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Murphy's Knee

bmfc1 Mar 31 2010 08:03 AM

Murphy has a sprained right knee and is day-to-day. This is a shame as he just starting hitting. Does this mean that Ike will return or they will go with either Jacobs or Carter?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 31 2010 08:08 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

If he's truly day-to-day (and it's not one of those things that will become month-to-month) then he may still be ready by next week, and it wouldn't have to have an impact on the roster.

GYC Mar 31 2010 08:19 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

According to annoying beat writers on Twitter, Mets say if it's a long-term thing, expect Ike Davis on OD.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 08:22 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Wow. Could be Rey Sanchez all over again.

metirish Mar 31 2010 08:24 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Expect Davis to OD , WTF is going on with this team?

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 08:25 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Good for the Mets for building an army of alternatives.

MFS62 Mar 31 2010 08:32 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Daniel Murphy, thy name is Wally Pipp? It doesn't quite have the same ring to it. Later

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 08:40 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Yeah, let's not get too carried away. This is a bad thiing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2010 09:25 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Jacobs is starting today. So... there's that. Garko/Carter or Garko/Jacobs are looking like pretty sweet backup tickets right about now.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 09:30 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Mike Hessman reads your post and dies a little.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2010 09:54 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Edgy DC wrote: Mike Hessman reads your post and dies a little. Ours was a whirlwind courtship... and just as quickly, said ship shipped out.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 10:23 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Murphy's Knee sounds like a tiny but critical dot on a Civil War map.

seawolf17 Mar 31 2010 10:32 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

@fakefredwilpon wrote: We're told Murphy's knee injury is minor and he'll be back soon. Either that or he'll need microfracture surgery and he'll be back in '11.

Ashie62 Mar 31 2010 11:23 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

seawolf17 wrote: @fakefredwilpon wrote: We're told Murphy's knee injury is minor and he'll be back soon. Either that or he'll need microfracture surgery and he'll be back in '11. that is too funny.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2010 12:19 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Flerg. David Lennon's Tweety Little Finger wrote: Murphy limps badly leaving camp in streetclothes. Jacobs batting 4th today between Wright and Bay vs. Johnson. OD preview? #mets

Ceetar Mar 31 2010 12:24 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Popper says he's going for an MRI. sounds like the doom and gloom right now is just based on how much he was limping, which is hardly scientific. Guess they'll see by the results if it's day by day and a Carter/Jacobs replacement temporarily, or long term and possibly Davis.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 31 2010 12:48 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Edgy DC wrote: Murphy's Knee sounds like a tiny but critical dot on a Civil War map. Lost in this thread was this funny thing.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 02:25 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

AdamRubinESPN Exclusive: Daniel Murphy is expected to open season on the DL with right knee injury. The problem isn't severe, and he should miss 2-3 weeks

metirish Mar 31 2010 02:27 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

So all joking aside , who , what and why will take his place?

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2010 02:27 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Car-Ter -- Car-Ter -- Car-Ter

Ceetar Mar 31 2010 02:29 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

This sucks. I really don't want to see Jacobs. It's too early for Ike.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 02:33 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 02:35 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

2-3 weeks probably isn't gonna be an IKe thingy. I'm sure the Mets like Jacobs more; he's getting so much more PT.

Ceetar Mar 31 2010 02:37 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 2-3 weeks probably isn't gonna be an IKe thingy. I'm sure the Mets like Jacobs more; he's getting so much more PT. Maybe they're just hoping he'll show them something, and I'm not sure he has. I expect the Mets do take Jacobs, thought I think they should take Catalanotto and Carter. They can be our own little CC.

