12
2012
Mets Issue Statement On Wright
An article by Former Writers
The Mets have issued a statement on David Wright‘s pinkie finger injury:
“The injury to the little finger on David Wright’s right hand has been re-evalauated by a hand specialist in New York, who reiterated that David can return to baseball activity as tolerated. His playing status will be reviewed again tomorrow in Philadelphia prior to the game.
David Wright was fitted for a splint on his broken right pinkie finger before yesterday’s game.
Terry Collins said he wouldn’t be surprised if his third baseman is back in the lineup on Friday in Philadelphia.
“I think David’s gonna be fine,” the Mets manager said. “I would not be at all surprised one bit to write his name in the lineup on Friday; not one bit.”
Good news. Team was flat without him last night.
Original Post 4/11
Last night, x-rays revealed that David Wright has suffered a small fracture in the middle joint of his fifth finger, which could possibly land him on the disabled list.
The Mets will know for certain after Wright is re-evaluated today at the Hospital for Special Surgery who will have his finger fitted with a custom-built splint by a hand specialist.
“It’s always frustrating to miss time,” Wright said. “I feel like it kind of breaks up the momentum that we had. But there’s nothing you can do about it. It happens. It’s not minimal. If it was minimal, I’d like to think I’d be playing.”
Manager Terry Collins said that he would consider sliding Murphy over to his natural position at third base if Wright were to miss any significant time. Ronny Cedeno and Justin Turner could also figure into the equation.
There’s also a chance that middle infielder Jordany Valdespin could be called up from Triple-A Buffalo to play second base if Murphy was moved to third. First baseman Josh Satin and third baseman Zach Lutz would also be possibilities to replace Wright on the roster.
The hope is that Wright can avoid the DL and come back as soon as Friday in Philadelphia. We’ll know more today.
Wright injured his finger while diving back into first base on a pick-off play during Monday night’s game against the Nationals.
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 41 | 28 | .594 | - |
| Nationals | 34 | 34 | .500 | 6.5 |
| Phillies | 33 | 37 | .471 | 8.5 |
| Mets | 25 | 39 | .391 | 13.5 |
| Marlins | 21 | 47 | .309 | 19.5 |
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Status quo. Nice job in sliding into first base.
Don’t they fine them in kangaroo court anymore for doing stupid things like sliding into first base? What kind of idiot slides into a base you can over run?
he slid into first getting back on a pickoff attempt… not on a hit
Why isnt Justin Turner playing third then?
Turner has to be ready to take over at first for Davis. I would venture to guess they don’t want to confuse a young player like Turner by moving him around all the time. Plus they probably want to give Cedeno some playing time
Cedeno had a good game at the plate last night too; good to give him some at-bats to see if he can keep it up.
Jammed Pinky? SMH
This is exactly why Wright is not nor will ever be looked at as a Top echelon mlb player/team leader. It’s always something with him. If it’s not a terrible slump where he K’s at an alarming rate or it’s some quirky little injury that keeps him out of the lineup when his team needs him the most. Mets better steal all the wins they can now while the better teams are still figuring things out
Do you think Pujols would allow his manager to keep him out of a game to a division rival over a pinky? No way
Maybe Wright needs to be pumped full of steroids like Pujols? It would help his recovery time
Pujols fail a drug test that I don’t know about? The argument could be made, too, that maybe Wright needs to GO BACK on steroids to be the player he was prior to the 2009 season.
Why did Wright fail a drug test?
I said “the argument could be made…” Never said he did. Go back to misreading Maniac and Bayonne’s comments.
You did write ” the argument could be made that maybe Wright needs to go back on steroids. Was he on steroids? Not saying he was or wasn’t but you said maybe he needs to go back on them as if it was a known fact.
If I intended for it to mean it was a known fact I would not have said that an “argument could be made”…as opposed to the individual who I replied to who said “Maybe Wright needs to be pumped full of steroids like Pujols.” One of those statements suggests a known fact…the other one makes it seem as if it was a possibility, hence the phrase “an argument could be made.” I hope I dumbed this down enough to be understood by all.
If you wanted to actually try and make sense you would’ve said the argument could be made that maybe Wright WAS on steriods prior to 2009 not the argument could be made Wright needs to GO BACK on them, which you capitalized. If you didn’t say GO BACK it would’ve been clearer.
