Featured Post: Keep Daniel Murphy In The Leadoff Spot
It doesn’t matter that Daniel Murphy hit the game-winning homer Sunday afternoon, or that he’s the Mets’ hottest hitter, he should be in the leadoff spot going forward for the Mets.
Because of Murphy’s high on-base percentage, batting him leadoff is something I have advocated, and I’m glad Terry Collins was thinking outside the box enough to make the move.
“He gets...
Daniel Murphy and the hot streak fallacy
Daniel Murphy is on fire.
Coming into Sunday’s matchup with the Cubs, Murphy was riding a 7 game hitting streak during which time he is hitting .500 (14-28) with six extra base hits, five runs scored, and four RBIs. This recent offensive explosion has brought his triple slash to .301/.337/.455.
On Sunday, Terry Collins decided to move Murphy up to the leadoff spot in the lineup...
Daniel Murphy Should Remain Leading Off
It doesn’t matter that Daniel Murphy hit the game-winning homer Sunday afternoon, or that he’s the Mets’ hottest hitter, he should be in the leadoff spot again Monday night at Citi Field.
Because of Murphy’s high on-base percentage, batting him leadoff is something I have advocated, and I’m glad Terry Collins was thinking outside the box enough to make the move.
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Daniel Murphy Go-Ahead Homer Lifts Mets to Victory
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy hit in the leadoff spot for the first time this season and made the best of it, slugging a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the eighth-inning to give the Mets a 4-3 lead en route to a victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Murphy had a seven-game hitting streak entering the game, which was extended with the solo shot in the eighth-inning.
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Mets 4, Cubs 3
Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday for their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007.
The Mets won two of three on this trip to Chicago.
Murphy hit a leadoff shot against reliever Kyuji Fukikawa (1-1). Murphy has homered twice in three games and has an eight-game hitting streak.
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Daniel Murphy catching fire for cold Mets offense
The New York Mets offensive woes have continued as the team sits 2-4 on their current seven-game road trip. The Mets are hitting just .230 over those six games and have have scored three or fewer runs in 10 of their last 12 games and in 15 of their last 21 games. All this despite the fact that second basemen Daniel Murphy is 13-for-his-last-24 (.542) in those six games and...
Daniel Murphy’s streaks, minor league injuries abound, Warthen helps out
Coming into the season, Daniel Murphy had a lifetime .766 OPS with a slash line of .292/.339/.427 in 1,742 PA. So it shouldn’t be a big surprise that on games thru May 16th, Murphy has a 775 OPS with a slash line of .297/.335/.439 in 158 PA. This is essentially who Murphy is as a hitter. What is surprising is how he got here.
Murphy started the year off on fire, with a .966...
Daniel Murphy's fly ball finds seam in Busch Stadium outfield wall (Video)
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New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy hit an unusual ground rule double during the sixth inning of Thursday's game at Busch Stadium when his fly ball found its way through a seam in the outfield wall.
St. Louis Cardinals right fielder (and former Met) Carlos Beltran positioned himself to play the outfield carom off the wall...
Video: Daniel Murphy hits a double through the fence at Busch Stadium
New York Mets hitter Daniel Murphy did his best impersonation of Harry Houdini during Thursday's afternoon game against the Cardinals in St. Louis.Watch as Murphy smacks a ball deep toward the right field fence in the eighth inning and seemingly makes it disappear. Apparently, the ball somehow manages to find its way in between the slimmest of margins in the wall and ends up...
Remember When We Used To Joke About Daniel Murphy’s Defense?
Come on, admit it… At one time or another you made a joke about Daniel Murphy at second base since the day he took over the position once Jose Reyes was not re-signed and Ruben Tejada slid over to shortstop.
Was the criticism harsh and often times deserved? Maybe… Maybe not… Ok, yes it was…
But seeing is believing and when I mentioned how much better Murphy has been defensively...
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