18
2012
The San Francisco Giants Should Trade For David Wright
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What the Mets should do with David Wright after the 2012 season has been the talk of the town as the season winds down. There has been a healthy mix of opinions on what the Mets should actually do with regards to David – some argue to hang on to the aging third baseman, while others want to trade him while the Mets can still lure top tier prospects for him. One team that may be in the need of a third baseman, and always has prospects in the reserves, is the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants currently have Pablo Sandoval under contract until the year 2014. The problem is he can’t stay on the field. He’s always injured, most likely due to his inability to stay in shape. His nickname is panda, which isn’t exactly the fittest animal in the animal kingdom. I have my suspicions that the Giants may be growing tired of the Panda’s antics. The Giants fans aren’t far behind, growing more and more frustrated with their loveable panda every day. That’s because Sandoval would be better suited for an American League team. In the AL, he could play the field when needed, but be used primarily in a DH role. He still has a very solid bat when he is healthy. For that reason, the Giants would be wise to try and move Sandoval to an AL team while they can get some value for him.
Once the Giants move Sandoval there will be a glaring hole at third base. The question is, would the Mets be able to lure away some top prospects from the Giants in exchange for Wright? Two prospects that I would love to see in the Mets organization are Gary Brown and Joe Panik. Joe Panik is a native New Yorker (actually graduated from the same high school as I did), played his college ball at St. John’s, and has all the makings to be a solid middle infielder. Gary Brown is a solid defensive outfielder and a speedster, who could be a legit leadoff hitter at the top of the Mets lineup for the foreseeable future. Both of these players seem to be a lock to be productive major leaguers, which takes some of the mystery out of the equation for the Mets if the decide to trade Wright.
Joe Panik dominated in his time at St. John’s
If the Mets do decide to trade Wright, they will be looking to get some prospects that can help the team right away. Gary Brown projects to be ready in 2013, and Joe Panik in 2013-14. Would that be enough for the Mets trade David Wright? Has Pablo Sandoval’s inability to stay in shape and injury risk finally pushed the Giants to the brink? Only time will tell. It’s starting to get chilly outside, so it’s time to start heating up the stove.
About the Author: Mitch Petanick
Mitch is currently an Editor and Minor League Analyst for Mets Merized Online. His baseball experience includes being a former All-Conference collegiate baseball player who had numerous professional tryouts, and he is currently a hitting instructor. He has been involved with the game of baseball for over 30 years now as a player, coach, and consultant. Mitch is also a former Featured Columnist on Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @FirstPitchMitch.
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Mitch… I’ve been saying it for 2 years now. appearantly his OBP is enough to convince some people he’s a legit threat in a lineup or some sort of superstar. the guy is a good player who can put up decent numbers, and in lineup where he doesn’t have to be the guy or think too much he can put up great numbers ( see 2006-2008), we can get some good prospects for him specially since he had a good season in 2012, but i can’t see why we should extend the guy when he’s provided 17 HR in a super season then pay the guy 17+ Million per year for the next five. while his value is up we should trade the guy instead of signing him to an extension…
To quote a guy here when jose reyes left “it’s not as if we won anything with him, good riddance”. so there, that should be the same take on him instead of someone or anybody for that matter to say the mets “have to sign him”. Not they don’t. they should trade him.
Mitch, the CORE salute you!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Maybe David Wright stays, or maybe he goes. Sandy will decide. But for some of us, the anger and sarcasm live on after Jose ditched us for the big bucks.
He had a nice stretch there from 05-10 but his better days are behind him
Legit threat in the lineup and superstar are two totally different things.
He is a legit threat in the lineup. As to superstar, I don’t think anyone would place him on the same level as a Pujols type.
You take such joy in grabbing every chance to knock Wright or throw him under the bus. I can never understand why your hate for someone who has done so much for this team.
Sure..Let’s trade with Giants again.After all, adding Ramirez and Torres worked out so great this season.
