Daniel Murphy News

If you're Terry Collins, it's been very tough to sit David Wright this season; in fact, the third baseman has only missed four games so far in 2012, and three were because of his fractured left pinkie, and the other one was in Toronto because of flu-like symptoms.

Redemption struck three times on Friday for a team that sorely needed it. The Mets, one of just two big league teams with a winning record despite being outscored by the opposition, saw three of their slumping hitters break out with a big hit en route to a 6-1 win over the Padres.

Scouting Report: Loves to come inside and does so well...throws a fastball, slider, cutter, changeup...loves the slider and will throw it with equal frequency against both lefty and righty batters...not actually a fish... 7.79 K/9, 2.36 BB/9, 56.5% GB...hey those looks like the stats of a good pitcher! What gives? Dillon's been unlucky with his ... (more)

I think we can all agree by now that Daniel Murphy can hit. He's put up a .293 average over 1320 MLB plate appearances, which is good for 34th among all MLB players over the past four seasons.

The Mets arrive home for a long home stand that coincides with Memorial Day weekend, and welcome in the San Diego Padres for their first head-t0-head match-up in 2012 at Citi Field.

Baseball evokes the image of a father having that catch with his son. The grass is green, spring is in the air.

Ronny Cedeno #13 of the New York Mets celebrates his eighth inning three run homwe run against the Cincinnati Reds with teammates at Citi Field on May 17, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

Brian Erni: A Dickey was on point tonight. He threw 67 of his 88 pitches for strikes, and the 11 strikeouts were a career high.

In reality, Murphy has proven to be much more valuable than foreseen. It's not out of the realm of possibility for Murphy to win a batting title in the near future.

Mets' Johan Santana and Nationals' Stephen Strasburg prepare to duel, Ike Davis makes scheduled visit to doctor for Valley Fever P ITTSBURGH - Ike Davis sat close to Terry Collins ' desk in the manager's office Monday at PNC Park, the two men alone, talking about 15 minutes before the Mets took batting practice.

David Wright hit a two-run double, Mike Baxter fell a home run shy of the cycle and the New York Mets survived a late Toronto rally to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game interleague series at Rogers Centre.

Terrific game for Brandon Morrow . 9 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts. He was great today.

On a night Jon Niese couldn't go an inning without allowing at least one home run, the Mets' catcher pitched a perfect eighth in a 14-5 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The New York Mets opened their three game interleague series against the Toronto Blue Jays with a 14-5 loss, with starting pitcher Jonathon Niese lasting only three innings.

Daniel Murphy is not only hitting well he's playing a solid second base, Sean Brennan says in this report for the Daily News.

Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com recently wrote a piece on the possibility of the New York Mets trading their star slugger David Wright in the offseason.

Going into the seventh down a run with the prospect of facing Aroldis Chapman and Sean Marshall , pessimism was warranted.

"I like the challenge," Francisco said Monday night after saving a 3-1 victory for Miguel Batista and the surprising Mets against the Milwaukee Brewers.

While his home ballpark was being announced downtown Wednesday as the site of the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy was visiting the MLB Fan Cave and being asked what it might mean to play in this summer's event in Kansas City.