David Wright Bittersweet As He Closes In On Mets All Time Hits Record

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• Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 7:23 am

  Good for him… Now put him in the block, trade him and finish building for 2014
• gorgeguy September 24, 2012 at 7:35 am

  I’ve always like DW as a person. Maybe as a #2 or #6 hitter, the Mets keep him. He’s just not clutch enough for a #3.
  • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 8:02 am

    Gorge, about 5 years ago (2008) i said that, til lthis day i hold my position on the guy. good player to have, sure is a nice kid (Actually met him and spoke to him in 2006), however, the guy is just not the playeryou build your franchise with. the put up huge numbers because of the talent surrounding him, when he was not pointed as the main guy, he was stress free and one of the most deadliest clutch hitter in the game, he was actually my MVP and would’ve been in 2007, but then. the roof came crashing down after the 2008 season, teams figure out that it was easier to pitch to him than beltran or delgado, and the whole Dwright is unclutch was put out there. of course, when some of us noticed that, and express our sentiment, we were cast out and label haters.
    • Metsie September 24, 2012 at 12:39 pm

      I doubt anyone would say David Freese is a guy you would build your team around either but where would St Louis be without him?

      If you accept that Wright isn’t a guy who is going to carry your team and look at him from the perspective that he is a guy who can help THAT GUY who DOES carry a team then you would want to keep him.

      Without him even if you got the guy you wanted to build around you would be forced to look for guys like Wright who are EXACTLY the type of guys you build around him with!
• srt September 24, 2012 at 8:14 am

  Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Wright has had enough of this organization and decides to move on. Which would translate to the extension can’t be worked out and they trade him. Wherever he might wind up he would only have to be there one year or less until he can declare FA.
  • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 8:21 am

    I am not sure i understand your take. does HE hold any leverage at all here?? Has had enough????? what exactly do you mean by that?? While other players leave and get bashed, somehow you’re making up an excuse for the guy? is that what’s going on here?
    • srt September 24, 2012 at 8:50 am

      Yes, he holds some leverage. He can resist any and all offers for a contract extension, no matter what the offer. If/when that happens, I’m assuming we will be trading him sooner rather than later.

      Excuse? Where did I say that?
      More like a choice – as in his choice if there are contract extension talks, whether or not he’ll try and work out one to stay in NY.
    • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 9:20 am

      He has NO LEVERAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this ain’t the NBA where players bit** and moan about playing for a team and DEMAND trades. if he doesn’t wanna talk extension EVEN BETTER, trade the choker to a team that offer the better package, holding leverage is telling the mets where you wanna be traded to and get that wish, for all i care he can be traded to KC if means we’re getting the best package/deal for him. the mets hold the option for next year, he doesn’t, guess who has the leverage? the mets or him? you think ANYBODY within their right mind would give this guy $18 Million +? come on get real, the guy will not be worth anything near that, hell, Aramis Ramirez making right now $4 million less than this guy with better production than this guy. If we’re cleaning our act of not overpaying for players who will be unproductive, we should start with this guy, Trade him while his value is up, i doubt it’d be as high as it is now.
      • srt September 24, 2012 at 9:24 am

        If you don’t get that he can turn down any and all offers of a contract extension with the Mets, then I give up.
        • OssMets September 24, 2012 at 11:55 am

          As long as Santana is gone first, i’m fine with rebuilding……..
      • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 9:31 am

        Alex, of course Wright has some leverage on the Mets. The acquiring team may very well want an extension window, when that happens the Mets get more prospects. Thus just as Johan dictated where the Twins traded him, Wright’s personal wishes can have an impact as well.
      • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 9:42 am

        You’re talking extention?? Who cares about that. the mets can shut that down as well, hell, they can’t even start the conversation, same as they did with reyes. My point is, they hold his option, they alone can pick it up and decide whether they wanna talk or don’t. wright can go to them and say let’s talk extention, but if the mets say “yeah, no, we’ll pick up your option and see you at the end of the season, what leverage does he have?
        • srt September 24, 2012 at 9:44 am

          I think we both detailed it above. No need to reiterate what we already said.
          If you don’t want to accept that scenario can happen, that’s your choice.
          • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 9:47 am

            Agreed.
          • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 10:07 am

            Imo, he has no leverage. he’s an above avg 3rd baseman with little power but good OBP and he’d want to get pay as a run producer. pass.
• Gina September 24, 2012 at 10:40 am

  He should not only be re-signed, but on the day they announce it in signing ceremony, Terry Collins should be there to slap the “C” on his chest.
  • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 10:43 am

    Gina, no offense but who cares about some dang letter on a chest? The players certainly don’t take their cues from someone telling them that he’s a captain. It just happens. Naming a captain is for fans not for players. This isn’t high school baseball.
    • Gina September 24, 2012 at 10:50 am

      It’s symbolic and lesser players have worn it for the Mets. Psychologically it may even have an effect on Wright in his performance and the way he carries himself. Plus it gives current or future players something to aspire to. There’s nothing wrong with it and I can’t think of anything negative that would come from it aside from a a few negative posters here and on Metsblog. He’s about to break the final and most important Met hitting record of all. He already broke all the others. What more would it take to recognize him and give him the respect he deserves especially if they re-sign him?
      • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 11:13 am