Well, didn’t we get the great Zack Wheeler FROM the giants? Maybe we get lucky again no? you cannot compare how things work out sometimes.
um…. really guys?!?! You’re going to trade the best homegrown met since TOM SEAVER!!! really?!?! For um…two guys who have proven very very little in professional baseball?!?!?! Stop it! Just stop it please! Panik is entirely unproven and doesn’t project to be a stud. Brown is a speedy raw dime a dozen prospect. Mets have plenty of guys with athleticism and nothing else. Brown cant hit righties….really!?!?! Stop these weird fantasy trade. If the Mets trade wright, we better get AT LEAST one bona fide top of the farm prospect. If we get wheeler for Beltran we need much much more for Wright!
again, i am not suggesting trading this guy for those two, quite frankly i know little about them, but i a msure that THREE GM’S can do a better job than we do (or at least i hope so).
and about your comment: “You’re going to trade the best homegrown met since TOM SEAVER!!! ” I think you’re stretching it a little bit no??
Stretching what?? Who was better? yes David has had some frustrations but name on player? Doc? NO Straw? NO. Maybe it was Kevin Mitchell? Or Gregg Jeffries? Or Paul Wilson? Buddy Harrelson? All this hatred for David is weird…but the fact remains….no player has done what he has in a mets uniform by the age of 30.
um Daryl strawberry BEST season was worse than the season david is having this year. You cant even come close to comparing the two. Daryl hit a bunch of HR’s some of them clutch. Rarely hit close to .280 and was a constant clubhouse distraction. i loved him too but its not even close! Doc had ONE dominant season ONE. Then he had a couple of great seasons and followed by a mediocre career with horrible distractions and wasted talent. Its not even close. No hitter for the mets has come close to his career numbers period! Its pure hatred! And its weird!
Mets fans love to dislike David Wright. They all forget how insanely clutch he was and how dominant he was before the abomination of citi field destroyed him. They forget how outside of a month long stretch he was one of the top 5 hitters in baseball this year. Daryl NEVER had stretches of dominance like David has had. Doc had one.
Ummm, dwight gooden had one good season???? The man was the Ace of the staff, was ROY from the get go, Cy Young in the second season, ohh, and during a 7 year stretch, where he started 200 games the guy went 117-46 (721 winning %) 54 CG 20 SHO 1500 IP and 1400 K avg 8.2 K/P while only walking 2 per 9 IP, ohhh, not to mention, he was top 7 Cy young pitcher in 5 of those season (including one he was hurt). You must be outside your mind when talking about what at one point was the BEST PITCHER in the NL. David at no point in his career was consider the best player on the mets!!! Stop it ok? I know you like the guy, but to put him as the best POSition player on the mets is insane.. clutch??/ come on bro,.,, Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!
either your memory is off or you dont know as much about baseball as you think. Do you realize that doc made one all star game after 86?? Do you realize that he wasnt even the best pitcher on the mets after 88? (Cone and viola for a year). I love Doc i really do….but to compare a meteor that rose and fizzled before he turned 25 to a guy who has put up better numbers than any other player at his position in a mets unform for years in insane!!! Also….you only call him unclutch because you can only remember the times he wasnt. I assure you he was for many years before that. and has been many times since.
stats wise it says so, yeah… But you cannot tell me he was a better player than strawberry ever was, or dwight gooden and what he accomplished, it’s not hatred, it’s just reality. i think the fact that we didn’t win anything with him or jose reyes puts both of them a little behind those 2 imho,.. it’s not hatred, i think winning and accomplishments as well gives a player more recognition to a franchise than even stats sometimes..
That is my opinion, you have yours of course..
BTW how else do you judge a player besides stats?!? Leadership David! Playing hard? David and yes even clutch!!! David has had his downs being clutch….but I assure you….he has come through many many many MANY more times than either of those players!
They all forget how insanely clutch he was and how dominant he was before the abomination of citi field destroyed him”
Uhhh, yeah. i actually forgot how “insanely” clutch he was before citi field, my mind must be playing tricks on me… (Roll Eyes).