He writes a statement like a 4th grader, then has a snarky come back. Really sick of the immaturity of this place. Inferring a player on a team you claim to be behind may or may not, should or should not, argue is argue isn’t on Steroids and WE are the ones that mis-read it. Whatever……
If that statement was written as a 4th grader, then, it appears as though the two of you have the reading comprehension of 3rd graders at best…as, I will once again try to explain the very simple to understand statement I wrote…the argument can be made that Wright was on steroids prior to the 2009 season, because since the 2008 season his numbers have clearly been in decline, therefore, you could argue that his success prior to the 2009 season was aided by steroids, thus meaning, you could argue to regain that form, he (Wright) would need to GO BACK on the aforementioned steroids. Let me know if your minds are able to comprehend this, as I have now tried to make it clear, yet again, to your two, clearly feeble, minds the simple remark that I made. Amen.
” If that statement was written as a 4th grader, then, it appears as though the two of you have the reading comprehension of 3rd graders at best…as, I will once again try to explain the very simple to understand statement I wrote…the argument can be made that Wright was on steroids prior to the 2009 “.
Here’s the problem with that Bird Brain!
Your original comment was an argument can be made that Wright needs to go back on steroids as if it was a foregone conclusion that he was. If you said from the beginning the argument can be made Wright was on steroids proir to 2009 no one would’ve said a word. So learn how to properly phrase a sentence before you make an a-hole out of yourself trying to spin it on us. Now you can go back to kissing your Nolan Arenado baseball card.
By the way…Arenado is currently hitting .393 with a 1.004 OPS in AA…Wright is headed to the DL (most likely…don’t want to make that seem like a foregone conclusion at this point…not that it matters, I’m sure you won’t understand this easy-to-understand statement either). Go back to conversing with sKAYnk…the greatest poster on this blog ever, don’t believe me…ask her, she’ll tell you.
Go one. Another grown up with a keyboard.
“Go one” indeed, Kay.
@tampametsfan
So let me get this straight if a player isnt a wussie and plays through MINOR injuries or heals quicker than usual he is on the juice???
Such an Idiotic statement–Do your self a favor and stop drinking that Tampa Bay Swamp water.
Where are all these examples of Wright missing games with little injuries?? The guy played 160, 154, 160, 160, 144, 157 and 102 games over the years in his career. He barely missed any time other than when he had the concussion and when he broke his back….and even then he tried to play though it. If anything he too often tried to play though stuff when he shouldn’t have. Say what you want about his decline over the years and his rise in Ks…and he playing horribly last year….those things certainly have been issues…but the idea of Wright constantly missing games with little injuries is just a figment of your imagination..
A game against Nats 5 games into the season, is not a game where “they need him the most”. Hopefully him sitting today is a sign they are learning from some of the mistakes they made prior years.
Notice I said Injury or a terrible K’s slump!
With that said I could make the same argument for Reyes(whom is dubbed injury prone) in regards to injuries. He played 161,153,160,159 games before the hamstring injury do to the Mets Voodoo doctors. That year he only played 36 and the next year after being “held out by doctors” do to a disease(graves) as soon as he was allowed he played 133 games then 126.
And yes the Mets do need him now more than ever. They are a young team on a hot start and they need their supposed “leader” so they can continue to build on this good stretch.
You would be delusional to think that the Mets can keep up with the rest of this division throughout this whole year. Every win now counts.
At some point and time Mets fans have to come to the conclusion that Wright is not dependable nor is he a veteran leader. Hopefully Alderson doesn’t overpay and re-sign him, if they can let Reyes walk they can do the same with Wright. After all we are rebuilding right?
Reyes had some injuries early in his career, and the shed that injury prone label for a few years. But then after 3 years of injuries…he got that injury prone label back again. 133 gms and 126 gms is not a lot….thats missing about a month, which is pretty significant time.
But again, back to Wright…the recent injuries might be a bit concerning. But games the first week of the season when the team is 4-0 is hardly “when they need him the most”. So the team is young…big deal…some of them aren’t even THAT young…and even if they were…first week of the season, when the team is hot, should be the easiest time to play without him.
God baseball players are wusses. Any other sport and the player would be on the field. Its a freaking pinky!
A basketball player can’t play with a broken pinky, and probably not a hockey player too. A golfer can’t play with a broken pinky, nor can a tennis player. Most skill position football players would not be at all effective trying to play with a broken pinky, as you see when a defensive player plays that way they are usually half-a-player on the field. Whatsa matter dude? You don’t think a pinky is important? Then try this, take a big hammer and smash it down onto one of your pinkies. Then see how effective you will be at say….brewing a pot of coffee?
LOL, Ouch.
