Comments on: Will Wright Ever Hit 30 Homeruns Again?

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:14:59 +0000

That was a horrible thing to say. Don’t say that again.

And he should have been MVP in 2007 (well maybe Pujols or Holliday, but definitely not that Phillie bitch).

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:13:31 +0000

Yeah because he’s awesome at baseball.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:11:54 +0000

Yeah be fair and objective. Don’t blame the BEST PLAYER ON THE GODDAMN TEAM. Wright good. Beltran good. Santana good. Reyes good. Delgado good in 2006 and 2008. (Sorry for the terrible grammar) The Mets won a lot of games from 2006-2008 thanks to the contributions of these excellent baseball players. They were a pretty good team.

And how to you get better? Don’t get rid of the guys who contribute in order to “shake things up” or whatever BS everyone seems to be spouting. Make improvements at weak positions: LF, 1B, LF, RF, and a lot more pitching depth. And most importantly I think: improve the farm system. Sure they have a few nice prospects (Davis, Niese, Holt, Mejia, Neiuenweis (sp?), Havens, Thole) but overall it is very weak. Think of the teams that have done well recently: Red Sox, Rays, Angels, even the Yankees and the Phillies… they all have solid farm systems.

The Mets organization thinks it can build a championship team with their 4 superstars and a collection of overpaid, washed-up veterans, Oliver Perez, and Jeff Francoeur. That’s not how the Phillies or the Red Sox or the White Sox or the Marlins or the Angels have done it recently (I’m not going to mention the 83-79 fluke Cardinals).

/response + useless rant about the Mets

By: BrooklynsOwn

BrooklynsOwn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:20:57 +0000

I’m not saying it’s DW’s fault but you can’t talk about the Mets short comings ’06-’09 and not say Wright has no fault. The problem is some Met fans put Wright on a pedestal and they look for excuses for him. They won’t bring up the fact that Wright didn’t show up in the ’06 playoffs but they’ll be quick to tell you about Beltran’s K even tho Beltran’s #’s dwarf’s Wright’s in the ’06 playoffs. If you watch every single game the last 2 seasons you knew how many AB’s Wright had with men on, I know I don’t need to tell you that. But Beltran had more bigger hits the last 2 seasons down the stretch than Wright had. I can’t even call Wright and Reyes superstars. Superstars carry teams, they don’t go down with the ship. But that once again is a Met fan seeing the world thru blue and orange color sunglasses. You have to be fair and objective

By: BrooklynsOwn

BrooklynsOwn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:02:36 +0000

Can you honestly say Wright is a clutch player and can you honestly call him a superstar in this game ?

By: mcoyne

mcoyne — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:32:33 +0000

Sure, David will hit over 30 homeruns, after he leaves the Mets. We Will trade him to the Phillies or the Braves and he will run rampant and become an MVP.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:40:37 +0000

Are you guys saying you don’t want arguably the second best third baseman in baseball because you remember a few times when he left guys on base? Every player leaves guys on base. Every player leaves guys on base in high leverage situations. In 2007, David Wright had a 1.031 OPS in what are considered high leverage situations. In situations deemed late and close, he had a 1.037 OPS.

Yes, in that season he awful with runners in scoring position and 2 out with a .766 OPS. However, this was in a small sample size of 82 PAs. He was incredibly unlucky with a .208 BABIP and walked at a higher rate because teams obviously don’t want to pitch to him.

David Wright often gets big hits (e.g. last Saturday’s game). Unfortunately no one remembers them because we all expect them. We only remember the times that he messes up– because we don’t expect it because he is so good.

In his career, Wright performs the best in high leverage situations. I hate to label a player as clutch (because that is really just players being overhyped by the sports media, such as Omir Santos for having one big hit despite the fact that he gets on base less than 30% of the time), but I would say David Wright is clutch.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:28:47 +0000

I don’t want to interject myself into this, but if you look at the opposing arguments, it all comes down to the classic argument of whether David is clutch. Yes, Davis can put up great stats, but somehow Mets fans like BrooklynsOwn remember the key situations that could have been difference makers in which the job didn’t get done. The difference is what happened in those key situations and is David clutch or not?

By: Lifelongmetsfan

Lifelongmetsfan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:49:02 +0000

Chris, Great post about Wright’s better OPS numbers than Zimmerman.
However in 3 years I think Zimmerman will be averaging 35 home runs 120 rbis’s 40+ doubles 110 runs scored over the next 10-12 years. Wright can’t match these numbers consistently. That’s all I am saying. If Wright consistently hits .310 17 home runs 100rbis 110runs scored over the next 10-12 years thats still awesome but not Zimmerman. If you add that Zimmerman is better defensively it’s a no brainier for me.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:50:54 +0000

There are so many things that happen over the course of the baseball season. Statistics are necessary because you can’t possibly remember every single play. If you ignore statistics, you just end up remembering a few of the bad plays. This is what it appears you have done.

