Not Just the Best 3B in the Game, The Best Player in New York
(Note: The post below contains a vaguely NSFW photo. Be sure to scroll down tentatively if your boss is standing behind you.)
The best 3b in New York doesn't make $25,680,727. In fact, it would take the position's best nearly 70 years at his current salary to make that much money.
That monstrous salary belongs to the Bankees' second most hatable player, Alex Rodriguez.
David Wright will earn $374,000 this year. A-Rod makes that in about 2.5 games.
Messed up? Don't worry, D Wright will do well for himself when it is all done. I just thought those were some pretty cool numbers.
But over the first 1/3 of the season David Wright has truly emerged. He has become something that we all hoped he would become but in the back of our minds feared may never happen.
Not only is David Wright the best 3B in this city, he is also the city's best player.
Through Sunday, Wright is hitting .336, 15HR, 55RBI, 10SB, 44R.
That puts him on pace for, .336, 36HR, 132RBI, 24SB, 106R.
Those numbers could go up there with the best that I have seen in the 24 years of my life. I mean, holy shit.
But there is more to D Wright than these numbers. Like Derek Jeter, D Wright has managed to differentiate himself, emerging as the star on a team of stars.
What is most impressive, is that there does not appear to be a member of the Mets that has a problem with this.
This kid is truly special.
Sunday's game was by no mean's a must-win. Sure, it would have killed me to be swept by Schubie's Orioles. And yes, no one wants to be swept at home by any team let alone a sub-.500 one.
But we didn't NEED this one. A loss today wouldn't have put us in panic mode. Instead, we would have entered "fuck" mode.
So that all said, a win sure was nice. Through the first four innings, things weren't looking good. As Baltimore pitchers had done all series, Adam Loewen had quieted our bats.
We were only down a run, but things weren't looking good.
So of course D Wright came through.
With the bases juiced and two down in the 5th, D Wright took a 0-0 Lindsay Lohan fastball and drove it out of Shea in a hurry. Our leader had led us. Our star was the star.
The Mets went on to win Sunday's game thanks to yet another stellar performance out of Chad Bradford in relief and a 5-run 8th inning.
But this game changed when our $374,000 kid went yard. Earlier in the year I used to talk to Nails about how we feared D-Wright in these situations. No longer.
Slowly, this kid is erasing all holes from his game.
After an inconsistent first month in the field, Wright has gone 26 games without an error at 3B. He has stolen bases consistently and watched his batting average continue to rise. He has become the guy we want up there in the clutch, winning a number of games for the New Mets with his final swing.
And when you think about it, it all makes sense. After years of waiting for one of our guys to emerge -- the Gregg Jeffries', the Jay Paytons, The Untouchables (Izzy, Pulse, Wilson), Alex Ochoa, Alex Escobar etc. etc. etc. -- finally one has truly blossomed.
A kid that started with us, and made his way through the organization has arrived at Shea. A kid that we didn't get our hands on because of financial advantage, but because one of our top performers (Mike Hampton) left us high and dry via free agency.
A kid with all the hype in the world has met his hype and then some. And we are no longer the Old Mets.
The best player in New York plays at Shea. At this point, especially with Pujols out, I don't see why this kid isn't the league's MVP.
Most importantly, the Mets are winning and they are following one player. It's not Beltran, Pedro, Glavine or Delgado. It's D Wright.
The face of our franchise and our leader.
I'll take it.
VCD,
SM
The best 3b in New York doesn't make $25,680,727. In fact, it would take the position's best nearly 70 years at his current salary to make that much money.
That monstrous salary belongs to the Bankees' second most hatable player, Alex Rodriguez.
David Wright will earn $374,000 this year. A-Rod makes that in about 2.5 games.
Messed up? Don't worry, D Wright will do well for himself when it is all done. I just thought those were some pretty cool numbers.
But over the first 1/3 of the season David Wright has truly emerged. He has become something that we all hoped he would become but in the back of our minds feared may never happen.