Lmao Pete.
Petey,
I think you’re right.
I just hit my little finger with a big hammer and not only does it hurt but I couldn’t pick up that coffee pot, either. Next time can you use a milder hypothesis to make your point so guys like me won’t get hurt trying to prove it’s validity?
Im calling out of work tomorrow I have a bruised ego…
If that doesnt work I’ll use my feelings are hurt….
If all else fails I’ll use I have a “broken heart”… ;D
D.Wright is such a prima donna
Baygoon must have a new handle. Pretty stupid schtick. Even for you.
@Phoenix Met Fan
No idea who Baygoon is….but it would take 2 doofuses like you and TampaMetsFan to use their handle to pronounce to everyone the city they reside along with telling everyone here on a METS fan site!!!! That they are fans of the…..(yes you guessed it) METS!
Talk about stating the obvious–smh
That reply was FOR Tampa you idiot. And trash talk about a user name from a dude that goes by BadBadLeroyBrown? Gives the condition of most of your comments I suppose.
No, its the other guy who posts as jimmybx, OmarFan and a bunch of other pro Omar stuff. Give him a little bit so he can get banned again.
So, in baseball, where you utilize your hands more than any other part of your body (throwing, gripping a bat, catching), people are outraged over sitting out one game in April to make sure a finger isn’t broken? These are the same people that show outrage when the Mets “force” players to play through a minor injury and it becomes serious, because “our medical staff consists of a bunch of idiots”.
If Wright’s jammed finger didn’t get better in 12-24 hours and he wants it looked at, that’s fine. You’d all rip him a new one if he played and aggravated the finger while making a throw and it cost the Mets an out/run; this has nothing to do with a player sitting out a game for an injury and EVERYTHING to do with some weird subconscious (or conscious) vendetta against Wright.
Just for the record and before the usual suspects (and the unusual suspects) start taking aim at me (a long-time reader and short-time contributing writer): I like David Wright. Not because he’s the messiah or the greatest third baseman who ever lived (which he isn’t) but because he’s a Met.
+1
You would think with all the injury nonsense, fans would be happy about the Mets being cautious. But I guess not.
Voice of reason.
Wright has a fracture in his right pinkie. Will be on a splint. No mention of the disabled list yet.
But didn’t the Mets originally say he would be back in the lineup tomorrow afternoon? I just wish they would say nothing more than than they’ll have a better idea of what’s what after a thorough examination or seeing how the player responds the day after.
I think Wright is over paid, but lets be fair here. It is a baseball injury. At the least he desirves time to heel. The Mets are notorious for rushing back injured players. Wright was tearing it up. Give praise where it is due.
As a Mets fan I feel like an abused animal. After having been beaten and humiliated by my owners for years, now even the smallest incident sends me spiraling into a great depression and panic. This injury may prove to be nothing at all, but coming on the heels of everything we’ve been through this offseason, through the last 5 years, it becomes just another reason to slowly give up hope. I think I’m going to urinate on my couch now.
People, we’re five games in. We won the first four. Wright’s injury is relatively minor.
Let’s not panic.
I’m with Doug: One Game at a Time!
I love this fan base that gets behind their own players. Calling him out for sliding into first, guess watching the game or even a replay to get the facts are not necessary for some.
Then go into a tirade over previous years plays, how much he’s paid blah blah blah
Yeah ok – Lets Go Mets………….
Some of the worst fans ever.
Amen, Kay!
@ Kay. This page attracts some of the most obsessed Mets fans…”worst” may be over the top. Lots of people here blog as though they had the powers of the General Manager…
The personal attacks on this site, drag it down.
David’s injury is disapointing not crushing. I hope he continues his hot streak upon his quick return. If last night was life without Wright…the future looks bleak. Our four infielders last night were playing out of thier “natural” positions. Our defense is weak.
Friday in Philly will be interesting. Who plays third will shape the team. If it’s Murphy he will be at his best position. Will it be much worse than Wright? It will be at 1/30th the cost of Wright. Could David play leftfield well? Murphy can’t, Bay can’t hit. If Wright is to be our captain. Would he move out of his compfort zone? It may help the team,
Guess what lady. All fan bases are the same. you don’t go elsewhere to see for yourself.
Even if David is not in pain and feels able to play tomorrow night, how much of his effectiveness will be hindered if he cannot get full strength in his grip both with the bat and with the throw? So whether he plays or not might be more up to Terry than David.
Any word yet on if Wright will play? I figured there would be some news on that this morning.