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2012
Morning Grind: Why The Negativity Towards Wright?
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I have noticed a theme both here and across the entire Mets fanbase of an increasing percentage of people who look at David Wright in a bad light. They put him down no matter how well he is performing and are the first to jump on him when he makes an error or strikes out in a key spot; and that’s just not right. If you are a true fan of your team, you should root FOR the longest-tenured and one of the greatest players in team history, not against.
After several years of struggles and injuries, David Wright has come busting out of the gates in 2012, batting .402/.489/.598 with four homers and 21 RBIs. While leading the league in batting average and OBP, Wright also has cut down on his strikeouts, only going down 18 times so far this year. That’s on pace for 97 strikeouts, the same amount he had last season when he missed 60 games with a back fracture. Not to mention, his defense is the best I’ve ever seen him in his career. So if there is any argument against him in 2012, I’d really like to hear it.
As for those saying that Wright is simply playing for a contract, you’re wrong. Wright has always been a player to give 100% whenever he could to the team. The 29-year old was coming off a career year in ’08 when he began to struggle at the new Citi Field, but it was not until after the concussion from Matt Cain’s plunking that Wright hadn’t been the same. He wasn’t “taking it easy from ’09-’11, he was simply trying to get himself back on track. He has worked hard and come back from an unfortunate past few seasons, overcoming plenty of nay-sayers, to start off at an unbelievable pace in 2012.
One of my favorite sayings about baseball is that some of its great heroes fail seven out of ten times. Wright so far has failed only six out ten times this year, and get treated like a villain by some of his own team’s “fans”.
Adam Rubin pointed out something pretty incredible yesterday in one of his columns:
After this season, once Chipper Jones has retired, you will be able to count on Antonio Alfonseca’s right hand the number of active players who have appeared in more major league games than David Wright and done so in only one uniform. Derek Jeter. Todd Helton. Ichiro Suzuki. Michael Young. Jimmy Rollins. Brian Roberts.
Look at some of those names, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Chipper Jones, Michael Young; some of the most beloved players in their respective teams history, and Wright is right up there with them. It has become such a rare phenomenon for players to spend their entire careers with one team, yet Wright has an increasingly high chance of doing just that.
Just yesterday, Sandy Alderson said ”I certainly do not foresee, under any circumstances, David being a topic of discussion at the trade deadline”, and the Wall Street Journal reported that extension talks with Wright could come soon. So don’t assume he’s just going to skip town like Reyes come 2013; Wright could very well be here for a long time to come.
Wright is the face of the franchise, he has been with the organization since he was 18. He is the longest tenured Met and possibly will be the first career-Met since Ed Kranepool. He continues to show why he is one of the greatest Mets to every put on the uniform and why he is the face of the franchise. He at the very least deserves some respect from his own fans. Why that is so difficult for a disturbingly large group of fans is beyond me.
About the Author: Clayton Collier
Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com
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I expect another Sandy vs Omar, Wright vs Reyes debate. I hope to be wrong.
As for the actual post, I think much of it has to do with perception those people have let perception play a huge role in how they view the player. In other words because this group likes this player and not this player, I now hate that player.
Around here SOME of the criticism of Wright has been as a response to what others said about Reyes last season.
Most everyone agreed Wright had declined to a degree in 2009 and 2010.
Reyes improved in 2011.
It wasn’t until people started coming up with excuses for not keeping Reyes that his fans started making excuses to keep him and not Wright.
(I personally wanted to keep both as the veteran contingent of our HG Core)
Wright has stepped it up this year and my concern is that fact didn’t help convince Sandy to retain Reyes. I wonder how much money/years is too much in Wrights case and what financial excuse will be used to justify Trading Wright in the offseason?
“Around here SOME of the criticism of Wright has been as a response to what others said about Reyes last season.”
Yup, I hole heartedly agree. Some people are weak and let the perceptions of others formulate their opinions.
Not thier opinion just their responses!
