If Carlos Delgado is gone for good (He just filed for free agency) what will that mean for the Mets? Is Daniel Murphy the long term answer for this team at the first base position?
If you didn't realize (or are just trying to forget about last year completely), D-Murph led the Mets in home runs last year! Now, 12 home runs isn't something to be excited about, especially not from the power position of first base, but nonetheless you can not take that away from him. Other interesting stats from last season:
-1st on the Mets in games played (155)
-2nd in at-bats
-3rd in runs scored, hits, and triples
-2nd in doubles (38) and RBI's
I just don't know who this kid really is. I think the stats are more of a showing of how battered the team was due to injury. Perhaps Murph is just a player who could fill in with mediocre stats on a bad team. However, he's 24 years old and has plenty of time to learn and mature. But this is New York, we don't like patience, we like immediate gratification. Murph batted .282 after the all-star break, but a mere .266 on the season as a whole. He didn't walk nearly enough and struck out nearly twice as much as he did walk. His defense did seem to improve dramatically when he made the switch to first base, and he posted a .989 fielding percentage over at First.
Once again, who is Daniel Murphy? Can he hit 30 homers and drive in 100 RBI? Can he hit 300? Can he improve upon that abysmal .313 OBP he posted last year. Can Daniel Murphy play for a winning team at first base. Start hitting Danny.
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