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2013
Mets Could Have 60% Of Payroll On DL To Open 2013 Season
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With Opening Day less than two weeks away, the names of those who could open the season on the disabled list has more star power than the team we’ll see on the field come April 1 against the Padres.
Closer Frank Francisco told the team he is still not feeling right after a 31-pitch side session on Saturday. He is still trying to recover from inflammation following off-season surgery to remove above spur form his right elbow.
“It’s not like sharp pain, but I feel like it’s not 100%,” Francisco said afterward. “It only happens when I try to push more than what I have before.”
Francisco said he feels a sting after each pitch. He is owed $6.5 million and is in the final season of the the two-year, $12 million deal he signed prior the 2012 season.
There’s no chance that Johan Santana will be ready to open the season and it could be May until we see him again at all. He has yet to pitch in a game and once he reaches that point it will be like the start of Grapefruit League play and would need at least five appearances to build up his arm strength and endurance.
Santana is owed $25.5 million in 2013, the final guaranteed year of the longterm contract he signed with the Mets before the 2008 season.
Second baseman Daniel Murphy is still dealing with a moderate strain of his intercostal and has yet to play in a Grapefruit League game this spring. He has been shutdown after playing five innings of defense in a minor league game last Friday. According to manager Terry Collins, if Murphy doesn’t get on the field by this weekend, he could start the year on the disabled list.
“If he’s not back in a game, you’re down to seven days and that’s not a lot of time to get somebody who hasn’t done anything all spring, to get him ready,” Collins said.
That brings us to David Wright, who also is sidelined with a moderate strain of the intercostal. He has already been treated with a cortisone shot to his rib cage area and is in the third day of waiting for any sign of improvement.
Regardless, he will be reevaluated by team doctors on Friday and so far it’s playing out the same way it has for Daniel Murphy who has already missed more than a month. Year one of Wright’s eight year, $138 million contract is not off to a roaring start.
Just on those four players alone, Santana $25.5 million, Wright $11 million, Francisco $6.5 million and Murphy 2.95 million, the Mets are on the hook for $49.5 million dollars.
With a payroll that comes in at around $85 million, nearly 60% of it will likely be on the shelf on Opening Day.
There are other injuries the Mets are contending with as well such as Kirk Nieuwenhuis who has a bone bruise and Shaun Marcum is still building arm strength after missing a couple of starts.
But for the most part, and while all teams have bumps and bruises of their own this time of the year, I doubt any of them will have more than half of their payroll sitting idly on the sidelines come Opening Day.
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If the Mets had given any other 30-year old player coming off a second half like Wright did, a player who had a fractured back, and a concussion in last two years, that kind of deal everyone would have raised hell. But it’s David Wright, so..
Lmao, hey hey now… Maniac… Hey now…..
Oh Maniac,
I was hoping this Wright contract wouldn’t start hurting us until year three or four, oh well. I still think we should’ve traded Wright for prospects. People say, Oh Hank, the team would be no good if we traded Wright. And I’m like, the team is no good with Wright. And if we can get excited about d’Arnaud and Syndergaard, we’d get excited about the new kids coming in that deal as well. Second generation contracts are usually not a good idea. Second generation contracts for a team 2-3 years from competing…are never a really good idea.
It would be a good idea if we signed Wright…and Reyes….and picked up Beltran again ( on a short term contract ) …..and then Bourn….and supplemented them with kids like Travis…and Ike…and Jordany..and Tejada…and Duda…and Den Dekker…may the best kid win…and if not…we have depth in the event our 2nd generation contract players get hurt…
but thats not what we do….
we go into austerity mode for 3 years, then spend on Wright…then go right back into austerity mode when its time to pick up a free-agent.
Second generation contracts for a team 2-3 years from competing…are never a really good idea.”
