The LoHud Mets Blog

Murphy back tomorrow. Wright hopefully back Saturday. Terry ready to head north, clearly.

Yesterday, Terry Collins talked about putting Ronny Cedeno and Ruben Tejada into a platoon. This comes on the heels of looking to get Kelly Shoppach more playing time against righties at catcher, at the expense of Josh Thole, and Justin Turner more regular time at second base, at the expense… Read More →

Earlier this week, I touched on the knock-on effects that failing to do things like retain Jose Reyes has on the New York Mets’ ability to compete. But we have a particularly useful example of how this is true in the trade offer the Mets declined from San Diego. The… Read More →

Entering the 2012 season, the New York Mets had two players they hoped would learn new positions well enough to justify their bats in the lineup. One was Lucas Duda in right field. The other was Daniel Murphy at second base. The verdict is in on Duda; he failed to… Read More →

Look, there’s plenty of negativity about Dillon Gee out there, and rightfully so. People are concerned about the blood clot in his pitching shoulder. The timeframe looks like months, not weeks, to get him back. We’ll wait and see, but it is a sad thing to have happen to a… Read More →

On the eve of the Subway Series, part two, we seem to have a quarterback controversy brewing at second base. Daniel Murphy, the incumbent, has been in a horrendous slump, hitting just .192 since May 16 following a .336 start. And even that start was deceptive, with his power disappearing… Read More →

It has now been 11 months and two days since Daniel Murphy hit a home run. Times were different then. Muammar Qaddafi and Kim-Jong Il roamed the earth. Rick Perry was the frontrunner for the Republican preidential nomination. And almost nobody had heard of Lena Dunham. Still, while consistency is… Read More →

I think every time I hear someone, on WFAN, on Twitter, or just out on the street, want to move Daniel Murphy from second base, a small part of me dies. This may sound extreme. But hear me out. The Murphy experiment is going as well as anyone could possibly… Read More →

Heading over to Mets-Nats, where we will have an afternoon of live-tweet goodness (follow @lohudmets) and postgame discussion. Just wanted to touch base on Daniel Murphy, who blew several double plays last night, and Lucas Duda, who missed a very catchable ball. If both players fail to improve defensively, they… Read More →

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Like most of the other positions on the baseball field, second base offers a wide range of outcomes for the Mets. The version where Daniel Murphy stays healthy and can hold down the position defensively is actually a potential boon to the team on par with Johan Santana regaining his… Read More →

The decision to leave Daniel Murphy at second base, after years of delay, to find out at last if he can play the position, died Thursday after little more than a week of raising my hopes. Terry Collins said that if Ike Davis is forced to miss more than a… Read More →

Well, the Mets are reporting to Port St. Lucie in droves, and Terry Collins has begun to meet the media. Lots to discuss, but I wanted to focus on one particular comment by Collins yesterday: that his backup first baseman is Justin Turner, not Daniel Murphy. This makes no sense… Read More →

There appear to be two schools of thought about the decision by the Mets to sign middle infielder Ronny Cedeno to a one-year, $1.1 million contract. Arguing against the signing is Cedeno’s putrid .286 career on-base percentage. And this weakness really can’t be overestimated. Among all major league hitters with… Read More →