Daniel Murphy is going to get another shot.
The former Mets second baseman signed a minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, Long Island Ducks GM Michael Pfaff announced.
The 38-year-old Murphy, who hasn’t played in the major leagues since 2020 and retired in 2021, re-emerged this season to play for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, an independent partner league to MLB.
The three-time All-Star was enjoying a small renaissance with the Ducks, where he owned a .861 OPS and carried a 16-game hitting streak from May 16 to June 1.
An infielder for the Mets from 2008-09 and 2011-15, Murphy’s 2015 postseason run has become the stuff of legend, when he homered in six consecutive games and led the team to a World Series berth.
Following his 2015 heroics in Queens, Murphy signed with the Washington Nationals for three seasons. He finished second in MVP voting in 2016 after hitting .347 with 25 homers.
After a 2018 trade to the Cubs and consecutive subpar years with the Rockies, Murphy hung up his cleats.
When he decided to take the field again this year with the Ducks, his goal was to get back to the major leagues.
“This game is part of my soul, and my passion for playing grew as great as ever when I discovered certain things that I believe will enable me to be productive on the field again,” Murphy said in a release before the season.
The Angels, who were 36-31 and in fourth place in the AL West entering Monday, have received middling contributions across the infield this season as Anthony Rendon has struggled to regain his prior form and Jared Walsh is hitting .162 with zero homers.