Don’t tell that to Captain America’s ever loving fans…
Well, look at it this way, if next year DW happens to start the season in the DL, the mets will also have 60% of payroll on the DL
Starting in 2014, the hometown hero will always have a stranglehold on Mets overall payroll and be at least 25% to as much as 33% of the overall total payroll. Not even Beltran, Bay or Reyes could ever make that claim.
do you really think that from 2014-2018 the mets payroll will be no more than 80mill, and possibly as low as 60?
and that does not even take into account that some of his salary will be deferred.
As long as Sandy is the GM, YES. Ike David will be gone after a few fake attempts and leaks of an extension. Parnell will be non-tendered after the season. YES. Sandy, that bald, moneyballing, creep will stay on his path to maximize profits and keeping payroll in decline. Wake me up when this becomes about winning. And if you think that already, my neighbor knows a good shrink.
Look, Plans A, B, and C at this point are development of Matt Harvey, Zach Wheeler, and Travis D’Arnaud as the next coming of Doc, Darling, and well, maybe not Darryl.. And that’s it. If these guys fail, there will be no ticket money coming to save the Wilpons from their debt.
WRT Sandy, he’s going to be 67 years old and not be here forever. J.P. Ricciardi will be calling the shots by Jan. 2015.
Van, have you been not paying attention? From $140 to $80 in the blink of an eye, what do you think will happen next year? You think the mets all of the sudden will be big spenders in the FA market? I look for the guys who are here making next to nothing making the team again next year while everyone making over $5 million to be gone… Other than Wright, Niese and Davis what else get a pay raise? Think Sandy will spend next year when he hasn’t done it his whole time here? Pelase…. Wake up!!!!!!!!!
Maniac, the difference is, none of them are Captain America, so he gets a pass. By know you should know the difference when wright does something and when somebody else does. You know the deal!
Off topic, i know many of you people don’t like me and have publically express discontent with me and/or the CORE, so here i will give you a chance to redeem yourselves, another friendly wager, Team DR versus Team PR tonight for a chance to ban me up until opening days….
Put up or shut up, here’s your chance to ban me, so people from the desert, wright lovers, sabergooners and sandy lovers, let me know… I already got 2 people friendly ban from here, here’s the opportunity for payback. Here’s your chance….
No bets from me. I’ll be enjoying the game but not sure I’ll be leaning towards rooting for one team over the other. Both have some of my favorite ex-Mets.
I stopped caring if the Netherlands got eliminated.
SRT, tell your deser buddies to avange saltygary’s friendly banning from here… i am sure one of them is irking to get back at me… Think your leader since he’s always butting in and defending y’all will step in? Come on.. Time to get me friendly ban….
I can’t speak for anyone else but I’m willing to bet the majority who were watching were rooting for the USA. Not sure about the two teams now going for the championship.
Was interesting to see Japan get knocked out. I think everyone was assuming they’d win it all again.
I think everyone was assuming they’d win it all again.”
EVERYONE??? Based on what exactly??? Like i said, many people are always insulting me, trying to bait me to get ban, instigating, mocking the CORE, well, now’s your chance…. A friendly wager to get me out, Come on METRO12, Donal JesseP, SRT, HITMAN, etc… Now’s your chance and opportunity to do it. Hell, one week for you, up to opening day for me. Let me know!
I really admire the fact that you’re feeling really bold today, especially the fact that you wanna bet against me.
Well, you, or anybody that’s willing to take me up on the bet. come on, it’s just for fun… nothing too crazy. a friendly wager. let me know if you’re game. If you lose, one week, if i lose, i’ll be out of here until opening day April 1st. your call…
Alex – I have a bet with a dominican shorty coming to the crib tonight
If DR wins, we drink brugal, eat some plantano maduros with arroz con habichuelas, dance bachata con merengue buen apretao all night
If PR wins, we drink bacardi, eat some pasteles with arroz con pollo, dance reggaeton all night
a true win/win
I have no idea what you just said, but for some reason I am really hungry right now…
Lmao, now THAT is a bet!!! Lol….
