at-bats. When Cabrera was brought up he only hit .268 in 2003, and while considered a sure thing there was a lot of talk about him being rushed up too soon. He hit in the low .200’s for most of the year, and didn’t exactly light it up in the post season from a statistical stand point either, but he had some big hits. I’d bring up Fernando(once he’s healed), and get him as many AB’s as possible to get him post season ready.
I’d still rather sign Barry Bonds, but if the Mets are going all internal….what’s the delay? Bring up Kunz, Niese, and Fernando….let them get acquainted with the Major Leagues sooner rather than later….
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LOL. There are so many of our players more MLB ready than Fmart. Leave him alone.
while i agree with you to an extent, last time i checked we were only one game out of first place with 45 to play. we can’t be throwing a half dozen unproven guys into the fold just like that, now is not the time to call up a guy fmart and say here’s the starting LF job figure it out. i guess i see things differently for the guys like evens and reyes and murphy because they’re not so highly regarded, Niese a spot start and if he does well, and we have an open spot i say let him try it, kunz well our bullpen stinks so lets go, but fmart i just don’t see now as the time to throw a 19 year old into the starting lineup during the pennant race
+1
I’m not saying to flat out give him the LF’er job….I’m just saying bring him up, and as another poster noted start him against righties….maybe not even every game against righties, but I think he can contribute while getting his feet wet at the same time….if the Mets aren’t going to add someone externally then F-Mart has a good chance to be a contributor down the line….he needs Major league at-bats and to be available for the post season roster….Tatis is playing great ball, and I don’t want to hinder that either, but in my opinion it makes sense to bring up Fernando….
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isn’t fernando injured at the moment?
Cabrera had a .900+ OPS when he was called up.
yeah and about 800 more at-bats…..
From what I saw from F-Mart in Spring, and knowing what I know from what I’ve read I’d say he’s capable both mentally and physically to make the transition….I’d say he’d probably do what Carlos Gomez did for the Mets last year with a little more consistent contact, but that experience would pay off mightily in the post season…yeah, I know we have to get there first, but if Kunz can help solidify the bullpen which Omar and company must whole heartily believe since they didn’t make a move than I think the Mets will be there.
F-Mart needs to get called up, and I think he can make a difference in the post season if he’s on the roster regadless of the .240 average he’d have by season’s end.
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No Marlon Anderson?!?!?! Whatever shall we do??????
Well, for starters, I think we’ll all be groaning a lot less.
Surprising stat alert. Shocked even me.
Last 21 days
Marlon 8/23 .343
Seriously? Wow.
But he needs to heal, regardless. Then we can talk about one last chance, I suppose.
Hey everyone, I watched Dan Murphy last night. For those of you who don’t know I live in Arkansas and I get a channel called CST out of Louisianna. They carry alot of Zephyrs games and they carried last nights. This kid is the real deal. He’s rough I’ll admit, but I think he’s the real deal. I’m hopeful that if he works out and a couple of the other prospects come thorough the New York Mets will have some great groundwork laid out for a nice 7 to 9 year run. Not saying they’re going to the World Series every year but they will have a very good foundation of YOUNG talented players.
yes, this a good call up, now bring up f-mart
this should be the lineup against righties
SS reyes
RF f-mart
3B wright
1B delgado
CF beltran
LF church
2B murphy
C schneider/castro
put easley and tatis in the bench, and start them vs lefties, chavez for defense
I don’t know about F-Mart. I would at least send him to AAA for a few weeks.
Murphy is so much better than Manny of Bay…Good job Omar!
I’m finding it hard to be too optimistic about Murphy like some of you guys seem to be. Sure, he might have a decent future but are there any indications that he is any more ready than Nick Evenas who has put up similar numbers at Binghamton but continues to be overwhelmed here in the bigs? Let’s just temper our enthusiasm a bit with this kid.
Understandable. I’m not saying the kid is going to be Joe Morgan, but if they forwent the trading deadline because these guys were untouchable, then lets see what they got. I get the feeling, which seems ridiculious since the Mets are only one game out, that there is this “play for next year” vibe around the franchise.
I totaly agree. You guys want all these kids to come up and have some big impact. You are calling guys up who have just been promoted from DD to perform in NY in the middle of a pennant race. I think its just way to much to think theses kids will have any sort of major imapct this ealry. This is why Omar needed to find another bat.
Evans actually had better numbers, he was way ahead of Murphy and Carp offensively, stat wise at least as far as I know scouts say Murphy is the most offensively advanced.
The problem is none of them seem to have positions.
we need to bring up kunz because this team needs another reliever more than anything
I agree completely. If they don’t over use Kunz. Manuel has a habit of doing that. (See Heilman grand slam, last nights game)
; )
Kunz is nowhere near ready, why do people keep bringing his name up.
Kunz is ready.
Because he’s the only name we have to bring up. Unless we call up Niese and put him in the bullpen.
Haha, true enough. I was just looking at our AA and AAA rosters and they have like no pitching.
kuns throws between 94-97 with a hard slider…look at joe smith, he was lights out when he first came up…middle relievers are fine to come up early, but i find it interesting that minaya is pretty much hingining his job on a bunch of unproven talents
*hinging
Maybe Murphy will pull a Jay Bruce…(minus the trailing off part)
hopefully minaya knows something about these guys we dont, which is why he didnt make a trade, becasue last night was a prime example of why we need a corner OF with pop and middle relief
Did you guys read Toby’s interview with Murphy from last year? That was awesome. He gets glowing remarks from everyone. WHat’s up with Church by the way? I haven’t seen anything. BP? Rehab games? What’s up? It’s making me nervous.