Wright Set To Return Tomorrow, Will Shoulder A Huge Load When Beltran’s Gone

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• Original Met Fan July 21, 2011 at 10:00 am

  Glad to see Wright back in the fold. I dismiss the numbers he had early this season because we now know he was playing hurt. I expet him to come up and hit .300 the rest of the way with power. No way he replaces Beltran, but it is what it is.
• srt July 21, 2011 at 10:04 am

  I believe that Beltran/Reyes/Wright/Davis have only played together in the equivalent of about a month’s worth of games this season. That right there is huge part of the reason we’re a .500 ball club.

  Can’t wait to see Wright back in the lineup.
• alex68 July 21, 2011 at 10:19 am

  good luck with him carrying the load.. i expect him to hit well for us, but w/o beltran, this team won’t be as good in the middle up the lineup, dwright’s legion of fans are probably preparing an excuse as to why he failed AGAIN to carry this team..
  • Des July 21, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Just as you’re knocking the guy again. Lighten up, Alex.
    • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 10:48 am

      i am not knocking him, our lineup will become even better with him in it, but worst thatn it is now once beltran is gone.. wouldn’t you agree??
      • srt July 21, 2011 at 10:52 am

        Well, I would agree but your statement:
        ‘dwright’s legion of fans are probably preparing an excuse as to why he failed AGAIN to carry this team’…is clearly a dig at Wright. If you’re gonna throw it out there, at least stick to your convictions when someone points out your knocking Wright.
        • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 10:57 am

          I dismiss the numbers he had early this season because we now know he was playing hurt”

          now, tell me that’s not already making up an excuse for him?? he was playing hurt?? he was batting 242 HEALTHY, 217 AFTER he got hurt.. LOOK IT UP!!!!!!!!
          • srt July 21, 2011 at 11:11 am

            Two things:

            Not sure how your response disputes your knocking him, b/c you clearly did.

            No one knows when he got hurt. They originally though it was on that play at third but after further investigation, it was told he had back pain for weeks so likely fractured that bone some time ago.

            I’ll admit he had a slow start but not being sure how long that back was bothering him, I’ll give the benefit of the doubt when he gets back, now that it’s healed.
            • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

              excuses, excuses, excuses.. SO NOW he was hurt before he got hurt so the legions of his followers can excuse his POOR performance for 2 months of the season, NEWSFLASH for dwright’s fanclub, there’s no beltran or delgado hitting in front or behind him, so get used to the idea of this man being a stronger version of placido polanco..
              • NYMetsfan July 21, 2011 at 12:09 pm

                Do you know what he actually hit in 09 before taking one to the coconut? Home runs were down, obviously, but did you actually ever watch the guy and see his average?

                Who protected him in that lineup in 09?
                • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 12:13 pm

                  310 72 rbi’s.. polanco type of number.. by the way, he had exactly how many by the all star break?? 5 home runs!!! lmao!!!!
                  • NYMetsfan July 21, 2011 at 12:15 pm

                    Who was actually on base that year for him to drive in. Selective memory………however, if we were talking Reyes you would be pouring his HOF plaque right now.

                    Why am I arguing with someone that is dumb enough kill a GM for not giving an extension to a player that had been hurt for the better part of 2 years.
                  • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 12:22 pm

                    the rockies locked tulowitzki till 2021, and he was hurt for 2 years as well out of 4..go figure
                  • NYMetsfan July 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

                    Not even close, not even……….
                  • Donal July 21, 2011 at 12:33 pm

                    So, we should follow the Rockies’ example now? Aren’t they a “small market team”?
              • jessep July 21, 2011 at 11:31 am

                I feel like I’ve heard “SO NOW he was hurt before he got hurt so the legions of his followers can excuse his POOR performance for 2 months of the season” before except it was Jose Reyes that “has been hurt for 2 years”

                Why is that? How come Jose can use his injury and now health to say “don’t look at those years, look at this one.” But Wright can’t do the same? Seems odd to me.

                I frankly don’t care when Wright was hurt. Go out and hit the ball and I’ll be happy
          • NYMetsfan July 21, 2011 at 12:06 pm

            Seriously? No you don’t knock the guy, before he even resteps on the field you’re hoping he fails so you can say “See I told you so”

            You kill Jessep all the time, and you do the exact same thing towards Wright, why is that ok.

            Double standards much?
            • alex68 July 21, 2011 at 12:11 pm

              nyyankeefan:

              how did i knock david wright?? by saying exactly what? that he doesn’t have delgado or beltran hitting in front of him or behind him??
              wasn’t he supposed to carry us in 2009? what happened? i want him back don’t get me wrong, but after beltran is gone, he be placido polanco-ish in the mets middle of the lineup, he’s a good complimentary player, not a superstar or the leader most of his fans wanted him to be
              • NYMetsfan July 21, 2011 at 7:17 pm

                No, he actually wasn’t suppose to carry the team in 09.

                Sorry but ONE player can not do that (not even your boy Jose), that year was the worst in sports history for injuries, let me jar your memory, we had fill in’s,on the DL and had AA guys out there, or did you just sleep through that season too?
• LL July 21, 2011 at 4:30 pm

  Geez Alex.

  I love Beltran and will be sad to see him go, but where exactly is he “carrying” the Mets this year? To .500?? He and Reyes have been fantastic, they’ve gotten nice performances out of a number of the bench types, and yet they are still just a .500 team. That right there just shows its not about just 1-2 guys “carrying the load”.

  They were around .500 most of last yr too (even well above .500 at onepoint) without Beltran and with Reyes not performing nearly as well as he is this yr, largely b/c Wright was doing pretty well.
• jdon July 21, 2011 at 5:20 pm

  Poor David Wright. He would perform better if he just did not give a shit. Sad but true. I actually think he reads a lot of these blogs. Do you know how damaging that could be to a player who is on the sensitive side? We need nastier, more arrogant guys on our roster.