Just from what I read online and the MLB guys doing the games.
I’m assuming they expected Japan ‘to be the team to beat’. Ha! Not this year.
I don’t know about everyone assuming that. I was thinking even before the USA game that the DR would win it all. I am hoping Beltran’s crew pulls it out tonight though…I like rooting for the underdog
Alex, why on earth would I want you banned or for that matter to get myself banned? What would we do? Heck, I might not have even started commenting here again if I hadn’t seen you commenting. I know, I know… sappy stuff. Back to normal. Alex you stink. There that feels better
Shocker…. You butt in, always defending your people, but when it’s real time to step up, you look for a lame ass excuse not to do it. Here’s your chance to defend SG’s honor and your blog, yet, you wave the white flag. Sad.
Did you not read what I wrote Alex? I have no desire to get either of us banned so why would I bet that?
Well, as much as i like you sometimes, a week without you and seeing you posting on every comment, butt in on every conversation, be a wise as$ here and there would do the CORE and i am sure a lot of people here some good.
Also, i am just giving you the opp to avenge SG’s friendly ban from here… BTW, tell salty gary the CORE salute him
Nah, we couldn’t let the Core run rampant now could we? Imagine Batman without the Joker and the Penguin.
Batman without the Joker and the Penguin”
He’d still have bane, enigma, mr freeze… Hell, he’d fight robin for the hell of it
LOL… what?
Want to laugh?
Look at this bonus clause in Wright’s contract. I put in bold.
8 years/$138M (2013-20):
2013: $11M
2014: $20M
2015: $20M
2016: $20M
2017: $20M
2018: $20M
2019: $15M
2020: $12M
Award Bonuses:
Will receive $0.5 million for first MVP, $1 million for second MVP, $1.5 million for third MVP.
I’m just hoping he finishes in the top ten voting in at least 3 of those 8 years, and he has a clause covering winning three MVPs.
They must have been passing around the pipe when they negotiated that part of the deal.
I’m just hoping he finishes in the top ten voting in at least 3 of those 8 years
Wright has finished in the top ten for MVP 4 times out of his first 8 years, the most recent being last season. So doing it 3 more times shouldn’t be a problem.
Metro, since 2009 he’s finished in the top 10 once… You keep living on those 2005-2008 years. the real david wright we have is the one for the past 4 years, hot and cold type player who can’t carry a franchise, can’t hit in the clutch, hasn’t won anything and only brings his A game in March.
Stop living in the past…. Jeez!
Thankfully for the Mets, that one time was last year.
Thankfully for the Mets, that one time was last year.”
for the mets? You mean for him right? Last i checked the mets once again finished BELOW 500, about 25 games out of first place, but thankfully for him he had a good season that netted him a big payday. Thankfully my ass……
Nope, thankfully for the Mets considering they have him under contract long-term. Of course that benefits Wright too. But I would assume the Mets would have much rather have Wright finish 6th in the MVP race last year heading into his extension instead of 2009.
But I would assume the Mets would have much rather have Wright finish 6th in the MVP race last year heading into his extension instead of 2009.”
Are you serious right now?? The only one who benefitted from him finishin 6th in the “MVP” ballot was him because he could use that in negotiations, let’s be frank here, that was just a number i guess, we all know he wasn’t MVP worthy nor he was gonna win it, also, as bad as the 2009 team was in terms of losing everyone and everybody to injury, the almost had the same record as the Captain America 6th in MVP led mets… isn’t that amazing? It shows how better he makes everyone right?
As usual in your haste to bash Wright you aren’t even reading what I am writing or being reasonable.
I am saying that the Mets would much rather have the thoughts of Wright coming off a top 10 MVP finish heading into his long-term contract than they would if that top 10 came 4 years ago and nothing sense. How in the heck does that not make sense? What in the world is there to argue about there?