If Reyes was resigned I bet you would not hear a peep about Wright at this point in time.
It was the debate of Reyes vs Wright and which one to keep that caused them to take a stand and having stood now are stuck defending their position even though deep down they would prefer to have BOTH Wright and Reyes playing together!
Go back to 2010 Posts and you will see hardly anyone wanted to just let Reyes and Wright go!
It wasn’t until it was a foregone conclusion that Reyes wasn’t going to be resigned that people started making excuses for it and the Wright vs Reyes battlelines were formed.
Most of the positions on what Reyes was worth were already set in stone long before he had the season he had!
And the top bar was he worth Crawford money. But he didn’t get crawford money!
What he got was actually pretty reasonable considering his performance last year!
PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE ALDERSON’S DISDAIN FOR THE SB MADE REYES THE MORE EXPENDABLE ONE, WITH PAYROLL NEAR $90M; NYM WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO NOT P/U THE ’13 OPTION EXTENDING HIM NEXT SEASON.
EVEN AS A WRIGHT FAN, MYSELF, I SEE NO APPARENT UPSIDE TO DOING ANYTHING CONTRACTUALLY BEFORE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
THE WSJ WOULD BE BETTER SERVED COVERING THE BANKING SOFTBALL LEAGUE
you are da mn right Sir . Even IF he plays “better” with the contract on his mind , who cares ? He did well all of his career and manage to top that ? whats wrong with you guys ? David Wright is our franchise player and i really hope the players dont get on this site with their ipads. I mean yeah if someone plays crappy , get after him . right, but we FANS should stick with our guys, give them confidence, i do not beleive that any player doesnt no the internet and searches for some fan sites or whatever . So i admit to back our guys up through the year, judge them on late august (not the closer
) . Sometimes i feel some people here just waiting for some players to su ck . Maybe its the hard thing beeing a mets fan for years , i can understand that, its frustrating more then it makes you happy . But thats our team , and NO PLAYER will improve or play better if he sees his “fans” writing such a cr ap . My mets give me heartbeats , yes we could have 4 wins more already, easily . But the bottom line is if someone had ask us fans to be happy with a 19-15 record in middle may , we all had say YES to this . be proud mets fans , enjoy the ride , maybe we get the second wild card , maybe not. It will be close for sure , AND we have a bright future …. oh and the yankees su cks 
LETS GO METS , tough week ahead , sound maybe funny but i would happy with a 3-4 over the next week . Hard games, no rest ( until 31may !!! ) . So if we 3 games above .500 at Sunday night . Ill take it . LGM
Great article. I agree 100%. Even in his down years, David Wright was still pretty good, just not the top-of-the-league typer player we had known before. I have never understood, nor will I ever why people are against him. He always plays 100%, the guy wants to go out there hurt and he plays when there is no way in hell he should be. He begged to play after being beaned by Matt Cain, he didn’t even want an MRI when he fractured his back, he practically begged TC to let him pinch run when he was on the bench with his broken finger. Not to mention the fact that he’s also a leader and a damn good player, the guy has a .303 career batting average. I would love nothing more than to see David Wright retire in his Mets uniform ten years from now and every Mets fan should agree. There has never been a Met like David Wright, he’s their Met for life. (in addition to Kranepool)
Regarding the negativity of some fans toward David Wright, the article concludes, “Why that is so difficult for a disturbingly large group of fans is beyond me.”
Why not ask some of our members who demonstrate this negativity? They are living and breathing among us and are among the most frequent posters.
P.S.: The better David plays, the more angst by some detractors. They simply remain more subdued until he makes a mistake.
I would hope that the Mets do give David Wright a contract extension that is commensurate with his contributions and devotion to the team. In terms of the last few seasons of his injuries and troubles at Citi Field., has anybody considered that David should not have come back so soon after getting beaned by Matt Cain? Likewise, should he have been playing with a stress fracture in his back? Was it because he felt that he should take one for the team?
