Matt Murton headed to Japan?

[Guancous]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/rockies-release-matt-murton.html

[NCCubFan]

The link in the opening post has been updated to report that Murton has been sold to a Japanese team.

[Post Count Padder]

Good luck Matt

[Rob]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

[cbbryan]

頑張って, Matt Murton.

[Derwood]

and so continues the funneling of Gingers to the Far East.

 

/what?

[Tyrant]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

In the United States and Canada?

[Ballgame64]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting.

 

On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists.

[Rob]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting.

 

On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists.

 

I am the single biggest defender of Sam Fuld on this board, being on the record as preferring him to a number of other options including names like Brad Hawpe and Jermaine Dye.

 

Oh, and the Fox versus Murton comparison is silly. Fox isn't being acquired to play in the field, which Murton had to do. And Murton isn't a bad defender. He's just not a good one. Same for his offense... not good, but not bad either.

[Tyrant]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting.

 

On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists.

 

They both stink.

[Ballgame64]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting.

 

On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists.

 

I am the single biggest defender of Sam Fuld on this board, being on the record as preferring him to a number of other options including names like Brad Hawpe and Jermaine Dye.

 

Oh, and the Fox versus Murton comparison is silly. Fox isn't being acquired to play in the field, which Murton had to do. And Murton isn't a bad defender. He's just not a good one. Same for his offense... not good, but not bad either.

 

I wrote "not necessarily you" for a reason Rob. And I don't think the Fox vs. Murton is silly at all. The A's are saying Fox will also play some 3rd base and 1st base for them. I guess there are at least two of us who would like to see the Cubs give Fuld a chance.

[Sammy Sofa]

Good for him. It was becoming painfully apparent that he was never going to get the shot he deserves here.

 

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting.

 

On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists.

 

One guy said Murton didn't get the shot he deserved and you're extrapolating that to some board-wide double standard when it comes to people realizing that Sam Fuld is simply not a very good fulltime baseball player. Most of us have actually come to the conclusion some time ago that Murton, like Fuld, is a mediocre at best player.

 

Also, you point out that beane targeting Fox means that Fox might be better than we think...right after you pointed out that Beane also went after Murton and he didn't amount to much of anything. Just because Beane shows interets in a player doesn't mean they're going to amount to anything.

[JonJayCutler]

I would love to know why Sam Fuld has so many fans. He probably deserves to be on an MLB team, but he should never become a full-time player, ever.

[davearm2]

Fuld seems a bit like the CF version of Fontenot -- effective in a part-time/bench role, but likely to be exposed in a starting role.

[Rob]

I would love to know why Sam Fuld has so many fans. He probably deserves to be on an MLB team, but he should never become a full-time player, ever.

 

Scrappy little white guy with a heart of gold.

 

Personally, I only support him over guys like Hawpe and Dye because they are awful options, not because he's a particularly good one. Cameron for instance is a pretty obvious upgrade. That said, fielding and baserunning are the new OBP... being currently undervalued by the vast majority.