LMAO meanwhile Jose Reyes finished in the top 30 MVP voting in 5 of his last 7 years as a MET
2005
2006
2007
2008
2011
nobody in the Firm wanted to bring that up in October/November 2011
LOL, damaja, are you kidding? Top 30? LMAO! Wow, you’re really setting the bar high there!
FYI, Wright finished in the top 30 for MVP 6 out of his 8 years as a Met.
awesome, so they both are awesome players who are highly ranked in the league.
when bringing up reyes, his accomplishments were too far in the past…but then when u look at 2011..his accomplishments were only b/c it was a walk year…
u literally flip-flop about reyes in the same argument.
and all that logic is reversed when talking about Wright.
Reyes is gone. for 2 years now. It was a different situation too. They made a decision on $, and let him go.
at some point, you have to move on.
Wright really had next to nothing to do with Reyes.
Much more interesting to look to the future than endlessly rehashing the past.
Really? Wright wasn’t real last year? Maybe his doppelganger?
As I’ve said before, if the 2012 Wright shows up for the next 4-5 years or so, I’ll be happy. And all Mets fans should be too.
Wright wouldn’t be the first player to finish in top 10 MVP while playing for a new contract. Ask Chone Figgins, Jason Bay, Carl Crawford, George Foster, Bobby Bonilla, Jayson Werth, etc, etc, etc,
Metro you should know better than that.
Those players you named? It was their walk years. But 2012 wasn’t Wright’s walk year. This year would have been his walk year. Big difference.
Methinks it had more to do with the reconfigured outfield walls.
Tsk-tak, maniac, you should know better than that!
You left out Reyes. Oh never mind. He finished 11th.
LOL, and that WAS Reyes’ walk year. Unlike 2012 for Wright.
Maniac, but are you surprised? The KID loves DW and everything DW, who cares if the mets finish in last place as long as DW does good who cares if the bullpen blows the game, or if we have 5 errors in a game or get blown out, as long as DW does good, metro12 years old is satisfied!
Exactly! The Mets could lose and Parnell/Francisco could blow every save opportunity but as long as David gets a single I am a happy clam!
Seriously, i don’t even know why i let myself be drag into a conversation with this kid. all he sees is David Wright….. It’s sad and pathetic to tell you the truth
You guys are like polar opposites of each other. I really believe he may need a super hero name as well.
You know why, Alex? Because YOU are more obsessed with Wright than any of his fans on this forum! Seriously.
Uh, well maybe you and damaja are tied!
….from the same guy that says Derek Jeter is a bubble HOF candidate and Omar Minaya had a secret “personal relationship” with Carlos Beltran.
…as you were…
Hmmm, I sense a name change for one of our normals.
Captain, do not even engage him.. The guy is clearly bias to no end. To compare a sure as hell HOF to a guy who’s an above average player is just absurd.
LOL, I never said Omar had a “secret” personal relationship with Beltran. But thanks for trying again, damaja. You’re way past 3 strikes.
thats right…
it was just a “personal” relationship.
Since you knew about it…it was no longer a secret.
#NP – Es un secreto
Metro, You’re ever loving obsession with wright has you blinded from the baseball world. for anyone, and i mean anyone to say jeter’s on the bubble HOF list is just insane and imho should be ban immediately from the site, all it does is bring bad rep to the site, if a big time writer happens to be reading an article and see your never ending love with Captain America and sees your “Jeter is a bubble HOF” comment he’d never want to come back to the site and probably will mock it because of you. So please, do us all real baseball fans a favor, stop it ok? Just Stop IT!!
Alex, lets be serious. Your obsession with Wright turns way more people off than Metro’s obsession. It is a Mets site.
Hey, this would be a good time for a poll daddy poll. Joe, you could get tremendous response….!!!!
But Alex, you bring up Wright more than I or any other Wright fan here does
You should be banned from this site for your sick never-ending obsession with Wright and your maligning of his character.
And, if Biggio is a bubble candidate, so if Jeter!
Bubble, bubble, gurgle!