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2010 02:54 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Cattalanatto (gonna have to learn to spell that in case he ever earns Schaefer points) isn't going to hit enough to merit any serious time at 1B. His value is in his (supposed) versatility. They should keep Carter, who not only provides a RH bat [u:28u12urm]and[/u:28u12urm] can play in the OF, but he and Jacobs might just "run into a few" in the early weeks and provide some semblance of power over there (although we are leading the NL in ST HRs). Whoever is playing worse when Muffy is ready to return gets cut/traded/sent-down/sacrificed/skewered. Leave Davis at Buffalo for at least 200 ABs to get the reps he needs and then re-evaluate. The fact that this will also piss off the WFAN world is merely an added bonus.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 02:57 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Carter hits lefty, so it's always been tough to consider both he and Jake on the same squad, even with the Muffy thing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2010 02:58 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

& And ALL the contenders currently on-roster-- Davis included, obvsly-- are lefties, JCL. OE: AA's got some disturbing Twitter screenshottage, courtesy of AdamRubinESPNisMyNewEmployer: Team confirms 2-6 weeks. (For Murphy) Minaya said will still have Ike Davis start at AAA. That could mean 2 of 3 from Jacobs, Carter, Catalanotto. Omar: "Jacobs is a veteran guy. Right now he's the frontrunner."

Ashie62 Mar 31 2010 03:27 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

I'm hoping this injury doesn't become Metly contagious.

duan Mar 31 2010 03:54 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

having tried tonight to come back from a MCL injury that I sustained 10 days ago I can safely say that 2 weeks would be ambitious. Fucking bastard thing went first time I put it under pressure, and I'm only trying to play football at a moderate amateur level, not professional high performance type stuff. hurts in a nagging way and gets way too stiff during the day in work. back to RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevate) for a few days.

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2010 05:07 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Carter hits lefty Oops back to RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevate) for a few days. For even better results, try RICED: Rest Ice Compression Elevation Drugs

seawolf17 Mar 31 2010 05:21 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Frayed Knot wrote: Car-Ter -- Car-Ter -- Car-Ter "Absolutely, Joe. I could go out there and give them .250/.280/.400 with ten home runs in April. Absolutely."

Valadius Mar 31 2010 05:24 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Nymr83 Mar 31 2010 07:12 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

I hope the Mets give Carter a shot, but either Carter or Jacobs could do better than the 2009 Murphy. I'm hoping that one of them has a big year and/or Davis is wrecking AAA and forces a callup around June 1st. Murphy would look better on the bench.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 31 2010 09:46 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

seawolf17 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Car-Ter -- Car-Ter -- Car-Ter "Absolutely, Joe. I could go out there and give them .250/.280/.400 with ten home runs in April. Absolutely." "Plus, Joe, I'm very ready to manage the team if a Mets' shaky start should jeopardize Jerry's job."

Frayed Knot Apr 01 2010 07:01 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Nymr83 wrote: I hope the Mets give Carter a shot, but either Carter or Jacobs could do better than the 2009 Murphy. I'm hoping that one of them has a big year and/or Davis is wrecking AAA and forces a callup around June 1st. Murphy would look better on the bench. I think there's a better chance that Murphy v.2010 improves on the 2009 Murphy than there is that Jacobs has a better season than the 2009 Murphy. Of course we don't have that option from day, 1 but I'm not going into this CAHNfident that either Jacobs or Carter is likely to put Muffy out of a job.

Edgy DC Apr 01 2010 07:14 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

I just love to see professional hitters like Carter get a crack. Too much of management is focused on what a guy can't do. Ask a guy to show you what he can do. Carter has gone .306 / .380 / .510 // .890 in 726 minor league games. YOu traded an All-Star closer for him. Find a place to use him.

metirish Apr 01 2010 07:26 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Edgy DC wrote: I just love to see professional hitters like Carter get a crack. . professional hitter = what again?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2010 07:29 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

A guy who gets paid to hit, and who also likes crack.

