Michael Murphy

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@AdamRonis God, I hope so (although I also despise the Arizona D-bags).

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@TomMorache @Mets And here we go again with Mets fans piling on Alvarez as though a 24 year old catcher is somehow a finished product. Good luck finding another young catcher with his power potential and arm behind the plate. He absolutely needs work, but I’m not closing the door on him.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@Jaws1002 @AnthonyDiComo If you don’t see the tools for an age 26 player, then I don’t know what to tell you. Baty has a ton of potential in that bat.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@DallasHenry84 @LRubinsonWFAN Using Cabrera and Pujols as a road map means Soto won’t be productive after 31? Let’s see. Cabrera hit .316 with 38 HRs and 108 HRs in 2016 at age 33 (7 years older than Soto). Pujols hit .268, 31 HRs and 119 RBIs at age 36. And you ignore Big Papi. Doesn’t add up.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@LRubinsonWFAN Anyone calling this one of the worst seasons doesn’t remember 1977 -1982 and 1993. Those were truly dark days for Mets fans. As putrid as this team was from April through July, at least Benge, McLean, Ewing, and Thornton provide some optimism.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@NickRicharahao @djs412 @HowieRose No Bob Gibson, huh? Gibson 251 wins, 2.91 ERA, 3117Ks, 81.7 pitching WAR. Verlander 266 wins, 3.33ERA, 3554 Ks, 82.3 pitching WAR. Incredibly ignorant take.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@WorldsCoziest @SleeperMets @NYPost_Mets Why exactly does he need to restructure his contract? There is no salary cap (yet), and last I saw Steve Cohen hasn’t been sucked into a Ponzi scheme, so the Mets have lots of $.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@yo16345 @SleeperMets @NYPost_Mets You do realize this isn’t the Pittsburgh Pirates or Kansas City Royals we’re talking about, right?

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@AnthonyDiComo What exactly is your point about Alvarez being behind the plate for those incredibly awful pitches? Bad pitch selection? Alvarez should have made the plays? Or is it just another post piling on a player that Mets fans are turning against at lightning speed?

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@NYSportsfan63 Pete’s also going to be the Prime Minister of Lichtenstein and he’s going to win the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2028 Olympics, and it won’t be close.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@JeffRatcliffe It may be offensive to me based on the beer he’s shotgunning.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@astatefan1 @SNYtv It would be utterly foolish to pay a DH with limited power $20.5 million per year for 4 years. The Nimmo contract was bad for a number of reasons, and finding a taker for him was fine me. Alonzo critics have a point, but the Nimmo trade made sense.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@ewingbenge @BMiggy I love Pete, but his metrics are nowhere close to Hall of Fame standards.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@DanBartels2 I love Pete, but he’s nowhere close to Hall of Fame metrics.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@theaceofspaeder Do you remember that no team made a serious offer to Pete after 2024, which caused Pete to come back to the Mets for an under market contract? Any team could have had him for a hell of a lot less than $31 million per year after 2024.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@MikeLupica Wow, you’re so far ahead of the curve on the Pete Alonso take. I hadn’t heard anything about this previously. Great take, Captain No Shit!

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@NYSportsfan63 I bet Pete will also win the AL Cy Young.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@JerseyShore148 @NYSportsfan63 Uh, Stearns did not trade Alonso. Join the masses criticizing Stearns, but at least get it right.

[Michael Murphy @mcmurphy251]

@FerlazzoAlex @Tom_Smith717 That’s not an automatic additional $50 million more than the Yankees offered Soto, who may not opt out or may never receive an additional $5 million per year from the Mets. It’s a contract contingency that may never happen. Otherwise, the base money difference was $5 million.