Congratulations to the Mets and Daniel Murphy for advancing to the World Series. I do have to wonder what would have been the outcome of the series if the Cubs had simply intentionally walked Murphy every single at bat though. Would it have made a difference?
Murphy had 17 AB vs the Cubs with 7 hits and one walk. Included in those 7 hits he had 4 HR and a double. According to my simple math - if the Cubs walked Murphy every at bat it would have dropped his OPS from an incredible 1.561 during the series down to an even 1.000. That's why I can stop wondering if the Cubs had just walked Murphy every at bat - would they still be playing for a World Series birth?
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Replacing Delgado
Jon Heyman took a look at some of the options for the Mets in replacing Carlos Delgado. Heyman mentioned moving Daniel Murphy to 1st and this is the move the Mets have announced they will be making. However, Heyman neglected to take the next step and suggest who would then be taking up the slack for the Mets in the outfield. Sure you can get away with a Gary Sheffield, Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church outfield but my suggestion is to bring up prospect Fernando Martinez from Buffalo to be the 4th outfielder and more importantly to platoon with the almost at the bottom of the hill Sheffield. You could have Martinez playing against righties and Sheffield against lefties. Sheffield is hitting just .159 against righties this season and last year he hit just .220. Why not give the kid a shot before trying to make a move outside the organization? At the very least Martinez would be a defensive upgrade. The Mets are just 1 game back.
So let it be written - so let it be done.
Jon Heyman took a look at some of the options for the Mets in replacing Carlos Delgado. Heyman mentioned moving Daniel Murphy to 1st and this is the move the Mets have announced they will be making. However, Heyman neglected to take the next step and suggest who would then be taking up the slack for the Mets in the outfield. Sure you can get away with a Gary Sheffield, Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church outfield but my suggestion is to bring up prospect Fernando Martinez from Buffalo to be the 4th outfielder and more importantly to platoon with the almost at the bottom of the hill Sheffield. You could have Martinez playing against righties and Sheffield against lefties. Sheffield is hitting just .159 against righties this season and last year he hit just .220. Why not give the kid a shot before trying to make a move outside the organization? At the very least Martinez would be a defensive upgrade. The Mets are just 1 game back.
So let it be written - so let it be done.
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