DAVID WRIGHT

Last Wednesday night, April 25 against the Miami Marlins, David Wright set the new Met RBI record, breaking his tie with Darryl Strawberry’s old record of 733 career RBI’s. He now has 735 all to himself, and he did it on a 2-run homer! This is the same David Wright the owner said was as expendable as anyone else on the team!

David Wright is the face of the franchise; he is the only third baseman since Wayne Garrett, Ed Charles and Howard Johnson to be a real Mets third baseman, a position that has never been successfully filled like Wright does. For years the Mets searched for a third baseman, but they were few and far between. In 1969 and 1986 were the championship years and they had a third baseman, 69’s platoon of Garrett and Charles, and in ‘86 when Hojo took over are the how important having a steady third baseman was for the Mets.

Getting a good third baseman is important, one that hits for average is a plus and one that hits it far is a bonus! The Mets are due to talk contract at the end of this season with Wright. The Mets should work to keep David Wright in Flushing where he wants to play: they better not play games like they did with Jose Reyes.

THE HOT SEAT ALREADY!

Two managers are already in the hot seat! The season isn’t a month old and already there is grumblings.

Everybody knows about Bobby Valentine in Boston, and the fact t=of the matter is he may have been out of baseball for too long. Time will tell, but he seems to be mis-stepping wherever he goes! Calling out his players and apologizing like he didn’t know, and then making out wrong lineup cards and having his players fix it makes for a questionable manager. His arrogance aside, what is he doing?

The other issue lies on the opposite coast in Mike Scioscia and the Angles. Arte Moreno handed out more than $320 million to one of the best hitters in baseball history in the person of Albert Pujols and a premium free-agent pitcher in CJ Wilson to an already high-octane starting pitching staff. With the Angels looking like they are falling off a cliff already and I know the season is early, but what gives with Pujols? Why does he flounder? Is his contract affecting him psychologically, or is he just having trouble adjusting? 

My suspicion is that both managers will survive, and that the teams will click by the end of May.

That’s all I wrote, folks!