Comments on: Daniel Murphy means losses http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=704 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Wilcox http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=704&cpage=1#comment-485974 Chris Wilcox Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:26:29 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=704#comment-485974 I should clarify, I don't mean to write him off completely. He's still pretty young, of course, but he has no business being the everyday first baseman on a team with pennant hopes, and I have doubts as to whether he will ever have the ability to handle first on a regular basis. His future is more likely to be in the OF or as a super-utility, not as an everyday 1B. I should clarify, I don’t mean to write him off completely. He’s still pretty young, of course, but he has no business being the everyday first baseman on a team with pennant hopes, and I have doubts as to whether he will ever have the ability to handle first on a regular basis. His future is more likely to be in the OF or as a super-utility, not as an everyday 1B.

]]> By: letsgomets22 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=704&cpage=1#comment-485969 letsgomets22 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:47:41 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=704#comment-485969 While you present a well-reasoned argument, I think the real mistake in handling Murphy was his complete skipping of AAA. The A-AA-AAA system is in place for a reason, and it seems as if the Mets love to rush their prospects through, to their detriment. Murphy, despite his 2008 stint, needed a full season OR TWO of AAA before becoming a full-timer. His numbers reflect that he was progressing within expectations at A and AA, and even though he has been a disappointment in '09, I'm not ready to write him off yet. Unfortunately there probably won't be a way to undo this blunder, at least in the Mets organization. While you present a well-reasoned argument, I think the real mistake in handling Murphy was his complete skipping of AAA. The A-AA-AAA system is in place for a reason, and it seems as if the Mets love to rush their prospects through, to their detriment. Murphy, despite his 2008 stint, needed a full season OR TWO of AAA before becoming a full-timer.

His numbers reflect that he was progressing within expectations at A and AA, and even though he has been a disappointment in ‘09, I’m not ready to write him off yet. Unfortunately there probably won’t be a way to undo this blunder, at least in the Mets organization.

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