Now, that the fences have been moved in to reduce the dimensions at Citi to just a big ballpark and David has recovered mentally from the beaning we are again seeing him driving the ball to right field because he is no longer intimidated to lean in and go get those pitches against the hard throwers. His swing is again as it once was!
David won’t hit .400 but he might very well be in line for a batting crown which would be really wild considering what happened last year for Jose Reyes after 49 years of futility for Met hitters
Sandy Alderson will resign David Wright because there is not the risk factor that was clearly involved with the Reyes situation.
A quibble to a good post. in 2009, he was not struggling. If anything, he was having an very good year, very similar to this one. Up until he got beaned. He really tailed off after coming back from that, and you can certainly argue that he should have stayed out longer (hell, given how 2009 was working out, probably should have just shut him down as a precaution).
Through 8/15 (115 games) he was hitting .324, with a .414 OBP and still a .467 slugging (31 doubles at that point). the only thing really off was his HRs at 8, which certainly could have to do with the new park.
But, not really fair to say he was struggling, just because his HRs were down a bit. especially when the rest of the team was a mess.
2010 is when it seemed to fall apart, when he seemed to react to the complaints about not enough HRs by completely changing approach. Got the HR # back up, but at the expense of his other stats. 2011 was pretty much a washout with the injuries.
Good post – only I’m not sure I agree with ‘increased’ negativity towards Wright.
I peruse quite a few Met blogs and the negativity towards Wright seems to be more of the same posters constantly bringing up that point, more so than increased numbers of Met fans joining that ranks.
Saw a couple of polls on the subject of Wright as well and they always seem to be in the overwhelming majority of re-signing Wright. Latest I saw was over on AA yesterday asking the specific question:
Should the Mets sign David Wright to the same deal that Ryan Zimmerman signed with the Nationals?
Poll results currently are at 93% in favor of it.
You mean the vocal minority is only loud, not strong?
Possibly, at least as it’s perceived on Mets blogs.
However as many have pointed out, much more of the fan base doesn’t participate in blogs, than do.
I think a poll on here would be more accurate. We have much more diverse opinions, and I think this site represents the fan base better as a whole than AA.
Vinny I love this site and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. However, no blog is actually representative of the true fan base as most Mets fans still don’t even head to a blog. If you are saying more die hards come here, that’s possible but I think that AA, MB, MMO, RDM all have those types of fans as well. Now what you do seem to have here is a few more radical fans than most of those sites have. So if you are saying that the vote might be closer here? I would assume so. That still would not mean it was more representative of the fanbase however.
Self identifying polls are useless. No one in any decision making power gives a damn what internet polls say for some very good reasons.
Besides, blogs in general are not for casual fans.
Agreed on that last line.
As do I.
I just said it would represent the fan base better than AA because we have more diverse opinions.
And Donal, where did I say that someone in decsison making power cares about polls? Your reading too much into my comment.
Right but you are suggesting that the Mets fanbase overall has more diverse opinions. In fact blogs would most likely be the least representative of the actual fanbase.
No he is saying MMO’s fan base has more diverse opinions than those over at AA!
You guys need to read what people say because thats why you have to read everything 50 times until you guys finally read what was said!
Right and what I am saying is that wouldn’t necessarily represent the feelings of the entire fanbase anymore than one of the other sites. Just because the opinions here are more diverse doesn’t mean they are in the fanbase in general.
Vinny never said it would just that you would get more representative opinions of the entire base here than there (@AA)!
The posters at AA have successfully done what Donal, Xtreeme and Jessup have tried to do here…
Run off anyone who disagrees with their Sandy is sliced bread, sabers are the Magic Potion, Moneyball is the KEY and OBP is the GOD Particle of Success point of view!
Hasn’t happened here!
Therefore our users are still putting out the points of view you don’t see represented over at AA!
