F.A.T. Alert: Matt Murton DFAed
What team will be smart enough to claim him off of waivers? Better yet: which teams will be dumb enough not to?
I have a hard time seeing how, between his hitting and defense, he isn't at least a league average player, but what do I know compared to the geniuses who have willingly run players like Jeff Francoeur, Josh Anderson, Garrett Anderson, and Jose Guillen out there every day?
[h/t: Greg Schaum]
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It’d be nice for Detroit to dump Josh Anderson earlier this year and then pick up Murton to try to off-set the bad trade for Aubrey Huff.
And now at Beyond the Boxscore!
by Mike Rogers on Aug 26, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Matt Murton would be a great pickup for the Mets right now.
This is a team that has been decimated with injuries and everyone has saying how we need more depth. Well here are the Rockies handing Omar Minaya a nice player at little cost. It’s a no brainer, so have no fear, the Mets won’t do it, we’re good with Angel Pagan and Jeff Francouer. Anybody in NY knows how much the media here loves that Francouer trade, he’s batting .310! (OBP- .337… that makes me sad.)
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
by Evan_S on Aug 27, 2009 1:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure ...
The Royals? Although they have money tied up out there (Coco and Bloomquist) that can’t be moved.
Despite their poor records teams like the Nats, Pirates and Pads all have decent OF’ers that are as good or better than Murton.
He’ll find a place, but I can’t see where it will be as an everyday player (which he deserves another shot at).
by Toxicadam on Aug 27, 2009 10:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Coco isn't guaranteed...
I believe its a mutual 8million option for next year.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 30, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there’s gotta be a better way to write that headline… i thought it said matt murton “DEAd”
all I wanna do is zoom-zoom-zoom-zoom and a boom-boom
by gorilla_baller on Aug 27, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ha...
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by devil_fingers on Aug 27, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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