Triple All-Star and 2015 National League Championship Series MVP Daniel Murphy leaving baseball after a 12-year Major League career, he tells Andy Martino of SNY.
“It’s a beautiful game, and I really just feel humbled and blessed that it made me jump on the ride a little bit,” Murphy tells Martino. “It’s beautiful. It can teach you about so many things. And all I can say is thank you.” Especially fans of Mets will want to read Martino’s interview for dozens of quotes, stories and reflections on his time in New York, as well as additional thoughts of teammate and captain. David Wright.
A 13th-round pick by the Mets in 2006, Murphy made his MLB debut just two years later at the age of 23. He solidified a spot on the Mets series with strong performances in 2008 and 2009, but suffered a knee sprain in late spring training in 2010 and a subsequent torn MCL suffered a rehab rehabilitation period later that year, she said. entire 2010 campaign wiped out.
Murphy returned to the field in 2011 and had his best year yet, hitting .320 / .362 / .448 in 423 hits in 320 yards. His offense over the next few years took a step back, but he established himself as an above-average contributor who could see time in various positions. Late in the 2015 season, but as the Mets drove to the post-season, Murphy took his game to new heights. He batted ten home games after the All-Star break while hitting .285 / .318 / .500 through 280 trips to the plate, but he saved the best for a legendary post-season run that put the Mets on brought the edge of a championship.
Thirty years old at the time, Murphy was a man on fire in October. He appeared in all 14 of the Mets’ games and placed a combined .328 / .391 / .724 batting list, with seven home runs and a doubles, while scoring 13 runs and beating 11. Incredibly, Murphy got six consecutive hits. playoffs during that Herculean performance – including a sixth innings of Zack Greinke in the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS and one out of all four games of the Mets’ NLCS whip of the Cubs. Wright tells Martino that Murphy’s post-season in 2015 was “one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen on a baseball field.”
Murphy played out the brilliant post-season effort in a three-year deal with the Nationals, and although the club only won its World Series after leaving, it was not Murphy’s fault. He had his best season in 2016, his first year with the Nats, and he scored .347 / .390 / .595 en route to a second-place finish in the National League MVP poll. In his two and a half seasons with the Nats, he hit .329 / .380 / .550 before being traded to the Cubs (and continued to rake in) – more than the $ 37.5 million price of his contract to justify.
From there, Murphy would sign a two-year deal to serve as the Rockies’ first basic man, but injuries took their toll during his time in Colorado. Murphy suffered a significant fracture in his finger after just two games, and although he was expected to miss at least a month at the time, he returned to the series just four weeks later. Murphy waved a hot bat early, but it was clear that the hand was bothering him; his hard hitting rate and exit speeds dropped sharply that year, and his power was nowhere near the highest levels, despite playing his home games at Coors Field. Murphy posted a .279 / .328 / .452 series overall that year, and he followed that up with a .236 / .275 / .333 appearing in 40 games in 2020’s shortened schedule.
By all accounts, Murphy is a three-time All-Star, NLCS MVP and two-time Silver Slugger with a second place finish in his resume. He played in a dozen MLB seasons and caught a combined .296 / .341 / .455 with 1,572 hits, 178 home runs, 371 doubles, 29 tries, 68 stolen bases, 710 runs and 735 runs. Murphy struck out at eight. more home games and an OPS of just 1,000 in 25 post-season games split between the Mets, the Nats and the Cubs.