soupcan Apr 01 2010 07:29 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Murphy, one of the few Mets to avoid injuries last season, had been anointed the starting first baseman, although Ike Davis, the Mets’ top position prospect, is expected to push Murphy aside by 2011. But for now, Davis will head to Class AAA Buffalo while the veteran Mike Jacobs takes over at first. With the Mets also deciding on Wednesday to delay Jose Reyes’s regular-season debut, it means that their opening day lineup will include at least three backup players — Jacobs, Alex Cora and either Angel Pagan or Gary Matthews Jr. In discussing the Murphy situation with reporters, General Manager Omar Minaya did not wait to be asked about the 23-year-old Davis, who had a standout spring, before dismissing the possibility of his starting the season in Flushing. “Right now, our plan is to let Ike Davis develop in the minor leagues,” Minaya said. Jacobs had been a strong candidate to be a left-handed power hitter off the bench for the Mets. Now that he will probably be starting for a while, it opens up roster possibilities for Chris Carter, who on Wednesday hit his fourth home run of the spring, this one off Florida’s Josh Johnson, who will face the Mets again Monday in the season opener at Citi Field. Jacobs, who was signed to a minor league deal during the off-season, has hit only .194 in spring training, with two home runs. But he has experience, and power from the left side. Last year, he hit 19 home runs for Kansas City; in 2008 he hit 32 homers with 93 runs batted in for the Marlins

Edgy DC Apr 01 2010 07:53 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

So the suggestion is that Jacobs has the start, and Carter and Catalanotto* are competing for a single spot. Professional hitter is a guy who hits well year in and year out. He's maybe got good power approaching very good. Good contact approaching very good. A good guy eye approaching very good. But not arising to All-Star excellence in any of these areas, and offering very little in terms of defense or baserunning, he only keeps a job as long as he hits, which he tends to do, year in and year out. Their patron saint is Joe Randa. *For anybody haveing trouble spelling this, it's a single t the first time through and a double tt the second. Look at this way... break it up into two parts. The first part is the root of Catalan, like the Catalan culture and the Catalan dialect. The second part is the suffix -otto, indicating largeness. This suffix is the opposite of -etto, idicating smallness. We are used to other languages having an equivelant of -etto, such as Spanish (-ito) or Irish (-een). This suffix is called the diminutive, and is common because diminutive nicknames are often given as a term of endearment, frequently during childhood. The Italian -otto suffix we find here would then be the augmentative, found in fewer languages. Anyhow, his name translates to "Frenchy the Big Guy from Catalonia."

bmfc1 Apr 01 2010 08:15 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

A BOC nomination to Edgy for the *explanation of "Catalanotto."

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2010 08:19 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

While we're giving spelling lessons, here's a trick to remembering how to spell the name of the Mets right fielder: It's starts with FRANCO, like John and Matt and Julio. Then you just have to add the first three letters of the continent that's the source of French people: EURope. FRANCO EUR FRANCOEUR.

metirish Apr 01 2010 08:26 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

bmfc1 wrote: A BOC nomination to Edgy for the *explanation of "Catalanotto." Yeah that was good stuff, and with Grims help above I am sure to never misspell Francoeur again.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 01 2010 09:18 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

My issue with Catalanotto wasn't the T's or the OTTO but spelling CATALAN as CATALON. I had a friend named Catalanotti, which would mean many large guys from Catalan, I guess.

Ashie62 Apr 01 2010 09:50 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Valadius wrote: I concur

MFS62 Apr 01 2010 09:55 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Kudos to Edgy, for providing the definitionotto of the year. And the Joe Randa mention brought a tear to my eye. Later

batmagadanleadoff Apr 01 2010 11:03 AM Re: Murphy's Knee

Frayed Knot wrote: Nymr83 wrote: I hope the Mets give Carter a shot, but either Carter or Jacobs could do better than the 2009 Murphy. I'm hoping that one of them has a big year and/or Davis is wrecking AAA and forces a callup around June 1st. Murphy would look better on the bench. I think there's a better chance that Murphy v.2010 improves on the 2009 Murphy than there is that Jacobs has a better season than the 2009 Murphy. Of course we don't have that option from day, 1 but I'm not going into this CAHNfident that either Jacobs or Carter is likely to put Muffy out of a job. SI is picking the Mets to finish 4th and reports that Murphy might develop into a +20 HR man in 2010 thanks to his new hitting approach. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

Ashie62 Apr 01 2010 01:12 PM Re: Murphy's Knee

Now SI is picking on Murphy?