Muffy Trade Value

[smg58]

He shouldn't be off the table, but it seemed like we'd have had to sell very low on him in the offseason and I don't know if teams' attitudes on Murphy have really changed in a month. I personally think he's worth way more than a stopgap, and wouldn't settle for less than a legit #3 starter I'd have under control for as long as Murphy. If an offer like that doesn't materialize, don't panic and do something you'll regret in a month.

[Edgy MD]

I don't think anybody is suggesting that he get shopped for a short-time stopgap.

[Guest attgig]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't think anybody is suggesting that he get shopped for a short-time stopgap.

but i think some of the impetus for starting the thread was cuz Schwinny just couldn't cut it as a #5. perhaps I'm reading into JCL a little too much, but why else suggest folks like Hughes and Scherzer.

Even if they're more than a stopgap, I'm in favor of trading for guys we'd have control over longer than hughes or scherzer. While i wouldn't mind having them, I'm thinking 2014 as a legit team to compete and get excited for, and I don't want to trade for someone who's already arbi elligible.

[Edgy MD]

I'm thinking 2012 is a legit team to compete and get excited for.

The thread was started back in January. The impetus was Murphy's redundancy with the Mets' other assets.

If he gets traded now, he could certainly bring better than a stopgap starter, but if he brings a better starter with a few years of controllability, that would slide Gee and (perhaps) Niese down a notch each, so great, and that pitcher would therefore obviate the supposed need for a fifth starter. Chris Young and/or Matt Harvey isn't/aren't needed until the next crisis, which there likely will be sooner, rather than later.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yes, I started this thread back when I thought the Mets wouldn't dare start him at 2b, and revived it when I thought about who'd get traded in any deal. No agenda