Metro, you’re an embarrasement to the site with you ever love for wright no matter what!
Alex, no one is as big an embarrassment to all intelligent fans as you. It’s you and your cohorts who are the ones who bring up Wright the most, LOL, just like in this thread!
So I should have said it’s a 3-way tie in terms of who are the most obsessed about Wright:
Maniac, damaja, Alex. It would have been a 4-way, but you seem to have lost a member of your group lately?
Metro, why don’t take up the offer for the friendly wager for today? If PR wins i friendly ban myself up until opening day, if DR wins, you friendly ban yourself for a week starting next monday… This site would be awesome without me according to you, and it sure as hell be super AWESOME if i don’t see your I <3 David Wright no matter what post 100 times a day…
What do you say?????????????
Speaking for Metro, considering DR is a heavy favorite, perhaps if he does want to you should give him odds? Like 2 weeks for you and 1 week for him? Again, I would rather neither of you be banned.
TRS, that is my bet… My banning would start thursday, his would start next monday… either way, we both be here opening day.
But of course, the other day when gary took the bet he then jumped in and said he was gonna take up the bet, now that is real he’s not even answering!
LMAO. Huh?
I said the other say I would have taken the bet IF Gary had not. But he did so I didn’t take your bet. And you know it too. Want the link?
Moreover, I proffered a different bet to you should the U.S. make the semis. BUT you never answered, even when I asked a second time.
Look in the mirror, Alex. You can’t even get your stories straight.
Metro, so do we have a deal? PR wins i’m out TONIGHT, DR wins you out next week.
Deal??? YEs or NO?
Nope. You didn’t even have the courtesy to respond to my previous offer of different bet.
Now you lied about me and your original bet which I never accepted.
You have no honor or credibility. Besides, I changed my mind in thinking the site would be better without you. Your gaffes are too entertaining. I like laughing at you. Hawaii is not a state?
Seems to me that is all you see. To you everything comes back to David Wright and what you can rip him for today.
They might not like you Alex, but they definitely hate me. LOL They must have been in heaven while I’ve been swamped with work for most of this month. I have to make up for lost time.
Lmao, yes maniac, things are not the same when you’re not around…
I find it odd that Puerto Rico has its own team. Didnt MLB get the message that PR is part of the United States and that all Puerto Ricans are US citizens? If there is going to be a true American team, all US citizens should be included.
Well, fair game and point. but i won’t touch that one. kinda sensitive topic.
Very true, I guess if I was going to pull for one I should pull for them?
Yeap. that’d be my guess. So…. Go ahead… Avenge Salty Gary’s loss….
Sorry Alex, I just don’t bet on games. Like I said last week, if I did bets like this you would have been banned based on your idea of a Hanley vs Wright challenge.
I am not surprised… But hey, suit yourself. if anybody from the desert that’s a regular here wanna friendly avenge salty, let me know….
Sorry Alex, I am incredibly superstitious. I just have this belief that if I bet on the game then I will jinx the team.
That would be true if PR were a state.
PR is not a state, but there is some minor sense of independent identity left.
Well, neither is Hawaii. but again, i am not even touching that argument. However, Dollar is the money being used in PR and they have the same advantages as an american so. Don’t know how that works that is why i am not getting involve. maybe someone from PR heritage can touch base on that
Huh? I am pretty sure that we can consider Hawaii a state even though we basically annexed it and gave them local control.
So are you saying there’s only 49 states?
I change my mind when I said it would be good to have you gone from here. Your posts are endless sources of entertainment.
Hawaii is a state.
Reminds me of opening day 2010. Arguably one of the worst Met line-ups for opening day ever.
Hopefully, they’re getting their share of injuries out of the way early.
Lmao, see 1980 SRT. Maybe you don’t remember but that lineup was AWFUL!
Taveras, maddox, stearns, morales, flynn?????? Lol… All PO’ss
a big difference though. back then, that was the “real” team. Not a bunch of temporary replacements while the stars got healthy!
