Hmmmm?

Though most everyone has struggled for the most part…Wright is the only regular hitting even over .270 in those spots….Baxter and Turner have done a nice job off the bench. But it is still a limited number of ABs..most of the regulars have around 20 AB in those spots…so hopefully they’ll pick up a few hits soon and start to improve those numbers.

Ike, Duda, and Bay were asleep almost all month. Which only furthers the proof how good Wright was in April considering how badly the Mets needed his production.

Jon Niese as mentioned above had 4 starts in April. His start against San Fran was below average. I’m only giving a starter pitcher of the month if he has 4 starts similar to Niese’s last one against Miami (or if no better options)

The only time you should give anyone the captains role is if you have a strong personality that is causing trouble and want to nullify his influence by giving the better leader a leg up and cause to tell him to be quiet and do your job!

It makes sense for a team like the Yankees who have egos coming through their roster on a yearly basis.
But not for a team like us at this point!
And the truth of the matter here is if Murphy solidifies his position as a 2B and can stay there he shows a lot more leadership potential than Wright does.

I truly credit Murphy for taking over the team last year when Wright went down and being the driving force of motivcation! Beltran was still in a highly repected position but he is not the motivator Murphy was in regards to the fighting aspects of the team.

That Said Mrphy is not and can not be the leader yet but if he can secure his regular position once and for all I see him as a very good candidate for the role!
But he has to win the everyday long term 2B position before he can be effective in that role!

Of course, alex being alex, that isn’t what is happening. If he really thought Wright was a good choice but would have preferred Niese, he could have just voiced it like you did and not need to tear down Wright.

Not saying they have not done better as of late and I will give credit to Hudgens for that but the truth is up to two weeks ago they were not really following Hudgens approach at all! They were way more passive than Hudgens would suggest.
Wright has been the one bright spot so far this year in regards to batting improvement and you can’t really give Hudgens much credit for that as much as Wright himself because Hudgens didn’t get any of that from him last year!

They have been more aggressive lately and most notably Duda and Ike. That says to me Hudgens has been focused on them recently and that the rest of the batting is just player playing well.

And #2 in Plate appearances.

As has been pointed out many times to you and others, the Mets biggest problem right now is that Davis and Duda had the slow start. And Bay stinking up the joint doesn’t help.

Honestly though, there’s nothing wrong with you saying he didn’t deserve it. I would have given it to Kirk myself. I think him coming from no where to do what he has offensively and defensively while also piling up your favorite “clutch” hits has been huge so far.