        I just don’t see a point to it. It means nothing to the players themselves as far as who they will seek leadership from.
    • Kay September 24, 2012 at 5:47 pm

      I have stated numerous times, I really hate the whole Captain thing in professional sports. Not necessary and juvenile.
  • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 11:03 am

    Gina, you’re something else you know that? we all know you love DW the person, i am not sure if you’re being clear as to why the mets need to extend the guy or why we should put a C on his chest. this is a losing franchise, we’re now naming players as Captains on a losing team? notice how all that talk about extending him and puting a C on his chest dyed down as soon as the mets hit the skid and startign losing at a historic rate? where was his leadership? where was the Captain when the team needed him the most? part of the reason this team was awful in the second half was because of him, i don’t understand why as soon as you say something that is 100% true about the guy one is being negative… Reyes could’ve easily had the HITS record had he been signed as a met, yet he was scrutinize to say the least, now we somehow have to sign this guy? what exactly have we won with him? wasn’t that the knock on reyes and beltran? we never won anything with those 2 good riddance, but with wright we’ve won less and we HAVE TO SIGN HIM? you guys and gals are very comical, we’re in financial decadence with this team and you wanna sign another jason bay for years to come? recognize? recognize what exactly? has he won MVP awards? WS Rings? what am i missing here… he’s not even borderline HOF and for the looks of it, he’s on the downside of his career no? i mean, 17 HR’s and 80 RBI for a “Run Producer” type player? yeah, good luck with that for years to come to anyone who break the bank for this guy. as i said since last year, TRADE HIM for the best value we can get.
    • Gina September 24, 2012 at 11:17 am

      What about all the losing years Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken had? Did you count those? How many world series did Ripken win after his rookie season for 20 years? Or Gwynn’s 20 years? I’m sure there are more example but those two came into my head first.
    • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 11:25 am

      So wait, are you comparing 2 HOF players with david wright?????? this conversation ends here, you’re clearly a fan of DW the good looking guy, not the ball player… moving on…
    • Mike September 24, 2012 at 5:40 pm

      Alex68 truer words were never spoken.I could’nt have said it better.
  • BXMets September 24, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Is the C for captain, clutch or choke artist? If it’s for the latter, I agree. Make it a red letter too.
    • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 11:28 am

      Is the C for captain, clutch or choke artist? If it’s for the latter, I agree. Make it a red letter too

      HA!!!!!!!! Captain my ass.. the guy was a hero during his hotness 2 months of the season, Captain this, leader that, extend him NOW, as soon as the mets became, well the mets, all that nonsense talk was never heard from again.. nobody wanted to peg him as the captain of this losing ballclub..
      • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 11:30 am

        Actually I never cared for it for adults anyway. What does it even mean? If the team says the player is a captain then other veteran players will blindly follow the guy through thick and thin? It’s a pointless gesture.
      • Alex68 September 24, 2012 at 11:34 am

        Not sure either, but i know guys with a C on their chest were consider winners, guys who lead by example on and off the field, guys who perform at a level to make the team better etc.. Unless you win a Ring for the team and accomplish to make your teammates better and respect you i don’t think you should have a C on your chest, but then again that’s my opinion.
        • TRS86 September 24, 2012 at 12:08 pm

          I want to say that Franco may have been our last captain. I always felt like they did that just for the fans during a dry spell to try to create things that weren’t there.
• srt September 24, 2012 at 5:58 pm

  Regarding this discussion of should Wright be the named Captain and is he a ‘true’ leader….

  I don’t believe any team needs a named Captain.

  True leader? What exactly is that definition anyway?
  I heard Phillips rant and rave one ESPN Sunday night game he called about how Beltran was soft, he wasn’t a leader at all, the Mets wouldn’t win anything with him, blah, blah, blah.

  I heard TC come out in support of Beltran as a leader in that clubhouse, with examples.
  So sounds like to me everyone’s idea of ‘leader’ is subjective. And for the record, Phillips sounded like an idiot that night.

  None of us really know what goes on in that clubhouse, who the team considers a leader type. In regards to Wright we know:

  – He didn’t want to go on the DL when he was beaned by Cain.

  – He admitted he resisted an MRI on his back for a long while last season b/c he hoped it was just a strain and would go away by itself. He actually said: ‘if I didn’t have the MRI, I wouldn’t have to be faced with a possible injury that could land me on the DL’.

  - He never went on the DL this season with that broken pinky. Sat out a couple of games and his first game back against Philly, in his first at bat, hit a HR.

  - He got into it with Terry when he lifted him in that early season game against the Brewers b/c Terry was worried they’d bean Wright. Not that it was Wright’s decision but he was having none of that. He was so mad he was replaced that his anger got the best of him, arguing that point with TC in the dugout and on air for all to see (if not hear).

  I would think these are admirable type qualities you’d want in a player. Maybe to a fault at times (as in the case of his broken back and not getting it diagnosed sooner). He’s not labeled ‘soft’, he appears to play with aches/pains/injuries that others would be on the DL for, and he always wants to be out there playing with the team, never asking for a day off nor thinking he needs one.

  Superstar or not, star or not, I would think you’d want 25 guys all with this type of ‘team first, me second’, type mindset.