The Magic Is Back…
Though some of that was by choice and not by injury. Lke the genius of Jerry Manuel starting Gary Matthews Jr. over Angel Pagan
Call it a draw in the battle for NY.
Yankees will win in $ on the DL, mets will take them on %.
but that is a lot of payroll sitting on the DL. At least Murphy and DW should be minimal time if any. Johan, May sounds about right. FFF, I would not be at all surprised to see a folow-up surgery, and quite possilbe you don’t see him again, or at least until the end of the year.
only 2 of those deals really qualify as “big”. Franky and Murphy are more in the filler price range. And Johan is still more than 1/2 of the total.
Grandy, ARod, and Tex…a whopping $55.5M on the DL.
That hurts no matter how much money a team has.
28MIL arod + 22.5mil Tex + 15mil Grandy= I think you meant $65.5 mil
Sorry. Typo. You are correct.
Why not throw the money we are paying to Bay into that number….then we can argue an even larger % of money being paid to players in 2013 might not be on the roster opening day.
Injuries happen while its not great potentially having Wright, and Murph, and Santana out, even if they are out they should be back sometime relatively soon it seems. While this is annoying it seems relatively mild compared to what as gone on previous years.
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Back to you, Gare.
But what will I do if I have to start a sentence with den Dekker?
I’m lost without him.
Joe you neglected to include Jason Bay’s $16 million. He’s not on the opening day roster either but we are still paying him.
Well, didn’t the mets structure a way to pay him though? so some of the money will be deferred? I could be wrong but i think they did that
he isn’t on the DL though. and since he was released, not part of the team. Just another dead/deferred contract clogging up the books.
I almost feel as though I am being way overcharged after spending $250 for two opening day tickets.
please tell me those were 1962 original Opening Day tickets…
Just out of curiosity, does the CORE want Wright to fail?
Sorry to say this but it seems that many are relishing the fact that he is not fulfilling his obligations. To me, that is sad. While I will agree that he should have been shopped this off season to at least see what he returned, the fact is he is in a Met uniform, thus worthy of our desire to see him excel. Why he was not moved this off season, not for me to say. But the bottom line is that he is here.
Also, I fail to see the complete hatred of him. He is a steady producer throughout his career (for those who can look at his numbers objectively). He is not a superstar statistically like many others and it is mistake to make him into one. However, he is (or soon will be) the best everyday player the Mets had (a low bar I know).
Personally I think the Omar years were a Reign of Error. Yet I still root completely for the players he assembled. I hope Murphy wins a batting title; Harvey a CYA, Ike an MVP. Nothing would make me happier. Just because they were drafted by a guy who I think did a less than stellar job does not mean I turn on the players. I presume the outlook of others does not match this.
The only think I can conclude with Wright is that others are jealous that he is treated the way he is by the organization when their players, Reyes and Beltran, were shown the door. To me that is petty. People can whine about the reasoning behind it but the fact is they were gone. It is akin to the narrow mindedness of people hoping the President fails because he isnt of their political party. Yeah, that is cutting the nose off to spite the face.
Wright is by far the best Met player at this moment in time. If this team is going to do anything the next year or two, he will have to produce. To root for failure because of hatred for him or Alderson (or the Wilpons) is asinine. It also seems very childish. Again, the nose to spite the face. Too wish failure upon the Mets (or particular individuals) just so one can come online and proclaim “see I told you so” is certainly a poor way to find validation.
A post with some rational thought?? You are asking for trouble….
it has less to do with him ( i, unlike most of his stans, have met DW before and can vouch for him actually being cool in person )
this really has more to do with the double-standard alot of folks have here…
to break it down for u simply
you have David Wright..Sandy Alderson…and for some real extremists…the Wilpons in 1 corner
the same folks who defend these people no matter what, they will defend all Sandy draft picks no matter what and defend anyone Sandy trades for, ….these are the same people who bash
Jose Reyes…Carlos Beltran…Angel Pagan….Omar Minaya….no matter what as well…
that extreme double standard and pedestal is what drives the DW hate
…and for the record, I’ve met Ryan Church, Endy Chavez, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Pedro Martinez, Angel Pagan and Doc Gooden ….all randomly…some on several occasion…
I have nothing personal against Wright…he’s a good player and a good person.
