Daniel Murphy Named Starter

Good news comes out of Mets camp yesterday, Snoop Manuel told everyone that Daniel Murphy will get the bulk of the playing time in left this year leaving Fernando Tatis to apparently compete with Ryan Church for the right field spot. 

      ... Personally i like this move by Jerry. I think that giving murphy the job this early will give him a lot of confidence in his game and we know how much of a workhorse he already is. However, Im not sure that having Tatis compete with Church is the best move. When church is on, he's a beast and he can be one of our most dangerous players, but i really think that we have seen the best of Fernando's ability, especially in the outfield. If anything Church is a much better defender and provides more security in right. Tatis should be used as backup for Murphy and also be used as a 3rd or 1st base backup. Obviously he is a nice bat off the bench as well...