It’s decision day on Daniel Murphy.
The Mets have until Friday night to extend the gritty second baseman a qualifying offer or risk losing him to free agency without receiving draft-pick compensation.
All indications in recent weeks have been the Mets will make Murphy the one-year offer worth $15.8 million as the team looks to avoid a long-term deal with him. The 30-year-old Murphy is expected to decline the offer, which would give the Mets a sandwich pick — between the first and second rounds — in next year’s draft.