However, what we don’t know is which one is more representative of the true fan base. Obviously this one might have more extremist which would skew the results as well. Most blogs do not put up with a lot of the stuff that goes on here so this place seems to be a resting place for the radical Mets fan. Not saying there is anything wrong with that but lets be honest. I don’t often read AA but when I have it isn’t like everyone is in pure harmony there either. It just doesn’t get as personal here and the commenters protect the site from pure idiocy. Do I agree with everything they say? Nah. A little too saber for me but I still think their site has merit. So to say they don’t represent the fanbase but this one does? Foolish. No blog does.
You do realize he specifically said MMO represents the fan base, right? He said it does so better than another blog because of those differing opinions.
Vinny’s exact words:
“I just said it would represent the fan base better than AA because we have more diverse opinions.”
This idea assumes that the fanbase in general has mutual opinions at all. It then assumes that these supposed opinions are in tune with the writers here.
What my main point is that this site represents the fan base better than AA becuase of it’s diversity. Meaning that here we have fans who are old, young, negative, optimistic, and those who have traditional views of the game, and some that have a sabermetic view of the game. Whereas AA is pretty much all younger fans that have a sabermetric view of the game.
So because of that, IMO, we would represent the fan base as a whole than AA. I’m not saying it perfectly represents the fan base, but it represents it better than AA.
And I am saying that we don’t know that to be true. In fact I would guess the opinions on Mets.com or Metsblog are more representative but even those would be limited to a specific type of fan. Now if you wanted to take a poll at the stadium and on SNY? That would be more representative. Not any blog.
Dude you are constantly complaining about the amount of discourse here that you say doesn’t exist anywhere else and you think that means we are not presenting views that maybe are not being presented elsewhere?
There is a reason there is discourse here that isn’t at those other places!
People are expressing opinions here that don’t get brought up over there!
And that is the definition of DIVERSITY!
Most of the guys on those sites all agree with each other!
And in many cases the ones who didn’t agree with them were run off by the onjes who do.
Thats was attempted here but failed because Joe doesn’t allow people to be run off merely for having a difference of opinion with his regulars!
You realy can’t read can you?
“represent the fan base better than AA”
Onoly an idiot would post a quote and try to change it’s meaning when the quote says something very very different than the FANTASY you tried to make it out to be!
If you are incapable of reading then you are not qualified to post!
My point about the decision makers is to show how little credibitilty online polls have.
And blogs are editorials. They are not the voice of any populace, just of the writer. If you agree with what the person says, that still does not mean any significant segment of any demographic you identify with does.
For once Donal is right… the intenet is not for casual fans… Its a home for the true a holes of the world, exemplified by donal every day to show their idiocy and their inability to comprehend the opinions of people who have brains, something dumnuts I mean donal is lacking.r
And you proved that by making up a nick and making a point to increase your numbers in hopes no one would catch on that it’s the same guy trying to get counted twice in hopes Democracy will take the minority as a majority!
I sense less of it this year but it’s probably because people expect him to be Albert Pujols instead of a big part of the Mets.
99.9% of the Wright bitching has to do with Wright not meeting unrealistic expectations not that he is not performing up to his ability!
People expecting 30+ HRs when I think he did that only ONCE in his entire career!
Me personally a Good David Wright is exactly what we are seeing this season…
High Average very good SLG with lots of RBI!
He is not Ryan Howard and we shouldn’t ever expect him to be that!
Nor would I want him to be Ryan Howard. Not a big fan and not just because he plays for the Phillies.
Well you see we do agree sometimes.
The Wright everyone was complaining about was TRYING to be Ryan Howard instead of David Wright!
And it was a pretty good impression with all the Ks he compiled, just never got the HRs because he didn’t play in the CBP Bandbox Howard does!
This is also why many look at that HR derby as the turning point (not sure it is but it is rather cicumstantial) He competed with Howard in that HR derby and after that evferyone started thinking Wright should be a HR hitter (and that may even include Wright himself!)
