Mets: Kelly Johnson looks to Daniel Murphy for hitting inspiration
Current Mets looking to former Mets for inspiration.
Well Kelly Johnson, after last night’s game where you smacked a three-run double in the bottom of the eighth, I’m going to say that you’re on the right track.
Breaking a tie, putting the Mets ahead, and and then the Mets going on to beat the Marlins 5-2, is definitely a great start. If it wasn’t for your bat, who knows if the Mets would have gone on to win?
Now the question: why does Johnson want to hit like Daniel Murphy? Well, that shouldn’t even be a question, which is why I’m not even going to answer it. All of you already know the answer.
According to MetsBlog’s Matthew Cerrone, who did a Facebook Live video with SNY’s Steve Gelbs, Johnson went to hitting coach Kevin Long and told him he wanted his swing to improve, just like Murphy’s did.
“He went to the coaching staff and said, ‘Daniel Murphy changed the way he played the game of baseball last year, why can’t I do that, why can’t I become that hitter,'” Gelbs said. “He’s now watched a lot of Murphy’s tape. … And, I think for him, he’s become a different hitter than we’ve seen at any point in time.”
I mean, I would not mind Johnson hitting like Murphy at all. In fact, I welcome it. I’ll take many more RBI doubles just like last night.
This season with the Mets, Johnson is batting .289 with 8 homers, 20 RBI, and 6 doubles.
I was really excited when the Mets re-acquired Johnson, and this is why, because he can hit. And with many of our big bats out of the lineup, we need all the bats we can get.
Plus, we are in a pennant race after all. Give us all the runs please. Keep hitting with RISP – it’s a concept that’s a bit foreign to the Mets.
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Current Mets looking to former Mets for inspiration.
Well Kelly Johnson, after last night’s game where you smacked a three-run double in the bottom of the eighth, I’m going to say that you’re on the right track.
Breaking a tie, putting the Mets ahead, and and then the Mets going on to beat the Marlins 5-2, is definitely a great start. If it wasn’t for your bat, who knows if the Mets would have gone on to win?
Now the question: why does Johnson want to hit like Daniel Murphy? Well, that shouldn’t even be a question, which is why I’m not even going to answer it. All of you already know the answer.
According to MetsBlog’s Matthew Cerrone, who did a Facebook Live video with SNY’s Steve Gelbs, Johnson went to hitting coach Kevin Long and told him he wanted his swing to improve, just like Murphy’s did.
“He went to the coaching staff and said, ‘Daniel Murphy changed the way he played the game of baseball last year, why can’t I do that, why can’t I become that hitter,'” Gelbs said. “He’s now watched a lot of Murphy’s tape. … And, I think for him, he’s become a different hitter than we’ve seen at any point in time.”
I mean, I would not mind Johnson hitting like Murphy at all. In fact, I welcome it. I’ll take many more RBI doubles just like last night.
This season with the Mets, Johnson is batting .289 with 8 homers, 20 RBI, and 6 doubles.
I was really excited when the Mets re-acquired Johnson, and this is why, because he can hit. And with many of our big bats out of the lineup, we need all the bats we can get.
Plus, we are in a pennant race after all. Give us all the runs please. Keep hitting with RISP – it’s a concept that’s a bit foreign to the Mets.
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