22
2012
David Wright Feels Privileged To Know “The Plan”
An article by Hojo's Mojo
In a column for Newsday, Marc Carig posted comments that David Wright made this week while discussing the way he envisions his role on the team. The Mets third baseman understands that he is now the public face of the franchise and that the fans now expect him to ultimately lead this team to a post season run.
“I want to do everything I can to meet the goals that I have and the goals the organization has,” he said this past week.
Carig reports that Wright was clued in by Sandy Alderson that they were likely trading away R.A. Dickey, and that he did not hesitate to offer his endorsement immediately after the trade was officially announced. Wright also called to introduce himself and welcome both Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard to the organization, which he’s done before in the past with Zack Wheeler and Mets top draft picks Brandon Nimmo and Gavin Cecchini.
With regard to the plan, which for now only a select few know, Wright said he feels privileged to know what the future holds, but that he won’t make any recommendations unless he’s asked to.
“Am I lucky and do I feel privileged that Sandy has shown me and talked about the plan moving forward? Of course,” Wright said. “But by no means am I going to be — unless he asks me my input on something — I’m not going to be in his ear trying to convince him to do this or that. If he asks my opinion, I’ll be more than happy to share it.”
Thoughts from Joe D.
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Very happy to hear that the best position player and greatest clutch hitter in Wright knows the plan and if he supports the plan so do I. Get it done Sandy!
I have seen the light on Wright and finally looked at his numbers and he’s a class act and future hall of famer. I am sorry Omar wasted so much of his prime. Anyway hope he wins a ring one day and can’t wait till he gets into the hall of fame.
” I am sorry Omar wasted so much of his prime.”
-For one shouldnt Wright be heading into his prime years now???
-And by wasting his prime you mean having guys around him like Beltran,Delgado,Reyes,Santana,Pedro,Wagner….Even Castillo and Bay were considered upgrades when they were acquired….
I guess Omar wouldve done Wright a favor by putting alltime greats like Andres Torres,Scott Hairston,Willie Harris, Mike Baxter around him instead??SMH…ridiculous
Maybe you would think differently about wasting his prime had wright batted higher than the .170 hr put up in the NLCS in 2006 against the Cards.
Beltran takes heat for looking at that third strike but at least he showed up for the series. Wright is the biggest reason we lost.
Are we really going to go back all the way to 2006 and complain about what was done over a whopping 7 game sample? Besides Wright wasn’t the biggest reason they lost. The bullpen was. Blowing Game 2 was the big key of that series. Wright getting 3 more hits over the course of the 7 games and hitting .280 instead of .160 doesn’t guarantee the Mets would have won.
Besides the Mets could do a lot worse than losing a playoff series in 7 games.
But I agree Beltran should not take any heat. He was great.
That series was blown by the bullpen more so than Wright’s bad series. Game 2 was the killer after we got all over Carpenter n the 1st inning and Shawn Green misplaying Spiezios triple of Mota, jumping for a ball against the wall that hit him in the wrist. he makes that play and we win that series. Nobody says anything when Wright hit 333 in the NLDS. The 2 Carlos’ are the only ones that hit in that series it wasn’t just Wright. Wright also gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in Game 7. They failed to add on runs.
Reyes hit that series …… Won game 6 by himself. And a guy named Chavez played ok. Mr. Maine did as well. Wright was terrible. That is a fact. He left tons of guys on base. Other than game 3 all of the other loses we’re winnable. He didn’t show up. Let’s not sugarcoat it. The guy is a good player but so is Aramis Ramirez, Ryan Zimmerman, Pablo Sandoval and a host of others who play third. Won’t even mention the Beltres and Longorisa and Cabreras. He may be the only good player we have left , but let’s not build statues of the guy. He is here and will be here for next 8 years because they showed him the money. Which given he is the last one around, they had to show it to someone lest be accused of being Marlin like.
They showed him the money b/c he’s been a great player. Killing him for a 25 AB sample 6 years ago is silly.
They hit 231 in that series as a team with the 2 Carlos’ doing most of the damage. Reyes hit 280 but only had a 300 OBP for a leadoff hitter, that’s terrible. He had a good game 6 but lets not make it look like anybody other than Beltran and Delgado had a good series. If not for those 2 we get swept. And nobody is saying to erect a statue of Wright just not judge him off one series. He did hit 333 the series before that. Even Barry Bonds was non existent in his first 4 tries in the postseason.
In 2008 Eva Longoria was 4-15 in diivision series (2HR) , then 7-27 (4HR) in LCS not bad for the clutch hitting Eva, then he went to the WS and was a whopping 1-20, so which is it , is he Mr Clutch or Mr Choke. The answer is, it’s baseball and the best clutch players fail. Judging Wright on that series is ridiculous.
Now, if a few more can get clued in on “The Plan,” we might make some headway.
My only point is let’s not separate Wright from the losing. He is as big a part of it as the rest of the high paid stars we have had. But he was so lame in that series they were walking Delgado every chance they got.
Fair enough. But when people talk of “the losing” I don’t think its 2006 they are talking about.
I know the plan too…. Talk a lot, do nothing, hope nobody notices and have one player with a big contract.
“The Plan”….is this some kind of a cult?