But the Stans that have him up on 1st ballot HOF status ( 1 post a few weeks ago compared him with Derek Jeter )
they are the driving force behind that
back in 2008
Joe D wrote an article
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2008/11/david-wright-needs-to-take-a-c.htm
Let me preface this post by saying David Wright is my favorite Met by far. Okay, that said, let me proceed with the utmost of caution…
On the surface, David Wright had a phenomenal year at the plate, particularly in the RBI department. In 2008 he drove in 124 runners, so no complaints there, right?
Well forgive me for probably standing all alone on this one gripe, but it just seemed that every time David Wright came up with guys in scoring position and we needed a huge hit, he either struck out or popped up most of the time. Come on, you saw it too, didn’t you?
I came across an interesting stat while reading a Peter Gammons article this morning. Guess who led the National League in at-bats with runners in scoring position?
Give up? It’s yours truly, David Wright… who led the league with a whopping 189 at-bats with runners in scoring position. What was his batting average in those 189 at-bats? A very disappointing .243.
Imagine if Wright eased up on the pressure he puts on himself, and just batted like David Wright normally bats?
David Wright is a career .306 hitter, but he absolutely becomes somebody else when the pressure is on. It’s why I’ve always protested the fact that he is our number three hitter.
I know, I know, me thinks you protest too much…
Look, there’s nothing wrong with trying to improve certain aspects of the Mets offense with just a little tweak. For two straight seasons we failed to make the post season by just one game.
One game… One hit… One more RBI…
Maybe in a few years, Wright can become patient enough to be the number three hitter, but until then, the five spot looks more appropriate for him.
I love Wright, but the Mets are handling him all wrong.
- Joe D
Most normal human beings REMEMBER the DAVID WRIGHT described right above.
His Stans have completely wiped that out of their memory…
the blowback u see here is a result of that double standard
hopefully this helps
Captain, we’ve been saying this for the past 6 years, all we said in 2008 was how unclutch he was based on all those numbers you stated, and hell broke loose, we were insulted, mocked, casted out, ban from mets sites, i mean, i got really crazy, but we stood firm and by our words, 6 years later we were more right than they were, yet, the same people who were saying no he is clutch are the ones that celebrate like crazy a meaningless clutch hit in a game that has nothing to do with the mets (Hence Captain America), also those people are the first one to make an excuse for the guy when things don’t go well, i mean, even last year, all first half we heard “Captain” “MVP” “He’ll hit 400″ “Leader” yet as soon as the mets started struggling as well as he, the excuse was he got tired to “Carry” the team. very sad and pathetic what we’ve been dealing with for the past 6 years, but it’s not gonna change any time soon. Your comment was spot on, but he bias and never ending love for the guy won’t allow this comment to sink into them. In their mind DW is a demigod sent from above and can’t do no wrong.
“..but he bias and never ending love for the guy won’t allow this comment to sink into them. In their mind DW is a demigod sent from above and can’t do no wrong.”
I certainly hope you werent talking about me with this comment Alex because, if you were, you are 1000% on the wrong path.
Thanks for your reply Captain. It was an honest question because that is the sense that I get. It seems that some are more concerned with being proven correct as Wright (and some of their other targets) than things working out and the Mets actually moving ahead.
Like you, I like Wright as a player. He is a perennial producer albeit, not a top notch player. I agree with the assessment that Wright is better served as 5 as opposed to the #3 hitter but the Mets would never do that. Overall, he is solid as a player (and a person based upon your meeting of him). And yes, if he continues at the clip he is, he will be a HOF player.
