Comments on: Mets Need The Wright Backup At Third Base

By: Ed Leyro

Ed Leyro — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:21:49 +0000

I’m all for Murphy (196 games at third base in two years in the minors) being the backup third baseman for David Wright. Of course, if Murphy somehow becomes the Mets’ second baseman, it might just be Evans or Emaus. We also can’t rule out Alderson signing a journeyman utility infielder to spell David whenever Terry Collins feels he needs to take a rest.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:50:23 +0000

METSFAN, to expect the player to ask for a blow(rest) is just as ludicrous, it’s also unlikely that a kid from the boonies of Va armed with a HS education is going to be inciteful enough to truly be able to measure the mental fatigue his natural obession to win creates in a losing environement. 1 player regardless of talent can’t be expected to truly carry this entire team on his back for 3 yrs running, can he?(unfortunately Wright does of himself) Perhaps more than anything they somehow need to prove to him the Mets can actually win without him in the lineup!
I truly doubt there is one proplayer on any NY sports team that takes on the full responsibility for his team’s results as much as D.Wright does. BTW, THAT ALONE IS EXHAUSTING!!! In my opinion, that’s the single most crucial cause for his increased Ks, esp in clutch situations. for instance, another homegrown product with an equally impressive desire to perform;but has more perspective as to his rightful place as a key contibutor not a sole contributor is Dereck Jeter. Jeter has always known he was an inmportant contributor; but should he occasionally falter there were3,4 guys directly behind him to picj him up, imagine if Wright ever had that luxury, he did once, iin ’06! Bering not ONLY your team’s best hope is tiring day in & night out; but thinking you are not just the BEST HOPE; but are also the LAST HOPE. every single game(only missed 12G bet ’06-’08) as did Reyes bothy played in 474 out of 486 games from 2006 through 2008. Any wonder why production suffered late? that’s half the CORE running on fumes with Wright carrying that extra additional burden as a lifetime NYM fan as well as a PLAYER. BTW DURING THOSE SAME 3 SEASONS BELTRAN WAS TROTTED OUT THERE FOR 92% OF THOSE GAMES(445 out of 486) Delgado for 91.6%(442 out of 486)
Is there any wonder the entire core collapsed in ’09? Was it as much med/trainer incompetance or mngt abuseiveness? We’ve heard so litt;le about THIS rather OBVIOUS cause.
QUERY: we’re unlikely to ever know whether Gehrig became susceptable to ALS from being rundown through lack of proper rest compromising his immune system? Would a well rested Gehrig, robust immune system have successfully defeated it’s initial contact with the disease? We’ll never know esp since no one’s asking the question.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:51:05 +0000

(CONTINUED)
(4 players over 3 162G seasons combine to play in 1,458 games maximum derived by 3 potentials of 486 games)
put another way they combined to sit out only 6.6%(97) of the games that could be played over 3 seasons. conclusion: hoofbeats not created by striped equines; but plain old regular horses & ours were ridden hard & put up wet all too often. Is there ant question as to why they suffered physical breakdowns in the following 2 yrs? No one’s intimating every one of their slumps were due to exhaustion’; but isn’t this apparently rediculous? Imagine if they had been given just avg rest occasionally.
Almost as rediculous as Reyes & Beltran now being criticized for missed play, duh, I wonder why??

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:39:34 +0000

LG, I think this is more about hoofbeats & whether most likely source is horses or zebras. This is certainly a talented effective team when healthy, why can I say that? Over the past 5 years they’ve had 3 healthy sequential seasons followed by 2 with abnormally high & high injury occurances to key components. the result was 3 successive #1 in standings late into the season & 2 barely competitive ones. it’s likely most effec tive to seek to improve on the first 3 rather than the last 2 naturally caused disappointments. Tghe lineup apparently ran out of steam late in ’07 & ’08 after ’06′s shocking ly late game 7 result still pyuched there despite losing 40% of the rotation prior to game 1 of postseasonal play. Fix the causes behind ’07 & ’08, most likely the lack of refular off days given to the entire core(aka, pisspoor-planning) is the culprit. Fes ever really consider what went down over the 3y span of ’06-’08 in thiose 3 seasons totaling 486 games, Wright played in 474 of them as did Reyes or basicly 97/5% of the games played, missiding a total of ONLY 12 GAMES OVER 3 FULL SEASONS. THAT’S ONLY HALF OF THE THEN CORE 4, simarlarly Beltran played in 445 of those games(92.0% & Delgado in 442 or 91.6%. in those 3 somewhat disappointing late seasons THE CORE 4 HAD ONLY 97G OFF OUT OF A POTENTIAL OF 1,458(4