You can talk about the biggest games of his career, it’s not about ignoring one instance or focusing on only one; it should be looked at as an inverted pyramid. What have you done for me lately at the top, last year below that, two years ago before that, and so on. Any “clutch” performances Wright had pre-2008 are less relevant than any “unclutch” performances he’s had since. But a home run on Wednesday – “importance” of the game aside – trumps a strike out in 2008. Just like a key strike out on Saturday would trump a home run on Wednesday.

It’s not about focusing in on just one thing, either: it’s about looking at the whole picture. Wright’s had definite times of clutch performances, and he’s also had times of unclutch performances. If he was clutch for us on Wednesday, why should a strikeout two weeks ago (random non-specific-or-even-necessarily-existant example) somehow be more relevant to deciding if Wright is “clutch” or not?

All I’m saying is this: If Wright comes through for the Mets, enjoy it, even if it’s a “rare” moment of clutch for DW5 (if you feel that way). If Wright K’s in a big spot, groan. There’s just no reason for the response (not necessarily from you) to be “Sure he homered today, but it was in the SIXTH inning…he’s still the most unclutch player in the history of history” when the Mets win off of his bat.

And if your annoyed that this topic keeps coming up, don’t get made at me! Get mad at that people who instigate, and keep bringing this up – Look at the 1st comment on this thread.

If you were to argue that Wright’s prime actually ended in 2008, then that’s a different discussion and would then make the 2006-2008 “clutch” examples relevant from your end. However, since he’s currently a 29-year-old and I do not believe that he ended his prime at 25 years old, it’s just not relevant to use in a “debate”.

I’m not suggesting Wright is an uber-clutch 3rd baseman. I’m simply saying that he isn’t unclutch and definitely deserves better than to be attacked every time he does something positive because it wasn’t in the correct inning or with the Mets trailing by enough or with the right wind conditions to appease some of those who post comments on this blog.

So, anyone who has read my past comments know that I would never root against Wright to fail. Just even suggesting that is ridiculous.

And maybe the examples aren’t recent, but like I keep saying, if you want to talk about a player being clutch, ignoring the biggest games he’s ever played would be ridiculous – Even if they were 4-5 years ago.

2006 is no longer valid. It’s no longer the same Mets team, and the players from that team are no longer the same players. Reyes and Wright are no longer the future of the Mets, Carlos Delgado is no longer a serious threat for opposing pitching, John Maine, Steve Trachsel, Oliver Perez, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez are no longer pitching in MLB (in fact, Mike Pelfrey is the only player to start a game for the ’06 Mets who is still in MLB). In fact, almost NONE of the key players from 2006 are even still active in Major League Baseball (Wright, Reyes, Beltran are the exceptions).

All that that means is that bringing up 2006 for Wright isn’t relevant (neither is 2007-2008). If you’re going back over 5 years for an example of “clutch”, you’ve gone way too far. I don’t care that he hasn’t played in a Playoff game since 2006, it’s irrelevant. If you want to discuss what Wright can do, you have to use his last 3 seasons. Eli Manning was a below-average NFL quarterback at the time of all of your David Wright examples. Daisuke Matsuzaka was considered the top prospect in baseball by Baseball America at the time of your David Wright examples. “Bad Day” was considered the top song of the year AND people weren’t sick of the song “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” at the time of your David Wright examples.

Seriously, just update the examples. If you want to debate, don’t go back to the Bush or Clinton administration for your examples. That’s all. If gas was under $2.75/gallon at the time of your example, you’ve gone too far back into history to prove a “point” that is made completely irrelevant by your ancient “evidence”.

Angels 6-12
Detroit 10-8
Yankees 10-8
Boston 8-10
Phillies 9-10
Marlins 7-10

Funny thing is, all those teams still got 140+ games to go… And i am a mets fans, but i am realist also, All those teams will finish with better record than the mets… There.. Back at you, let’s see what else you got to say..

Like I already told TRS, that if we are going to talk about Wright being clutch, it would make sense to bring up how he’s done in the biggest games he’s played in – That’s why it always comes up.

It would be ridiculous to talk about Wright being clutch, and never talk about the biggest games he’s played in.

The problem I have with guys like you and Bayonne are that you take a statement like “David Wright came up big for the Mets last night” and go off on some rant about September of 2007. You know what? The Mets lost a LOT in September of 2007. Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, the entire pitching staff (aside from Santana), David Wright, et al were ALL UNCLUTCH during that stretch. NOBODY is exempt (except for Santana) with that stretch. It doesn’t mean that Beltran or Reyes or Wright is forever unclutch, it means that they had a horrific stretch of baseball. Is David Ortiz’s clutch performances in the playoffs for Boston suddenly entirely negated and void because of last season (steroids discussion aside)?

Enough of the anti-Wright agenda and accusing people of a pro-Wright agenda. DW5 plays for the New York Mets. He had a big, game-changing, CLUTCH hit last night. The Mets won the game. Be happy about being over .500 right now THANKS to Wright’s game-winner last night, and let’s move on to looking for the sweep tonight.

But sometimes I buy the expensive seats. Gotta get back to my boxscores.

Now back to why the Core was born. Isn’t it true that the only qualification for being in the Core(tm) is to agree with you in most circumstances?

The numbers you use to prove Wright is clutch(his numbers in Sept), could guess what? Come in blowouts. When your counting his AB’s in Sept, you could be counting AB’s when the games is already decided – So how does that prove anything? It doesn’t.

And the leverage stats? They don’t tell you the difference between a series late in the season against the Phillies, and a early season series against Pittsburgh. And it COULD also count a 1st inning HR, the same as a walkoff HR to put your team in the postseason – So what do they prove? Nothing.

All the numbers you say “prove” Wright is clutch, have very serious flaws with them. Your argument isn’t strong at all.