His troubles (I Believe) all stemmed from him trying to hit more HRs and falling in love with hitting them when his fist best destiny is to hit for average because if he just focuses on making good contact he will naturally get his 25-30 HRs his career says are his average!
“People expecting 30+ HRs when I think he did that only ONCE in his entire career!”
Actually, twice (2007, 2008)
Actually he only hit 30 one of those years…not 30+
This group hug for David, may say more about ourselves than David himself. We are indeed intense. Most casual fans are childlike wanting management to buy whatever is bright and shiny.
I have been a Wright detractor. He is the last man standing from the horrible 2007 collapse.
I think this is the issue…and it’s the same issue many people have with Alderson.
No matter what Wright does, he could do no wrong. Just like many people seem to just blindly love everything Sandy dose no matter what it is because they love the “idea” that Alderson supposedly represents.
To be fair, Wright has been a very good player (not great or necessarily HOF), but Wright’s best year was when Joes, Beltran and Delgado did much of the heavy lifting and Wright was able to relax and not have to be “the guy”. Once Wright was “the guy” he sucked…he wasn’t clutch, he k’ed way too much and he D and health was bad…but people still blindly loved Wright and refused to acknowledge criticism.
At the same time, many people blindly bashed (or loved) Reyes. For me, I loved Reyes more than Wright, it was kinda a WTF moment when people turned their backs on Reyes but still worship everything Wright did.
Now Wright is back to being the player we loved from a few years ago. He’s hitting for average, he’s getting clutch hits and he’s not K’ing and all the blind Wright lovers are going crazy. It’s been a month and a half, and people are claiming that Wright is back and deserves a big contract now.
Don’t get me wrong…I like Wright, I hope he earns a long term deal…but the blind love for him just makes me want to shake my head.
As I said earlier, the perceptions of others dictates the opinions of others. Reyes doesn’t get enough credit, down with the ones who like Wright.
There is a clear example of what I posted earlier for you TRS…
A lot of this angst for Wright started when the gun was being aimed at Reyes despite his having a career year in 2011!
And people started pointing out that why was Reyes a paraiah yet Wright was getting a pass even in a year when Wright was down and Reyes was up?
Everyone agreed that both had to step it up in 2011 the thing is Reyes did and was criticised and Wright didn’t and was defended by the same guys who wanted Reyes gone!
I know you hate to talk about the past but the past is what is driving the conversation in the present!
Many people who took stances last year (and in this offseason) are starting to count the hatching eggs!
Those who crticized Wright are currently under fire for Wright coming back to himself.
Those who supported Sandy’s GOOD DAY are under fire for saying it was a good move!
This is going to go on until new stances are set and new lines drawn!
Or until everyone agrees on the next step forward which I suspect won’t happen until Sandy has worn out his welcome!
(Mind you I don’t think that time is sooner than a year or two away! So if you like it here your going to have to deal with it!)
If you really don’t like the discussions I have to ask why are you here participating in a discussion section?
Metise I love the baseball discussions. However, this constant side picking stuff and searching for vindication crap? Like I need to have my opinion vindicated by a bunch of bloggers to make me feel great. Say your piece on the moves and move on. Not turn every post into the same thing.
Honestly I can’t even fathom hating Wright/Reyes because some did not like Reyes/Wright. To me that is the height of stupidity. I guess jealousy in fandom exist too. I don’t allow other people to formulate my opinions for me.
Exscuse me but Bitching about what Sandy has signed and let go is not side picking UNTIL he has gone!
The Omar bit is brought up by Sandy’s defenders not his detractors and only ever discussed because they try and say what Sandy is doing is better than what Omar did!
As for the Beltran, K-Rod and Reyes issues your stuck with them for as long as Sandy is the GM because they are all part of Sandy’s record and no less relevant than Franicisco’s current record as a met!
It may be a subject you want to avoid well if thats the case avoid it!
But it IS part of Sandy’s history and record and will be diascussed until some other GM takes over to make what the previous GM did irrelevant!
