First – who are we to say whether he is a leader? I’ve heard players and TC say that Wright as well as Johan are the team’s leaders. Heck in June he even said he wasn’t going to give the team any pep talks prior to playing NYY but leaving it to Wright & Johan.

So what I don’t really understand is if we’re being told he’s the leader – who are we to say it’s wrong?

Second – Who is the leader on Baltimore? Oakland? Pittsburgh? etc. Does it default to the best player?

What do you want from a “leader” that you don’t see from David Wright? You can’t tell me performance, because there’s no rule that says to be the leader you need to be the best on the team (See: Jason Varitek). And Wright’s performance has clearly lead the team in many areas. I mean, are we trying to say he was a leader in the 1st half but not the 2nd half?

You can’t tell me actions because he fought to stay on the field, has played through injury, and has stood up for his teammates (like when Ike got upset over called 3rd strike).

So what do you want? What makes a baseball player a leader to you? I feel like people just say it because it makes them sound more knowledgeable.

How about do Joe D riding Shotgun with Justin Hampson lololololoolllool….

I was also surprised when all the young players and guys like Willie Harris(A Vet) mentioned Reyes as the unquestionable leader of the team.

And quite honestly if you payed attention throughout the season it was evident Reyes was the leader with something subtle as that claw/spotlight thingy that every player on the team did. Which was spearheaded by Reyes.

A lot of people didnt like it but i loved it and im sure many young kids(fans) loved it as well, they looked like they were loose and having fun. I would bring my kids to one of those Mets game if they were having fun and playing like they did last year because I know theyd have fun watching that team. But not this year this team is a drag they are lifeless, last years squad fought even when they were losing

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Joe D – Executive Editor
Met Maniac – Pitching Analysis
Alex68 – Position player Analysis
Metsie – Fan Correspondent
Vinny B/Leroy – Roster Analysis
Donal – Intern.

LMAO!!!!!!!!

He definitely should have linked Claytons article since thats where he got the idea. They do it with Adam Rubin all the time, they have become a strictly copy paste blog.

I also love how he suggests Wright is struggling because he is trying to overcompensate for the teams struggles and mentions 2007 & 2008 just totally skips over the most recent years of 2009 to the present 2012 the most recent trend!!!

I’m tired of that excuse that Wright is struggling because he’s trying to carry the team. When is Wright ever struggling because of bad pitch recognition, bad at bats….When is he ever to blame for his poor play???

EXCUSE EXCUSES EXCUSES!!!!

I’ve never heard Pujols is struggling because he is trying too hard to carry the team. That is pure fanboy talk

http://metsblog.com/metsblog/david-wright-has-struggled-in-the-2nd-half-this-season/

Looked like it came right out of yours.

Well much to the dismay of some of the counterparts of the FO this one does seem to keep things closer to the vest so it’s entirely possible that they could even be working on that contract right now.

Like for example, not making an offer to Jose Reyes, who can honestly say they saw that coming?

And Murph and Duda weren’t exactly lighting it on fire consistently the whole first half. They both had brief hot stretches, but stunk for awhile too…and Wright still hit well pretty much the whole first half. So I don’t think its all about the rest of the lineup. He was getting pitched around a ton in the first half too…the difference was he wasn’t swinging at the bad pitches (and he was hitting the pitches when they did throw strikes)

And the Mets should extend Wright. Yeah it sucks that he sucked so far in the second half…but slumps happen. He’s still more productive than anyone they are going to get…especially at 3b

- He’s NOT a go-to guy. Like I said in the past he’s a 3rd or 4th best player on a team, or even a 5th if you include his entire game
- He’s NOT a guy you build around. He’s a guy you acquire to build around the pieces you have
- He’s NOT a leader. He’s only the guy with the most time served on a bad team but he’s NO leader. The only reason the leader/captain thing lasted so long this year is because most of the team is newer guys. Before that we heard the captain thing every single spring and it usually disappeared like 2 weeks into the season when the rest of the team would wind up following guys like Beltran or somebody else.

He’s not a go-to guy, he’s NOT a leader. He’s a good player that can hit well, is a 3rd – 4th best run producer on a good team and should be paid as such. He’s also an okay fielder, his hustle leaves a lot to be desired and although he has had some big hits this year you put it into the context of the type of season they had. Let’s see him get big hits during a pennant run for whatever team he winds up with before i can ever believe he’s turned some kind of corner in that department.

So until then, he’s STILL not a clutch player either.