Same with Alderson. I like the philosophy he is implementing and argue against the same path that got the Mets the tragic results they had over the last 20 years. That does not mean he is a genius, a guru, or some kind of messiah. At the same time, he isnt a miser except when it is necessary. He had to cut payroll in Oakland when the owners (kids) forced him to. Before that, they had one of the higher payrolls in the game. Same with the Mets. He cut payroll because Uncle Bud told him to. Overall I think Alderson has done a good job improving the organization and put them in a position to contend in future years. Does this make him the best GM in the world? Nope. Nor does it make him the worst.
And I guess that is the rub. It seems the attackers of these guys want to make them look like they are the worst (POS is the term used) walking the planet. The truth is Wright is a legitimate All Star even though he is not a superstar. Perhaps Wright isnt Mr Clutch….he still puts up a .300 average, 20 hrs, and almost 100 RBIs every year. The fact that people claim he doesnt do it in September or in the 9th inning is not relevant. Every RBI counts no matter when it is driven in. A run in the 1st in April counts the same as a run in the 9th in Sept as do wins.
” The truth is Wright is a legitimate All Star even though he is not a superstar”
the problem taskmaster….is that this team has had several legitimate All-Stars….but there is a major discrepancy in how they are viewed by the media and henceforth the fans.
The reaction to that discrepancy is what you see in the anti-wright comments here.
its unfortunate, because that discrepancy makes it very difficult to not highlight the times Wright fails.
We probably bash Wright now, more than any Phillie or Yankee fan that ever lived.
They would love to have Wright on their squad….
but guess what…they probably would’ve loved to have beltran or johan or any of the legitimate all-stars that UNLIKE WRIGHT, were taken for granted from 2005-2011
and until we fix THAT DISCREPANCY….u will continue to see the same tired boring recyclable arguments.
just because a very small subset of fans take a dislike to particular guy (that really is a top player) does not mean you can lump the entire fanbase in on it.
were there some vocal Beltran haters? probably but I doubt too many. And they can’t be considered any more irrattional than the Core and the obsession with trying to run Wright into the ground at every opportunity.
the vast majority of rational, knowledgeable fans appreciate both guys for what they are (or were) which is some of the best players in the sport, that we were lucky to have on the team.
different story entirely of course with a guy like Bay, that was brought in with some big expectations who turned into a toad.
LOL at the image selected to accompany this story. Nice going.
The only one out of that group I’m worried about is Johan because something is not right. And I expected that they’d have him for at least 2/3′s of the season. Doesn’t even sound like he’s throwing off a mound yet? Something is going on there that’s highly abnormal.
agreed. FFF, if he never came back, not sure anyone would mind. And DW and DM don’t have career threatening issues, and if they do start on the DL, 2 weeks seems quite likely.
but johan, that is really odd. hasn’t it been a month since he needed to build up a little arm strength before pitching in games? Marcum was in the same boat, and a week later was making starts, and now seems perfectly set to start the season where he should be.
Until you see Johan on the mound in an actually game, I won’t believe that he is going to pitch at all. Missing all of ST and staying behind at PSL in EST will be a really bad omen.
And, van, no one is saying much of anything. Something is definitely not right. I was expecting the Johan of the first half of 2012 for at least most of 2013. Hopefully Wheeler progresses as expected. They may need him sooner rather than later.
Figures, all talk… Metro and TRS are cut out the same way!
Hey leave me out of this one. Like I said there are more similarities between you two than me and him.
Hey, TRS, I thought you were a good guy and on my side! What an insult lumping me in with that neanderthal!
Sorry Metro but at times you are too far from the norm for me too. The Jeter vs. Biggio thing is kinda hard for me to move past. Lol
Again, you didn’t have the courtesy to respond when I offered a different bet and today you outright lied about me and your original bet which I never accepted.
Maybe if you grow up and respect other fans here I would give you more credit.