Lets try to keep this prospective, Dan Murphy hit over .300 in 49 games in the major leagues in 2008, then went to the Arizona fall league that very same year and hit .397.Whether in those two short stints Murphy's bat convinced the organization that he was major league ready or his hitting helped justify filling a position with a low budget alternative due to the Madoff scandal, is a matter of semantics. The fact of the matter is that the Mets convinced themselves that Murphy was major league ready starter and while I believe Murphy will be a major leaguer in my opinion he still needs minor league seasoning or is a role/bench player.Ike Davis has had a tremendous year and I'm very excited for our future at 1B, Davis appears to be the real deal, who will be lock down 1B for many years to come. But that doesn't mean, based on 309 AB in AA in which he hit .309 that I'm convinced he should come straight up to the majors.No one at this point is discussing Davis coming to...
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