The Mets will make a one-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer to 2B Daniel Murphy, according to Jon Heyman (Nov. 5).
Murphy will have seven days to accept or reject the offer, which will allow the Mets to receive draft pick compensation should he sign with another organization.
“I like it here, and I’d like to come back,” Murphy said after the Mets lost to the Royals in the World Series. “I feel blessed to have been a Met this long.”
Murphy, who was drafted by the Mets as a 13th-round pick out in 2006, earned $8 million this past season, which was his final year of arbitration. The New York Post’s Joel Sherman talked to leagues sources in October who said Murphy could end up being offered a four-year deal worth around $50 million (Oct. 19, 2015).
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Nov. 6, 2015: This is a no brainer, because he shouldn’t accept it. He can get more on the open market. And, if he leaves, the Mets get a draft pick that can go toward replacing some of the talent they gave up last summer at the trade deadline…
Nov. 3, 2015: Murphy went from postseason superstar to World Series laughing stock in the span of a week. I feel bad for him. He’s been an outstanding soldier for this organization. He’s put up with a lot of ridicule from fans, media, and his bosses, but kept working, kept hustling and kept hitting, day in and day out, no questions asked. He had the series of a lifetime against the Cubs, was the toast of the town, and then, bam; his bat went silent, he made costly mistakes in the field, the Mets lost and he’s back to square one. It doesn’t seem fair.
My hunch is he’ll get less than the four-year deal projected by Sherman’s sources, because I think his deficiencies were confirmed on a national stage during the World Series. They weren’t a secret, believe me. MLB knows Murphy. But, to see him make those notorious mistakes in such important moments may have negated some of the financial gains he made himself with his power aberration in the NLCS.
This October, I’ve heard insiders suggest the Astros, Dodgers, Giants, Yankees and Angels could be among teams that end up talking with him, likely viewing him as a third baseman and/or utility guy.
I’d like to see the Mets bring him back. I know he isn’t perfect, but he’s popular among fans, he has shown he can hit in Citi Field, handle the postseason in New York, and he can be very valuable the next few years if used the right way >> Read more
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