Most of the conversations about Omar are started by guys trying to justify CHEAP FAs which has led to Francisco!\
Now those arguments are coming to roost!
YOU are the one now continuing the conversation by complaining about it!
Note Jessup has not said a peep since Sandy’as Good Day has turned into Jessup Nightmare!
This group hug for David, may say more about ourselves than David himself. We are indeed an intense group. Most casual fans are childlike wanting management to buy whatever is bright and shiny. We tend to want to be the general manager/manager.
I have been a Wright detractor. He is the last man standing from the horrible 2007 collapse. Until this year, he has not produced like he did in 2006. Too much hope has been pinned on him. Too many time our hopes have been dashed.
Wright being the “face of the franchise” is overdone. Yes this is a buisness of stars, it is more so a team sport. Wright has too often said the safe thing; Speaking bland words. I commend him on this spetacular, perhaps career year. I admire the leadership that he has shown.
No one can sustain the pace that he has set this year. He is man who will age and weaken. I hope that David finishes his career in a Met uniform…but not at any price.
Met fans (and NY Fans in general) have always been a “What have you done for me lately?” type of group!
Your correct Wright will come back down to earth at some point no one can sustain the numbers he has put up to date but it would be patently unfair to expect him to keep us this pace before you changed your mind about keeping him!
No one expects Wright to continue at this pace. Wow, I do enjoy it thought. Baseball and the whole economy is changing. Is Wright worth 30 times the minimum pay for a major leaguer? Will he get a raise from this? Lots of teams cut payroll this year. Does anyone think the Angels did well signing Albert? How will the Angel fans feel in 2018?
Yes Wright is a long term player. The real issue is why are there so few long term players in baseball? Money is the short answer. Keeping a player requires a raise. Few players deserve the extra money so they are let go. Look how well the players from Buffalo have done. Alderson’s success has been letting the farm work for him. The Bisons will keep arriving. Other players will depart.
Well it’s not that there are few good players it’s that there are few GREAT players and the law of supply and demand sets the market for what those few get paid!
If you want to see that performance for a long time you have to be willing to pay to get it!
Which is why I say to anyone who complains about the finances to go buy tickets and their problem will be solved!
And then there will be no excuses based on money they can use to pass on keeping a great player!
We agree that Wright is a GREAT player. How much is his greatnesss worrth? There is a law of diminishing returns. Is it worth paying David a super premium when we have so many viable options in our organization?
In a season and a half when the Mets control of Wright is over. Some of our prospects will have washed out. Others will be better. Wright will be on the wrong side of thirty. Until that time why would anyone commit to extending a contract? Age, injury, baseball economics all are variables working agenst Wright.
In Days of Old people stayed with their employer through their career. An elder Wright would be shifted to leftfield or firstbase. He would be paid as much for his gate draw as his fielding. Sadly those days are over. Wilpon grew up a Dodger Fan. His heart must have repeatedly been broken by Branch Ricky trading off talent just past their prime. Wilpon understands fan loyalty. He also understands the buisness of baseball. I fear Wright will seek too much money.
His greatness is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for just as gold is as valuable as people are willing to pay for it and diamonds are worth whatever someone is willing to pay!
Because paying what someone else is willing to pay is worth it better than not paying as much for LESS!
GETTIING the great at a high price is better than getting less at a lesser price!
Or in the case of Francisco getting NOTHING for a reasonable price!
We didn’t save 17Mil from K-Rod, we wasted 6 Mil on Francisco
Anyway you want to slice it!
The best deals often are the ones we don’t make. Are we looking a player salary bubble?
People are financially hurting. Ticket prices are dropping. They are all but given away on stub hub. No stadiums are being built…teams are cutting costs….is this the apex?
Haters gonna hate. To some it is more about wanting to have their opinions and views be correct than throwing all that BS aside and just root for the team.
Trust me when I think most of us wished we were wrong about Phrancisco being abysmal.
