May 20
Daniel Murphy has seen his spot in the lineup change seemingly every day since he emerged in 2008. Murphy has hit just about everywhere in the line up over the past few seasons in an attempt to fill whatever holes the Mets have had. Despite hitting mostly in the 2-3 slots this year, it appears this is happening …
Jul 02
At one time, the word “slump” was verboten in the Mets’ clubhouse. A struggling hitter was said to be in a “funk” instead. It was meant to take the edge off a player’s hitting woes, to make is sound less negative than it was. Kind of like “Custodial Engineer” takes the edge off “Janitor.” Calling …
Apr 11
The second series of the year is history, and it wasn’t nearly as encouraging as the first. The Washington Nationals took 2 of 3 from the Mets at Citi Field, and David Wright missed the last two games of the series with a broken pinky finger. So, what did we learn from this series? Hitting …
Feb 27
This is the latest in my series of player projections for the Mets. Today: Daniel Murphy. Daniel Murphy, 2B Murphy is the kind of hard-nosed, face-first ballplayer Mets fans love. But it’s that same penchant to rush in where angels fear to tread that makes him an injury risk, even more so now that he has …
Jul 27
Tonight the Mets offense minus newly former Met Carlos Beltran continued to pound Reds pitching. The leaders tonight? The D brothers, yeah I am changing the rules a little. Daniel Murphy continues to hit going 4/5 with 2 more doubles bringing him up to 28 on the year. David Wright has came back from the …
Jul 26
Daniel Murphy continues to get the job done offensively regardless of his position on defense. Since May 26th Murphy is hitting .355 (last 50 starts). Tonight was more of the same as the booth called it a line drive hitting display by Murph, 3/4 with 2 RBI. On the mound, Niese was sharp… until …
Mar 23
As expected the Mets have optioned Justin Turner to AAA. Sandy said as much in a recent interview during a game earlier this week (can’t recall which one). He made note that Turner’s option was huge in the decision making process as was Emaus’ Rule 5 status. Now the question is Hu who will be …
Aug 09
Alex Cora told us that if they are building for 2013 or 2014…they should just come out and say it and then do it about 2 hours ago via web JimBowdenXMFOX JIM BOWDEN This tweet by Jim Bowden caused an interesting debate by the 2 founders of T.R.D.M.B. today. Here is how it went down. …
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