http://www.fantasysp.com/mlb_player_news/Daniel_Murphy FantasySP / MLB / Daniel Murphy Copyright 2009 622236 In a post to Amazin Avenue, James Kannengieser looks in to the Yankees stats from this season, and concludes:“The goal is to score more runs than you allow… Home runs are not evil and pitching alone does not win championships.”This was essentially my argument, here, when defending Daniel Murphy… or, at least defending [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/622236 622236 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:01 EDT Mets Blog 16 days 13 hours 47 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/622236 In a post to Ted Quarters, SNY’s Ted Berg offers up thoughts on Daniel Murphy, and how the team and fans need to proceed when thinking of the future.According to Berg, it’s about patience, and, “The Mets need to take their time assessing Murphy, Murphy needs to take more pitches at the [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/619867 619867 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:02 EDT Mets Blog 17 days 16 hours 47 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/619867 Murphy didn't deliver the sort of strong numbers some expected after he hit .313 in '08, but he grew more comfortable at the plate as the season progressed, batting .282 with a .485 slugging percentage after the break. He also developed into an adequate first baseman along the way, though the Mets may elect to bring in a more traditional big bopper to play the position. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/609055 609055 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:08:16 EDT mlb.com 23 days 15 hours 47 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/609055 Joe D from Metsmerized Online feels that Daniel Murphy is the “poor man’s Eddie Kranepool”.Meanwhile, Sam Page over at Amazin’ Avenue feels that free-agent-to-be Hideki Matsui is out of line with the Mets stated priorities this off-season.Ken Davidoff in Newsday doesn’t think either J.P. Ricciardi or Kevin Towers addresses the Mets Front-Office weaknesses.Jason, from Faith [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/576905 576905 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:00:09 EDT Mets Blog 41 days 19 hours 55 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/576905 Justin Bopp is back with a new statistical-based graphic for Beyond the Boxscore, which essentially says Daniel Murphy is the second-best defensive first baseman in the National League.…i was quite impressed with murphy’s defense at first, mostly because of what he showed to us in left field, but i wouldn’t go so far as to say he’s among the best [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/569106 569106 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:16:01 EDT Mets Blog 46 days 15 hours 39 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/569106 Daniel Murphy hit .282 with 37 extra base hits and 35 RBI in 72 games during the second half of the season.Before leaving the ballpark today, he told reporters hitting coach Howard Johnson deserves a lot of credit for working with him on making adjustments, and helping him to better learn how to hit inside [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/565218 565218 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:40:02 EDT Mets Blog 48 days 13 hours 15 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/565218 News: Mets OF Daniel Murphy went 1 for 1 on Friday as he hit a pinch-hit home run against the Astros. Murphy smacked his 12th of the season for a two-run shot. He's batting .265 for the year. [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/563003 563003 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:16:15 EDT CBSSports.com 49 days 16 hours 39 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/563003 Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy each homered to help the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 7-1 Friday night in the opener of their final series of the season. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/562177 562177 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:56:01 EDT yahoo.com 50 days 7 hours 59 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/562177 Brad, a reader of MetsBlog, sent me the following e-mail: Mike Francesa on WFAN just went off on a caller about how if you expect Daniel Murphy to be your every day first baseman next year, and you are the GM of the Mets, he is going to get you fired. I believe Francesa is [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/559669 559669 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:48:02 EDT Mets Blog 51 days 13 hours 7 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/559669 In a blog post for the New York Times, Jim Luttrell explains why the Mets can live with Daniel Murphy, and his lack of power, at first base.… this may or may not be true… i have no idea, and do not care… what i do know is the Mets need someone to hit a [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/553283 553283 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:04:01 EDT Mets Blog 54 days 16 hours 51 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/553283 The Associated Press reports New York Mets OF Daniel Murphy went 0-for-4 and grounded into a double play Wednesday, Sept. 23, stranding seven runners on base. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/544850 544850 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:24:01 EDT kffl.com 59 days 6 hours 31 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/544850 In a post to his blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman poses a series of questions regarding Daniel Murphy, such as:“Can the Mets trust first base to Murphy for 2010, and use their limited funds to find a No. 2 starter, left fielder and relief help?”To read quotes from Murphy, speaking about the [...] http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/543533 543533 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:32:01 EDT Mets Blog 59 days 16 hours 23 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel_Murphy/543533