The former Mets All-Star, who retired in 2021, signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Independent League, the team announced Wednesday.
“I am immensely grateful to [Ducks owner Frank] Boulton, Wally Backman and Michael Pfaff for allowing me to live my dream for a second time.”
The 37-year-old infielder played for the Mets from 2008-09 and 2011-2015, gaining notoriety for his 2015 playoff heroics, in which he homered in six straight games to help the Mets get past the Dodgers in the NL Division Series and then the Cubs in the NL Championship series. He played 2 1/2 seasons with the Nationals — winning a pair of NL Silver Slugger awards — before finishing out 2018 with the Cubs, and called it a career after spending 2019-20 with the Rockies.
He owns a .296 career batting average with 1,572 hits, 371 doubles, 138 home runs and 735 RBIs in 12 MLB seasons.Now he’s back in New York for a 16th professional season “Competing before the New York fans is an enormous privilege, and I hope that my effort and performance reflect how honored I am to do so,” Murphy added. “The sincerest thanks from my family and I to the Long Island Ducks for this chance at a new adventure.”Paul J. Bereswil for the New York PostMurphy will see some familiar faces on Long Island, with his former Mets teammates Ruben Tejada and Nelson Figueroa being members of the Ducks, as well.
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