You can say maybe if Wright did x and y in that one game they may have won and then beaten the Brewers for the wild card. But if they guy didn’t put up the absurd numbers he did all year, the Mets wouldn’t be anywhere near competing with the Phillies and Brewers.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:43:34 +0000

Well, based on you’re comments, you seem to think it’s Wright’s fault the Mets haven’t won with him on the team. So, by doing so, you are defending the actual problems with those teams (07-08).

What are these problems? To name a few, ineffective relief pitching and horrendous organizational depth. And in 2007 Carlos Delgado’s down season.

Of course Wright messed up a few times in the stretch runs in both those season. Everyone does, even Albert Pujols. However, the scrubs on the team did it more often.

The problems with the Mets do not involve David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, or Johan Santana. These guys are superstars. However, superstars (other than maybe Barry Bonds circa 2001-2003) cannot do it alone. There are 21 other players on the team. These 21 players need to be better in 2010 than they have been the past few seasons. This is on the Mets (hopefully new?!?!) front office to deal with this off-season. The superstars just need to keep being themselves.

By: BrooklynsOwn

BrooklynsOwn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:30:11 +0000

Chris says:
September 16, 2009 at 1:22 amPlease. Please looks at Wright’s statistics in September 2007/8. In what logical world do you blame the guy that does things right and defend the guys that actually messed up?

” Does things right ”
K so not hustling is right ? Ok………
And you don’t remember Wright leaving guys on base ? Chances to win games (bring Murph home from 3rd with less than 2 outs) ???
You just remember what’s on the back of a baseball card ? K cool
In my book not hustling, leaving guys on base, errors and striking out way too much…….. now that’s messed up.
Who am I defending that’s ” messed up ” ? Who’s messed up ?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:29:11 +0000

Oh wait… if Wright just hit like Albert Pujols in 2007-2008 the Mets would have made the playoffs. So it has to be his fault.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:22:21 +0000

Please. Please looks at Wright’s statistics in September 2007/8. In what logical world do you blame the guy that does things right and defend the guys that actually messed up?

By: BrooklynsOwn

BrooklynsOwn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:16:10 +0000

??? That’s more of a team thing than it is a Wright thing but i’ll mix Wright into it for you. A flukey run by the Cards that still won them a title and what did Wright do during those playoffs ? Thanks. 2007 and 2008 where was Wright in September, but it’s nice you like to focus and blame it all on the pen. 2008 ? Murphy is still standing on 3rd, funny how Pinella pitched around Beltran to pitch to Wright. 2 collapses and none of Wright’s fault, right ? Blame it all on injuries and the bullpen, right ? That’s how we roll. It felt like Wright always came up with men on base but yet he left most stranded instead of bringing them in. Do me favor, stop looking at the back of your baseball cards. Excuse for not hustling ?! Enlighten me, please. Yea he has the best stats on this year’s team because Beltran,Reyes and Johan have been injuried all year. Some of you guys treat Wright like he’s teflon.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:59:51 +0000

Excuses for Wright

2006: unlucky injuries in playoffs + flukey run by Cards. Wright has an amazing season, not his fault.

2007: bullpen implodes, team’s best pitcher is Oliver Perez. Team blows 7.5 game lead while Wright plays awesome baseball, so it’s not his fault.

2008: really bad bullpen, awful pitching every 5th game from Pedro and a cast of nobodies. Wright is team leader in avg/obp/slg, so it’s not his fault.

2009: Wright has down season which includes getting hit in the head by a Matt Cain fastball. Still the best player on an awful baseball team, so it’s still not his fault whatsoever.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:52:57 +0000

Zimmerman is only 2 years younger than Wright and has only played one less year. Zimmerman has never had a full season with an OPS above .900. DWright has done so every year but this season and a shortened rookie campaign.

Maybe Zimmerman will develop a little more power and be much more of a power-hitter than Wright is. But there is very little chance he will be an OBP-machine like Wright.

By: BrooklynsOwn

BrooklynsOwn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:47:26 +0000

Agree, Zimmerman has never had the talent around him Wright has had. I can’t make excuses for Wright…….. Andrian Gonzalez bytch about playing in Petco with no protection ? How many HR’s he has ?

By: Lifelongmetsfan

Lifelongmetsfan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:11:29 +0000

I don’t think David Wright is a home run hitter. I see David Wright as a 15-25 home run a year guy with a high batting average. Wright’s numbers have been incredibly consistent year after year. I think Wright’s lower home run numbers should be explained as a player developing over time into a more rounded skilled offensive presence rather than seen as regression.
I like to think of David Wright as a Bill Madlock type offensive 3rd baseman but with a better slugging percentage. I have stated this before but here goes again; I think that in the next 3 years Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman will develop into much more of a power hitting 3rd baseman than Wright.
Wright was never a power hitting 3rd baseman. I don’t think he was ever meant to naturally hit 30+ home runs a year consistently over the course of his career. Sure he may have a season here and there in during which he hits 30+ home runs but that’s not his game. Wright is a line drive gap hitter who hits home runs. Bill Madlock with power is about the best analogy I can come up with right now.
Just for the record if the Nationals offered to trade Ryan Zimmerman for David Wright straight up I would do it in a second! Thats how good of a player I think Zimmreman will develop into.