Mets: Daniel Murphy wants to beat the Mets, badly

In Sunday night’s loss to the Nationals, Daniel Murphy hit a grand slam in the first inning, because of course he did.

After the game it came out how badly Murphy does want to, and enjoys, beating his former team.

Is this surprising? No. We know Murphy didn’t really want to leave Queens as he has already stated his agents convinced him to walk, as he wasn’t given the best deal that was out there. But it is a bit shocking to hear his current manager and teammates speaking out about the intensity to which Murphy does want to perform against the Mets.

Murphy tried to play it off like his success only mattered because it comes against division rivals. His manager, Dusty Baker entirely disagreed with this saying that it does matter that it happened against his formed team.

Max Scherzer even had more to say about this, using some really strong language.

"“He wants to beat their brains in. He won’t say anything, and he won’t say anything to us. It’s not like he’s in here boasting that he wants to beat the Mets, but he wants to beat them apart.”"

Yes, Murphy wants to beat the Mets’ brains in.

And you know what? He actually has. I said it before last season began, and I said it before this season began as well — Murphy was and still is the team’s kryptonite. Last season, he hit in all 19 games against the Mets and held a .413 average against the team. Not too shabby, right? Seems like solid numbers for someone that wants to beat the Mets apart.

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We all know that the Murphy-Mets storyline is so much more than division rivals. Murphy is being civil and professional by acknowledging it in this manner, but as his current manager and teammate bluntly stated, we all know what it really is. Murphy does want his revenge against his former team. And, he’s currently getting it.