A Response Longer than a Post...

Yeah, now all you have to do is get the "good Murphy" some press. There aren't enough at bats for me to comment on "good" Murphy versus "poor" Murphy. However, I was impressed by his defense at first base - especially when considering it was the second time he was learning a new position at the Major League level. Yes, there were only a "few" opportunities to analyze his first base defense but he exhibited great range. Essentially, he demonstrated great range and too many errors. I can only see his defense at first getting better from here...

-StanO

Shortest Post Ever

http://mets360.com/2010/03/23/comparing-francoeur-and-murphy/

A Surplus of Pitching

Dang, the Mets have so many fringe pitchers. If Maine, Pelfrey, and Ollie were consistently healthy and... consistent, well, maybe the Mets could talk about trading some of these guys:

Nelson Figueroa
Pat Misch
Hisanori Takahashi
Jon Niese
Fernando Nieve
Bobby Parnell
Sean Green
Kiko Calero (1.95 era last year in 60 ip; 3.24 career era)
Elmer Dessens (3.31 era last year in 32.2 ip)

-StanO