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David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold up

duan May 23 2012 03:06 AM

Yesterday David Wright had only his 3rd game where he didn't get on base. Now I didn't see the at bats, but he also struck out on 3 of the 4 occasions he was at the plate - increasing his strikeout total by 33% on the year in one game. So this may be the moment that he starts to (NATURALLY) come back to mere superstar levels from off the charts levels (Wright's .503 obp would be 17th all time - the only people who finished the season above .475 in the last 20 years were Bonds, Giambi and Thomas). And this therefore could be where the Mets season will be either maintained into a summer of hope or comes crashing down to the sub .500 level that their run differential would have you believe. It isn't helped by the fact that over the next 6 weeks before the all star break the only sub .500 teams we see our San Diego (3 games) the Cubs (6 games) and the Phillies (6 games) of the 43 games that we play. Suffice to say it's a brutal run and you could easily see them winning only 12-16 games.

Ceetar May 23 2012 06:38 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

he had a little bit of a slump already, when the Mets played the Giants. average dropped from .500 to .375. I hope this one isn't as long.

metirish May 23 2012 06:42 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Pretty damn good starting pitcher last night too , and relief pitchers. Charlie Morton sporting a 4.35 ERA should help.......

Ceetar May 23 2012 06:46 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

metirish wrote: Pretty damn good starting pitcher last night too , and relief pitchers. Charlie Morton sporting a 4.35 ERA should help....... Yup, and a bad hitting team and Niese needing a bounceback and theoretically being a good pitcher. I think it's a good representation of whether the Mets are currently in a losing mode, or a winning mode.

The Second Spitter May 23 2012 07:01 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Trade him for Jason Marquis.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 07:30 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

I'd be lying if I didn't also fret that Sugar was careening into one of those lengthy slumps last night, specially when he left some ducks out there. Scary!

Edgy MD May 23 2012 07:36 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

I tell you, when it's your job to carry a lineup hammered with guys hitting under .200, hoping to patch the holes by stretching bench players beyond their roles, you feel it in your bones. You gets tight and you gets weary. He got his day off though, so hopefully he's staying loose.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 07:49 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Ideally, when one guy slumps, somebody else steps up. Who would do that for the Mets? Murphy has pretty much been shadowing Wright (he's hitting .329 in May so far) so he can only step it up so much. Who does that leave? I suppose Duda, Torres, Nieuwenhuis. Not a whole lot to pin our hopes on.

Ceetar May 23 2012 07:54 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ideally, when one guy slumps, somebody else steps up. Who would do that for the Mets? Murphy has pretty much been shadowing Wright (he's hitting .329 in May so far) so he can only step it up so much. Who does that leave? I suppose Duda, Torres, Nieuwenhuis. Not a whole lot to pin our hopes on. well, Ike Davis is the obvious answer. Torres needs to be not-horrible at the same time. Or they could get bigger hits, which is on Duda/Davis and even Murphy a bit. so they get more runs per swing..

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 08:08 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Ceetar wrote: well, Ike Davis is the obvious answer. Yeah, I know, but it just seems so... unfathomable.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 11:15 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Slumpwatch: 0-for-2 including near DP grounder that fails to advance lead runner.

Nymr83 May 23 2012 11:27 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Wright under .400 as his slump continues, Ted Williams could take a deep breath now* *if his head wasn't frozen

Ceetar May 23 2012 11:31 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

granted the first out was a 360 foot one to right-center.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2012 11:41 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

RBI double off the wall, SLUMP OVER

metirish May 23 2012 11:42 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: RBI double off the wall, SLUMP OVER nice hitting

duan May 23 2012 11:42 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

and he absolutely hit it like a rocket.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2012 11:43 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Our brief regional nightmare is over!

Nymr83 May 23 2012 11:44 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Howie on the radio jokingly asked how long the 0-7 slump would last right before he hit it

Nymr83 May 23 2012 12:28 PM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

Wright strikes out: Slump back on?

duan Jun 18 2012 09:46 AM Re: David Wright about to have first slump? How do mets hold

duan wrote: It isn't helped by the fact that over the next 6 weeks before the all star break the only sub .500 teams we see our San Diego (3 games) the Cubs (6 games) and the Phillies (6 games) of the 43 games that we play. Suffice to say it's a brutal run and you could easily see them winning only 12-16 games. We've played 24 games of these 43 and are 12-12.