Comments on: Don’t Worry, Matt. Iowa’s Ummm, LOVELY This Time Of Year.

By: Greg Shriver

Greg Shriver — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:58:59 +0000

It seems to me like the Cubs did offer Murton for Marlon Byrd, but the Rangers wanted more.

By: Maddog

Maddog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:50:20 +0000

“it does frustrate me that Jim Hendry didn�t work harder to get something for Murton before having to relegate him to the minors.”

Uhhh…Jim Hendry has been trying to trade Murton for 2 years and not a single team has been willing to meet Jim Hendry’s demands, which is apparently a player like Marlon Byrd, or put in another way, a not very good player. 2 offseasons have gone by with Hendry trying to trade him and one trade deadline has passed. Not one of 29 other teams has been willing to give up a Marlon Byrd type player to get him. Not a single one. So you can sure be frustrated at Hendry, but it’s not his problem. You could get mad at the other 29 teams and argue they should value Murton as much as you do.

Or you could take a step back and try to figure out why 30 teams in baseball don’t value Matt Murton any more than they do someone like Marlon Byrd. One might even wonder why an organization that has won 2 World Series in the last 4 years was more than happy to send him to the Cubs as a throw-in.

Maybe all 30 teams are wrong. I don’t know. It’s possible. But it’s asinine to sit here and blame Hendry when 30 organizations clearly do not value the man as much you do. Don’t get me wrong. Hendry’s worthless. But failing to trade Matt Murton for anything valuable isn’t one of the reasons why. If he was able to trade him for anything valuable I might have to reconsider my opinion of the man.

By: Jay Mari(h)otti(e)

Jay Mari(h)otti(e) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:00:25 +0000

I love those redheads.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:50:45 +0000

Where is that typing wand?

By: Thrillho

Thrillho — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:31:30 +0000

Molasses in December, January, February and March.

That was one hell of a four-month cock-tease.

By: Thrillho

Thrillho — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:25:24 +0000

Factorialite, meet MikeD’s fat typing fingers.

MikeD’s fat typing fingers, meet some nitpicking spellchecker from the PSD forum.

By: StPatrick

StPatrick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:08:27 +0000

Those guys just clog up the bases, dude.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:39:23 +0000

I think we’ve missed the point here in the discussion…the fact that the team is at this point with Matt Murton is not a criticism of Murton, his offensive prowess, or his defensive liablility; it’s an indictment of Jim Hendry. I don’t know how he could have gotten to this point in the spring and have NO IDEA what to do with a proven Major League player. Mike, you’re right on: Shame on Hendry for getting in the molasses in January that is Andy McFail.

By: Bad Kermit

Bad Kermit — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:35 +0000

FWIW, Murton’s career PH line is .196/.293/.333, but only in 51 at-bats.

But, yeah, Apex REALLY REALLY hates Murton. Personally, I think the guy will hit if he plays every day.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:34:34 +0000

Your first paragraph is accurate.

As for your second and third, guh. Don’t let your agenda interfere with your ability to see clearly. I don’t know what Murton’s numbers are as a pinch-hitter, and I suspect you don’t either; you just threw it out there because, well hell I don’t even know. And a AAAA player’s not going to lead a major-league club in hitting and OBP at 24.

If ignorance were snowlflakes, you’d be Antartica.