Not only is David Wright the best 3B in this city, he is also the city's best player.
Through Sunday, Wright is hitting .336, 15HR, 55RBI, 10SB, 44R.
That puts him on pace for, .336, 36HR, 132RBI, 24SB, 106R.
Those numbers could go up there with the best that I have seen in the 24 years of my life. I mean, holy shit.
But there is more to D Wright than these numbers. Like Derek Jeter, D Wright has managed to differentiate himself, emerging as the star on a team of stars.
What is most impressive, is that there does not appear to be a member of the Mets that has a problem with this.
This kid is truly special.
Sunday's game was by no mean's a must-win. Sure, it would have killed me to be swept by Schubie's Orioles. And yes, no one wants to be swept at home by any team let alone a sub-.500 one.
But we didn't NEED this one. A loss today wouldn't have put us in panic mode. Instead, we would have entered "fuck" mode.
So that all said, a win sure was nice. Through the first four innings, things weren't looking good. As Baltimore pitchers had done all series, Adam Loewen had quieted our bats.
We were only down a run, but things weren't looking good.
So of course D Wright came through.
With the bases juiced and two down in the 5th, D Wright took a 0-0 Lindsay Lohan fastball and drove it out of Shea in a hurry. Our leader had led us. Our star was the star.
The Mets went on to win Sunday's game thanks to yet another stellar performance out of Chad Bradford in relief and a 5-run 8th inning.
But this game changed when our $374,000 kid went yard. Earlier in the year I used to talk to Nails about how we feared D-Wright in these situations. No longer.
Slowly, this kid is erasing all holes from his game.
After an inconsistent first month in the field, Wright has gone 26 games without an error at 3B. He has stolen bases consistently and watched his batting average continue to rise. He has become the guy we want up there in the clutch, winning a number of games for the New Mets with his final swing.
And when you think about it, it all makes sense. After years of waiting for one of our guys to emerge -- the Gregg Jeffries', the Jay Paytons, The Untouchables (Izzy, Pulse, Wilson), Alex Ochoa, Alex Escobar etc. etc. etc. -- finally one has truly blossomed.
A kid that started with us, and made his way through the organization has arrived at Shea. A kid that we didn't get our hands on because of financial advantage, but because one of our top performers (Mike Hampton) left us high and dry via free agency.
A kid with all the hype in the world has met his hype and then some. And we are no longer the Old Mets.
The best player in New York plays at Shea. At this point, especially with Pujols out, I don't see why this kid isn't the league's MVP.
Most importantly, the Mets are winning and they are following one player. It's not Beltran, Pedro, Glavine or Delgado. It's D Wright.
The face of our franchise and our leader.
I'll take it.
VCD,
SM
posted by Sippy Momo at 2:06 AM
6 Comments:
In other news, the yankees sure suck.
who is mike jones?
as i sit here eating my mike & ike's (Tropical Typhoon for all of you who care to know) I rewind to yesterday's game. I had the scary feeling that the wild, big ass pitcher dude was gonna assassinate at least 2 mets during his 4th and 5th inning wildness. Also and praise be to Allah for Eli M.! he contributed all day....Im guessing Eli M. must have some sort of cocaine habit because why has this dude not been able to stick with a team as a utility dude...i mean if folks can fall in love wit choppy step Joe McEwing, why not Eli M. Who already is the best Eli M in town if u asked me...but i aint one to gossip so u aint heard dat from me.
You might say he's got... the Wright Stuff.
who is the babe in the nsfw picture
I assumed it was Lindsay Lohan, but looking at it closer I'm not so sure.
Meanwhile, how pissed would you be if you were an Angels fan and had to watch the team demote your top prospect, Jered Weaver, who's been lights out in the majors (4-0 in 4 starts with a 1.37 ERA, 0.76 WHIP, and .170 BAA) so that his 3-9, 6.02 ERA older brother can remain in the rotation? Angels 2006: Promote the Curse!
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