“To some it is more about wanting to have their opinions and views be correct than throwing all that BS aside”
Bingo.
No to some it’s more about not getting an apology from those who said we were crazy when we said those relievers were crap but the SANE folks said Sandy had a GOOD DAY!
As for the Pro/Con Sandy discussions I would ask anyone who thinks Sandy has done a good job to cite the moves that they feel go towards him getting those good marks!
A challenge I have made many a time only to be ignored!
Swwwwwooooyyy Metsie? Now can we move on? I have been trying to take one for the team for the past 24 hours. It isn’t working.
Your not the guy who owes us one TRS so this childish attempt to stop me isn’t going to work!
You want it to stop then get behind me and tell Jessup how wrong he is and maybe he will admit to you what his foolish pride won’t admit to me!
Jessup quick…. do it for the site.
There I am behind you.
Very sincere…Lol
“To some it is more about wanting to have their opinions and views be correct than throwing all that BS aside”
Correctamundo.
The SAME stuff people have said in the past about Beltran & Reyes (“soft”, “loser”, “unclutch”, “never will amount to anything”, “window dressing stats”, etc.) feel the need to pass the buck to Wright because Wright is the last man from the ’06 team that fell short.
The same people now who are saying he’s playing for a contract are just bullshitting…making excuses of why Wright has improved. I said multiple times during the offseason that a big year was coming for Wright and people were gonna start eating their words. Sure enough. We’ve had the same conversation about Reyes last year, but the difference here is that…
A) Wright doesn’t wanna go anywhere else and he’s not gonna hold out till the end of the season. He’s had the chance to, but no cigar.
B) The people who showered Reyes with praise are too stubborn to give the same credit to Wright. They are biding their time for him to fall off. On a side note, wouldn’t it be funny if it was July and Wright was still flirting with .400? Has a Met (besides Olerud) come close to Ted’s record?
Maybe he is playing for a contract? All that means is the guy is capable of doing that if given the right motivation and it’s the job of the manager to keep motivating him mto be all he can be!
This is my biggest problem with those who malign what a player does based on his contract status!
You pay a player for what he is CAPABLE of doing. It’s the manager and coaches job to see he does what he is capable of!
Either by showing him what he did when he was playing for a contract or keeping him motivated to be the best he can be!
There will always be haters especially among a team’s own fans vs other teams fans who boo a player cause he wears an opposing team’s jersey, has been caught using steroids or has been a boor on the field but David does not fit here.
He has handled his time with Mets as a professional and you never hear off the field problems with him or from other players who in the end are his competitors and his peers.
He had a bad two years and now is playing like the player he would have become if not for beaning, back stress fracture, trying to please nay sayers when Citi opened over hitting more HR.
He is a line drive hitter with power to RF so he will continue to play, be an example to younger Metsies and put up numbers to become all star at 3b and if he continues to perform consideration for MVP at season’s end but it is April and all the Wright detractors can say what they want, he is putting up number between the lines that even words on a blog can’t touch him.
Go David !
Younger Metsies? You mean he is reproducing? Oh geez…
j/k there big fella. a little levity to break up the same old same old comments.
Clayton,
The Wheel House brought up the subject of Wright’s hot start being influenced by his current contract status. It’s a FAIR point! I think it’s LESS fair and more dishonest to say that his current contract status has nothing to do with his success right now. And it is MAY.
My personal take shouldn’t surprise anyone
I don’t like the guy, he’s not my kind of player in the least bit and I’m not gonna let a hot start on a contract status year..in MAY…influence any long term deals. Also he has proven to be a FLOPEROO under pressure in a pennant race. I’d wait before signing him but I probably would look to move him for young SP studs.
We won’t know if Wright has turned it completely around and would be a go to guy if the Mets are ever in a pennant race while he’s on the team. But to me it’s too risky to give big money…..right now…in MAY…to a guy who’s proven to come up small in a pennant race.