Here’s the official Mets Press Release from Thursday:
The Mets Daniel Murphy underwent an MRI this morning at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery and the test revealed that he has a Grade 2 Strain of the right hamstring. Murphy felt discomfort in the leg in pre-game batting practice of his Nov. 11th Arizona Fall League [...]

The official line out of Queens is that Daniel Murphy has “discomfort” in his right knee.  He is scheduled for a precautionary MRI in New York Wednesday or Thursday.
This is not incompatible with the news Matt Cerrone reported this morning that Murphy has a “sprain.”  A sprain would certainly involve discomfort.  The source I had [...]

Paul Greco of Gotham Baseball has been hanging out in Arizona talking to players and clearly sitting with the scouts at the games.  He posted a really strong player by player review for both the Mets and Yankees.
Excerpts of his commentary follows, as usual, mine is italicized.
P – Eddie Kunz : Although he’s been a [...]

RHP Eddie Kunz, C Josh Thole and 2B/LF Daniel Murphy will be on the American Division Roster for tonight’s AFL All-Star game, known as the Rising Stars Showcase.
You can follow all of the action here.  First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 MST.

Over at Metsblog, Matt Cerrone posted the following juicy snippet from his interview with GM Omar Minaya about Daniel Murphy.
“Well, first of all, we are very excited.  We rarely see a young player having that kind of plate discipline…
“I am comfortable that he is going to play the outfield if we need him to play [...]

@ Peoria Sagauros 11, Surprise Rafters 6
2B Daniel Murphy: 4-4, 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Murphy drew a leadoff walk to initiate a nine-run Saguaros eighth inning, and later singled in the frame.  Murphy told MLB.com “All you can do is try to have a quality at-bat, and fortunately right now I’m just missing the [...]

Friday
@ Peoria Sagauros 7, Peoria Javelinas 5
2B Daniel Murphy: 2-2, HR, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Murphy helped turn one doubleplay.
C Josh Thole: 1-3, BB, R
Thole had a clean game defensively; the Javelinas did not steal a base, he had no passed balls, and Sagauro pitchers did not throw a wild pitch. 
 
RHP Bobby Parnell: 1 [...]

At Baseball America, John Manuel ranked the top prospects in the Eastern League, putting Fernando Martinez at #7, Daniel Murphy at #13 and Jon Niese at #18. Martinez was #3 on last year’s EL Top 20.

Here are his important assessments on each guy:

On Martinez
Martinez continues to elicit a range of reactions.
One AL scout [...]

Daniel Murphy LF/1B/2B/3B
MLB: .360/.448/.528, 7 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 15 BB, 16 K – 89 AB, 37 G
AA: .308/.374/.496, 26 2B, 3B, 13 HR, 39 BB, 46 K – 357 AB, 95 G

What he is: a good MLB hitter, and a productive Met
Where he came from: The Mets 13th round pick in 2006 out [...]

At Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein took a look at the two players in each National League farm system who made a “great leap forward.”
Daniel Murphy hit .308/.374/.496 at Double-A Binghamton and has been one of many pleasant surprises filling in for an injured Moises Alou in left field, batting .357/.444/.536 in 34 big-league [...]