David Wright entered Saturday’s game against the Brewers struggling. Mets fans were beginning to get angry with Wright, saying he should be dropped down in the order. He entered the game hitting .222 and the game wasn’t going so great for him. He started out 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. Then in his last at bat he had a chance to be the hero. It was the bottom of the ninth and the score was tied at four. The Brewers had just walked Granderson to load the bases with one out. The count got to 3-0 so you’re thinking it could just be a walk off walk. Then on the next pitch Wright lined one into right field for a base hit to win the game. It capped off a come from behind win where the Mets once trailed 4-1.
Manager Terry Collins had this to say: “Will David Wright be the David Wright of five or six years ago? Probably not. But he’s still a great player. He’s still a very, very good player. And you know what? He’s going to show it.” It’s no secret that the spinal stenosis is affecting Wright’s play, even if he won’t admit it. He has to put in tons of work before the game just to be able to play in the game. Collins said it, Wright won’t be the player he was five or six years ago, that player is gone. Wright just has to improve on his current play. After Saturday’s game he is hitting .223 with four homeruns and nine RBIs, which just doesn’t cut it. The alarming thing about Wright is the strikeout total. Not even two months into the season Wright already has 50 strikeouts. His career high in strikeouts came in 2010 when he struck out 161 times. He is currently on pace to easily pass that number. Both Wright and the Mets know that he has to improve offensively. And they hope that the walk off hit on Saturday will help get him going in the right direction.
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