The probem is that is he is commanding a salary of what $14-17M per year? The Mets have a budget and a payroll.

If salary was no issue, sure, you could do worse than Wright at 3B. But if you have to pay Wright as if he is an elite player, when he’s not, then at that point he is hurting the franchise. That’s what people don’t like.

I have nothing against Wright personally. I feel bad for him that he hasn’t had more success here, because he seems like a super nice guy.

But I sure as hell don’t want to build our franchise around him, and I don’t want to pay him like ARod either. Sadly, he has been way overrated. Not his fault, but it is what it is.

Jose is demonstrative. In old school days, that kind of exuberance is deemed negative. Self-promotion, when you don’t share the same “criteria” others do, brings ugly tags. Jose has been called a cancer, lazy, bad influence, dumb, and all the typical negative stereotypes the media has dropped on people like Jose for decades. Jose Reyes isn’t any of above. He’s actually a nice kid.

I have had the pleasure of meeting Jose on a few occasions. I remember listening to old men like Ed Coleman, Howie Rose and Gary Cohen describe Wright as the perfect kid. The guy you want your daughter to date. All these other superlatives, but I have yet to hear that type of description for Jose Reyes. Why is that? It’s very simple from where I stand. These old men live in yesterday’s era. They never met a Jose Reyes. They don’t know a Jose Reyes. Jose Reyes is the type of kid who lights up a room with his personality and humor. He’s a great kid who’s only problem is he smiles too much. He enjoys life too much. Unfortunately, when you have outdated older men like Coleman, Cohen and Rose, you’re fed only what they can relate to. They can never relate to a Jose Reyes.

This is why Jose Reyes isn’t getting the overwhelming love he should be receiving from Met fans. It goes to show a severe divide between Met fans and the rest of New York City. Shame, but it is what it is.

You and I can relate, Alex. I feel a certain disgust for those who bash Omar Minaya. The things said about his reign here are SO incredibly wrong, one has to wonder what is going thru their minds. Then I see an article like this written by Annie and it brings everything into order. Her plea is to support “her guy” and she does because she senses a change in the way Wright is perceived lately. The Mets have marketed Wright to be their Derek Jeter. Wright falls woefully short in so many ways on the field. That doesn’t matter. This is her guy and the Mets marketed him to be that way.

You and I don’t view him that way. We don’t bond with the guy for any of the reasons most Met fans do. It’s not right or wrong, but it’s 100% reality. Much like most fans couldn’t relate to their from the hood, hometown boy GM Omar Minaya. Despite all the good he did for the organization, the fans were quick to stab him in the back. If things break right, Omar will have about a dozen+ kids make this roster as the years go on just from his drafts and international signings, along with a few All-Stars. You have to go back to 80′s to find a successful GM like him. His detractors will say he didn’t win a ring. Why does he have to be tied to such expectations? Pretty simple if you ask me. That’s the ONLY way he will accepted by certain people. Is THAT right or wrong? Ask his detractors. They can lie on the board, but their mirrors won’t lie.

Write an article about other players you speak of, and their accomplishments.

Send a private note to Joe D – he’s the one in charge of what gets published here, let him know you’d like to see (or what you’d like to see less of), or even contribute to the site about other players.

You being generic you, you the reader/writer/blogger.

Nothing more annoying, then sitting back, complaining about an article when you have every right to produce one and get it published about a subject you’d like to read.

Why don’t YOU write a blog about those other guys. No on is stopping you, your problem is because it’s about Wright. Don’t like the title, move on

You have a lot of nerve, really, or is it just jealousy?

MMO fans at their lowest point ever.

A new low, even twisting this.

Disgusting

Annie so where is Jose Reyes in all of this? Have you ever written about Jose on his own? Or how about Carlos Beltran or Carlos Delgado. Those guys have charities and have helped the Mets win too.

I’m curious as Annie ever written about them? Or is it just David and the other player across town.