Yeah well Murphy also drove in 1 of the 2 Mets runs (hence they need him in the lineup like they need Duda in the lineup, I mean they need all the offense they can get).

"Who would you prefer play 2nd base for the 2012 Mets"

Someone who won't lose games for us because they can't play second base.

"Jeff Kent had plenty of erros. Career .980 fielding percentage. That's terrible and considering his awful range, even worse."

Except Jeff Kent is one of the best offensive second basemen of all time.

Can you be more specific?

He actually did make a tremendous play on a ball to shallow right field going back and reaching over his head with his back to the plate.

and yet he wasn't a full time player and didn't start putting up great numbers until he was 29....

.290 avg, 377 hr, 1518 rbis, 356 obp, .500 slg, 2461 hits,

I thouht you wanted a guy who could play defense?

BTW, if you compare Murphy's first 1,000 ABS and Kent's, Murphy beats him in every category except HRs and SLG (barely).

Yes, but Kent's defense could make up for his dominate offensive. The same can't be said for Murphy.

At this point in their careers Murphy is a much better offensive guy than Kent was. If Murphy hooks up with Bonds and gets some roids he could have a better career than Kent.

Please stop comparing Murphy to Kent. You are comparing arguably the greatest offensive second basemen of all time to a one dimensional player.

Do you remember what they were saying about Kent when he was shipped to SF?

I liked Kent, but when he left NY ALOT of people were happier.

Valdespin

A great, wise soothsayer and defensive guru once said that getting rid of Reyes is addition by subtraction so I guess by that logic getting rid of Murphy would be multiplication by the square root, by subtraction...

With the exception of BA, I predict Murphy has a season of personal bests in all other hitting stats. They won't be amazing stats, but the signs of a good, solid contact hitter. I'm thinking .305, 45 doubles, 70-75Rs, 15HRs, 70-75RBIs, 10SBs, .368OBP.

But yeah, hopefully the glove won't be too much of a liability.