Left Field: The plan for 2009 is to have Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis platoon the position. Murphy hit .313 in 131 ABs, while Tatis hit .297 in 273 ABs. Tatis was out of baseball for two years before 2008. While Murphy has a lot of promise, and Tatis might continue to be a competent bat, there are just too many question marks to not even explore other options.
Fernando Tatis
24 January 2009
e Mets still have a few holes to fill.
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22 January 2009
right field -- who was re-signed this past week -- and a lefty/righty platoon of Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis. Where's the pop? We're going to leave all the pressure on the shoulders of Carlos Beltran and David Wright? It wouldn't be logical to expect Carlos Delgado to hit 38 homers and be a contender in the MVP race this upcoming year. Plain and simply, he's old, and the holes in his swing are undeniable. He's still incredibly strong, just not as mechanically sound as he once was, and understandably so.
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Posted by John Frascella | No comments yet
5 August 2008
Only Fernando Tatis, he of the precipitous career path that has suddenly bounced back up as sharply as it once dove down, has hit two grand slams in the same inning, a feat he achieved with the Cardinals in 1999.
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