Comments on: Driving in Runs Big Goal for 2010

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:20:18 +0000

Are you out of your freaking mind????

Thanks Kay for presenting the facts.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:59 +0000

The level of LaRoche, are you kidding me?

LaRoche a career .274 hitter
Wright a career. 309 hitter

LaRoche has never driven in 100 runs
Wright has done it 4 years in a row including 124 in 08

They have close to the same amount of AB (DW has about 8 more) and LaRoche has more then 40 more K’s.

LaRoche – .343 OBP, .491 SLG, .834 OPS
Wright – .389 OBP, .528 SLB, .907 OPS

LaRoche – 4 career Stolen Bases
Wright – 119 career Stolen Bases

Yeah – Wright is a player like LaRoche – sure, yeah, ok…..

By: Shamik

Shamik — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:52 +0000

Wright is completely overrated. He’s at the level of a LaRoche, a compliment player, not someone you build a franchise around. A-Rod, Pujols, Fielder, maybe even Beltran – those are franchise guys.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:24 +0000

The bottom line is exactly what James K said, we need to hit for more power or add some power. We seem to have guys who can get on base, lets focus on adding someone to drive them in. A healthy Beltran will certainly help. And call me crazy but bringing Delgado back for one year on an incentive laden deal keeps sounding better and better to me.

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:26:51 +0000

Yes, it got to the point with Wright that i attributed it definitely to an injury–not the beaning—but an oblique, a rib, something like that…because his plate mechanics seemed all screwed up. Also, face it, HE was the only bat in the lineup that could potentially wreak ANY havoc. That, alone, puts tons of pressure on a guy, and also makes it easy for pitchers to make the guy look foolish..in his desperation to produce.
Who know? Here’s to a great 2010 for David Wright and the Mets!

By: James K.

James K. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:39 +0000

You should be a psychiatrist – apparently you can diagnose people through the TV set. Imagine what you could do if you actually spent time with a person and got to know them!

By: tlagee

tlagee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:59 +0000

Wright seemed to be pressing all season long. The more he pressed the more he struck out. He used to be a guy who would work a count, wait until he got two strikes and then attack the ball. You rarely, if ever, saw that this past season.

His mechanics were screwed up but I think the first thing for him to do is fix what’s going on in his head. A great hitter doesn’t think when he’s in the batter’s box. You could actually see Wright thinking when he had two strikes and he would badly miss the low outside slider for strike three time and time again.

He’s a great player and young – he’ll be fine.

By: James K.

James K. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:09:58 +0000

Get on-base and hit for power and the RsBI will come. Driving in runs is not a separate, repeatable skill from just being a good offensive player. The 2009 Mets didn’t hit for power, therefore they lacked in RsBI. It’s pretty simple.

By: Nester

Nester — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:53:12 +0000

I can smell all the Wright defenders coming out of the woodwork after they read this post. Let me take the steam out of their argument by further adding that the Mets had no problem getting on base and were one of the best teams in baseball in batting average and on-base percentage. They also led the league in stolen bases which means that they had that many more runners in scoring position. So even though Reyes was out most of the year, Wright had as many RBI opportunities as any other season. He failed to come through. Hopefully he’ll come back in 2010 and give us more than a very hollow .320 batting average.