DAVID WRIGHT

Wright

Through the almost 50 years of New York Mets history, third base has been the most troubling position to fill in their history. From early on the issue has plagued the Mets, and with few exceptions few men manned the hot corner for long.

Zimmer

To be exact, 147 individual players have played third base for the Mets in their history! That s approximately 3 per year! That includes all the great ones like David Wright, Howard Johnson, Ray Knight and Ken Boyer, all the way to Amis Otis, Bobby Valentine to Pumpsie Green and Don Zimmer.

Smith

With the Mets financially in the gutter right now, the hope of Mets fans is that the team can retain the services of one David Wright, a home-grown product, not unlike Jose Reyes. Mets fans look at David Wright as their Derrick Jeter, home grown and a star, and in their eyes a superstar.

Green

But the Super Nova who owns the team may have to trade him away or lose him to free agency, just as he did with Reyes. There is talk that he could be traded before he is gone via free agency, figuring they could get more for him in a trade than allowing him to get away in free agency.

Jefferies

Of course Mr. Wilpon did make that statement a while back about how vital any player is in his estimation, and that rattled both Reyes and Wright.

Fregosi

Losing David Wright, a very good defensive third baseman, and very good hitter, a team player and a team leader, one that says the New York Franchise, would be a terrible blow to fans, especially in this walk year for Reyes, who excelled in 2011. Although David seems to be getting a little fragile lately with injuries, he is the best thing to come along since Reyes.

Johnson

How forgiving will the fans be if Wright is traded or walks? How many fannies will the fans plop into the seats for the second half of the season, if Wright is gone? How much interest will there be directed toward Flushing, or should I say redirected from Flushing to the Bronx?

Will the National networks want to carry a bad team? How much revenue will Wilpon lose with David Wright gone? How would any of that make any sense? Will they then look to trade off Ike Davis too.

Rebuilding is the buzzword that the front office is trying to sell us, for the sake of the Wilpons holding onto the team. Breaking down the team is a better buzzword to use, because e it makes more sense when you look at things.

Reyes

Sometimes there is very little difference between great and mediocrity in baseball teams. Sometimes it is the difference of only one or two players. The Mets with Reyes and Wright were mediocre at best, and lousy as usual. I guess you could make the argument that they lost with Reyes and Wright, and they can lose without them. No one remembers the 4^th place finisher. No one strives for 4^th place, and besides the Mets own it.

If David Wright is gone by the end of July, so is a great deal of the fan base, as there will be a backlash, Wilpon will have effectively ruined the team and still have his debt. Maybe then he will decide to sell.

A New York franchise should always be in the front, leading the league, not trailing a second rate city, especially losing players to small market towns. How is it that Philadelphia manages year in and year out to be in first place, and make spectacular moves to make their teams better, yet New York flounders?

Taking away what drives revenue so that you don’t spend any is suicide; taking away David Wright is suicidal if you own the franchise. It goes back to being penny wise and pound-foolish.

David Wright has played 1,098 games for 8 years, they finally have a third baseman, and a very good one at that in more ways than just baseball.

That’s all I wrote, folks!