LoL
David Wright is just a good guy , he works hard, sacrifies himself for the team, tries to be a leader on and off the field . He puts up above average mlb numbers over his career . He is the type of guy not only every GM would be proud to have , he is also everybodys darling , he is the type of guy a mum would love for her daughter . Thats beeing said , its just “normal” that he has a lot of h aters , the good ones will always have . All i can say is he is OUR CAPATAIN, he is ours , so enjoy the ride for the next 8years or do us all a favour and switch to the yanks . GO METS
Lay off the merlot. What color pompoms are you getting for Christmas?
i still wait which ones your son is willing to give up
you know you always act so smart yet you only come up with such a bull in response to my comment . its funny
Kind of low bringing the guy’s kid and family into it.
yeah right now i am a taliban , a high criminal, but that no one asked him to wrote such a bull in the first place is meaningless? or wait, i could act like one of those morons and respond to his bull like this ” oh i feel offendend, he insulted me, buhu , he says i´m a alcoholic and ga y , please moderate this, buhu …” no dude , i just give it back to him . and jeez dont act like i am a monster .
its pretty much a lose-lose situation whenever you respond to one of these guys angelo. (I’m sure you know that already)
thats for sure, but you cant give the idiots the field all the time
I didn’t say you were a monster. But I dont see anything he said that would let you insult his kid. Just saying to show some class after the tragedy with the children this past week. Sorry for trying to keep things civil. Do whatever you want.
there is tragedy with kids involved every single day , so excuse me for not holding this particular act (besides his tragedy for sure) up in the air . i would feel a little hipocrite then . and another thing is, how did i insult??? jeez , i saw it (obviously for every one witha pair ) as a joke , and besides that . Is it “civil” in 2013 to say someone relates me to a “gay” is an insult ??? is beeing gay a bad thing or some disease ??? hmmm??? so please , either stay quiet or double check your opinions of “civil”
Where did he call you gay? Was this on another thread? You keep saying you’re a gay but I dont see it anywhere.
Im sorry I dont see where he called u G.ay….maybe thats your own homophobia
OMG is this guy insane or something? He’s making it sounds like God gave him the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai. I wonder if he had to take his shoes off when he entered sandy’s office because he was on holy ground.
Right has goodie two shoes so he was allowed to walk over fire with his shoes on.
LOL
LmaO!!! Hahahahahhahaha!!!
No Maniac don’t you understand they didn’t give him the 10 Commandments….
They gave him the Bible…..
the Good Book of the hottest Religion since Islam and the Koran
MONEYBALL!
David is a good guy. I like him and root for him, and he’s a wonderful player. I hope by the time he’s 38 he can rival RA in character. I will really miss him.
How about let’s not bury Wright over his performance in the 2006 NLCS. Other players with greater talents have failed more miserably than D.W. in 2006. Winning is a team effort, so is losing. Example: Barry Bonds.
2002 World Series vs. Anaheim. Bonds hit .471 w/ 4 HR in the 7 games but SF lost anyway. On the flip side was Bonds poor playoff reputation. In 1991 with the Pirates he hit just .148 with only 1 2B and no RBI in their NLCS loss to Atlanta. In 1992 he did a “little” better, hitting .261 with a HR but only 2 RBI in yet another 7 game loss to Atlanta. Now, by and large, steroids aside, wouldn’t most people consider Bonds the greater talent between himself & Wright? The point is, stop castigating Wright for his playoff failures because he’s not the 1st All Star player who has failed in the postseason and he won’t be the last.
I think Alderson has the same “plan” the Jets coaches had for Tebow when the Jests closed practice to the public.It was top secret.Than the secret plan completely bombed.I expect more of the same..
This could very well be true….Hence the constant talk of Wright being the franchise then Collins talking about putting the C on his jersey. Its like force feeding Mets fans Wright…for memorabilia and ticket sales….
Yes, Wright is a good player but What else should we look forward to as Mets fans? One player doesnt mean Jacksh*t in the MLB
How sad, David Wright felt he had to sell his soul for a big contract. I thought Damn yankees was a fantasy. Oh well.
I am reminded of the description of the officers dinner table on the Pequod. Wright would be Flask, last to be seated and first to be done, but at least he knows the plan.
Wright has 130 million reasons to like the plan,his uncle fred and sandy gave him a great Chistmas present for his loyalty to the Wilpons,AS far as winning goes doesnt matter as long as hes getting PAID.The plan IS TO KEEP YOU BUYING TICKETS ,WITHOUT SPENDING ANY REAL MONEY ON PUTTING TOGETHER A REAL BASEBALL TEAM.BE HAPPY MET AND D WRIGHT FANS WE HAVE OUR 3RD BASEMAN WHO NEEDS AN OUTFIELD OR A CY YOUNG PITCHER WHEN WE HAVE A THIRD BASEMAN THAT KNOCKED IN A WHOPPING 93 RBI, WOW AMAZING/KEEP DRINKING THE COOL AID
Imagine how bright our future would have been if we traded Wright and Reyes for prospects….
LOL he has seen the “PLAN”?
And the plan seems to be to what Cord found in the book of knowledge in the movie Circle of Iron….
Men would fight and die trying to see what was in the book and Cord winning all of his battles looked in the book and all he found was “HIMSELF”
My guess is when David looked in the book that had the PLAN he saw the same thing….
The plan was we’re gonna pay you $138M to continue to be the Wilpons…..MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE….and RA Dickey played the part of Denzel(in the remake of course)he was setup by the Wilpons and the NY Post…lol