I dont get it are you denying it or remember it? Let me show you some numbers:
2004 risp: .281
2005 risp :.298
2006 risp: .365
2007 risp .310
2008 is when his struggles started but didnt always continue. Hmmm weird huh. noone seems to remember the guy who was guranteed to get a clutch hit. Because Mets fans loooove to hate our greatest player simply because he isn’t Miguel Cabrera!!!
Lmao, the greatest player??? You have got to be kidding me… I am done with you, i should’ve ended or stop reading your comment as soon as you mention the word CLUTCH and david wright in the same sentence…
Dude hit 243 with RISP in 2008, i had no beef with him up until late 2007 when he hit into a bunch of DP and rally killing outs, but i gave him a pass, as well as in the 2006 playoffs when he disappear, but the year it matter the most, the guy just wasn’t the same player he was in 2006 and part of 2007… Greatest my ass.. The team was built to take the pressure of him with beltran and delgado, once he became the guy look at our team now. come on dude, stop making a fool of yourself!
I knew youd bring up 2008. Like i said he had one tough year. Get over it!!! You aren’t a Mets fan as much as a Mets hater who follows the mets!! You hate him because he doesn’t come through EVERY SINGLE TIME. You complain about 2006 forgetting that he hit .360 in september!!!!! Also he had 6 RBI in the playoffs!! not monstrous but not “disappearing”
You forget him hitting .370 in august and Septemeber of 2007 with over 40 RBI while the entire team was collapsing!!! What about .340 in spetember of your horrible 2008 once again while the team collapsed!
Mets fans like you have short memories!
Did you just become a Met fan yesterday? The Mets have been trading their best homegrown players since infancy, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Darryl and Doc, Jose Reyes ring any bells? Why do you think a scrub like Ed Kranepool holds almost every Mets hitting record because he was great? Answer = No, it’s because we’ve always traded our best homegrown players.
Daryl doc and reyes weren’t traded….but i agree We never hold on to players because everyone is impatient and Mets fans have always loved to hate them!
Lets trade David Wright to the Cardinals for Carlos Beltran. What do ya say?
The article isincredible. first you proclaim Sandoval basiccally worthless because he is always hurt, which is not true, then you proclaim that Giants will have a massive hole at third when they trade this guy who you claim is alwaysa hurt. How can they have a massive hole by trading a guy you proclaim to be always hurt???? Then you make unsabastantiated statements that the Giant fans and FO are tired of him, Where is your prooff? And if the Giants need to trade the panda because he’s always hurt why would they want David Wright who has spent significant time on the DL over the years as well, is older than the the panda and supposedly gets freaked out playing in big parks!!!! If he can’t handle cty field how could he handle that even bigger rightcenter in SF?
Think you’re wrong about Wright spending significant time on the DL over the years.
Starting with his first full season in the MLs:
2005: 160 games
2006: 154 games
2007: 160 games
2008: 160 games
2009: 144 games (15 day DL at the hands of a Cain beaning to the head late in season)
2010: 157 games
2011: 102 games (approx. 7 weeks on the DL with a broken back)
2012: 142 games so far
Conclusion: 1 season in his ML career so far where he spent any significant time on the DL.
How exactly does that equate to ‘significant time on the DL over the years’?
My proof the fans are growing tired comes from reading their comments first hand…there is also talk of benching Sandoval, so there are issues at third base for the Giants. And I did not say he was worthless I simply stated he is better suited to be on an AL team since he is better suited to be a DH considering he can’t stay in shape, nor did I proclaim there to be a “massive” hole at third – I stated there would be a glaring hole if they traded Sandoval. Just some advice…If you are going to attack writers for their opinions, and want people to take you serious, you should consider using spell check before commenting.
Mitch…..spell check can’t find exaggeration!
Two things ….. the 3B best years are still in front of him….he ‘s still getting better……and the NYM don’t trade players because other tean
Teams Might want them….and no that is true for our best players….not the obverse