I was also thinking about how Sandy said he wasn’t concerned about d’Arnaud past injuries and now says “we also had to take into account his injury history and his value to us going forward for the future.”

Can understand his concern but not why he felt the need to downplay that in December. Hasn’t he learned by now that being more honest with the fan base calls for less second guessing down the road? Nobody would have been upset if he said at the time of the trade “we also had to take into account his injury history and his value to us going forward for the future.” instead of waiting to now but now, with the way we have been treated to double-talk before, one wonders if the Mets were concerned about him being injury prone like we were with his prior back injuries, etc.

NO!

Seems the FO actually agrees with me for once and that MINOR (as some suggested) Non Surgery needing injury and all the other past injury issues are something they will have to protect and keep an eye on….

I think eventually we might get back to the days where guys like John Stearns man the dish … guys that’d make you really think twice before you ran into them (anyone remember the Dave Parker collision?) … you watch Yadier Molina, he will always line his left knee up with the third base line and get into this real tight crouch behind his shinguard so if you try to slide into him you get a knee in the face or chest. Runners will combat that by coming in high (I’ve even seen some try what I can only describe as a modified stiff arm) but if the catcher gets into a tight crouch behind the knee, not much the runner can do without risking serious injury — especially if the catcher gives the runner the outside part of the plate like he’s supposed to. Problem with d’Arnaud is it was his left knee I believe that was the problem, so that may not be an option.

Don’t forget to include me in that!

As for Wright, true Jeff Wilpon was very vocal about Wright but I don’t see Salderson hemming and hawing, stuttering, or choosing his words carefully when discussing Wright’s contract. In fact he sounds very, very relaxed and in complete agreement that signing Wright was the correct move. I mean i hear that if it were up to Salderson he would have let Wright go but that’s just heresay. When I see Salderson talking about? He seems happy as Matt Cerrone would be if he were to wake up one morning and find MessRockwell’s bloody head at the foot of his bed, lol.

Strange because Sandy wanted to trade Wright, and Jeff stepped in and signed him. When it comes to big contracts the owner makes the call. But you’re far too inept to understand that.

The Mets trying to protect their young catcher who has had a knee problem and a concussion before is smart.