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The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Edgy MD Mar 29 2017 12:39 PM

I'm David Wright. You probably know me. I look back on those Schaefer archives and I think, damn, me and baseball were once a pretty hot couple. But I look at my games-played totals of late, and I can only conclude we're drifting apart. Thirty-seven games last year, thirty-eight the year before that. Even three seasons back, when I played 134 games, it was with the worst line of my career. I connect eras at this point. I played with Mike Piazza, after all, and God willing, some time soon, I'll play with Amed Rosario. But it's not my team anymore. Thor and his allies are the story of this team, and I'm a footnote. Now, with Gabriel Ynoa gone, I'm even the last Met to get an EOS thread. I get it. I'm your captain, I'm your captain, though I'm feeling mighty sick. There are many great battles ahead. My place in them is hardly clear. There's another starting thirdbaseman on the team, maybe two, and a lot of coming infielders looking to be a long-term fixture. Meanwhile, I work to make my back workable. Nobody but me will ever wear #5 again on the field for this team. The question, I guess, before us is ... will I? [fimg=360:2h0zkk18]http://cdn-mf1.heartyhosting.com/sites/mensfitness.com/files/david_wright_3_main.jpg[/fimg:2h0zkk18] [fimg=360:2h0zkk18]http://cdn-mf1.heartyhosting.com/sites/mensfitness.com/files/david_wright_1_main.jpg[/fimg:2h0zkk18] [fimg=340:2h0zkk18]http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.11996021.1467420486!/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.jpeg[/fimg:2h0zkk18] [fimg=380:2h0zkk18]http://platohealthclinic.com/site-plato/storage/files/1473/spinal_stenosis_1.jpg[/fimg:2h0zkk18]

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2017 01:08 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

He may play again, but I don't think he'll ever be a key contributor again.

Centerfield Mar 29 2017 01:28 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

I agree. Sees the field this year. Plays somewhere between 30-50 games. Even has a few cool moments. We will all root for him, but ultimately his body will just not cooperate. Retires at the end of the season. A handful of HR's short of Straw's record.

seawolf17 Mar 29 2017 01:30 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Gets 272 AB, hits eleven home runs, the eleventh one coming in the bottom of the 13th of the pennant-clincher in September against the Braves.

MFS62 Mar 29 2017 01:33 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Even if he were to announce his post season retirement before he joins the active roster, I doubt he'd get a year long fellatiation like that MFY infielder got. So he'll make an attempt to play some minor league games, then announce his retirement in a very professional manner. He'll announce some sort of long term deal with the club so he can stay with the organization in an off field capacity. Later

Edgy MD Mar 29 2017 01:43 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

I have this slight, but unsheddable, lingering suspicion that the spinal stenosis was a misdiagnosis of the later-discovered herniated disc. If that's so, then good, on one hand, if he has one problem instead of two. But bad, if he's done (and continues to do?) treatment and rehabilitation to fight the former when the latter is the real problem. And perhaps the latter has been or is being aggravated by the treatment for the former. I'm not a doctor, but yadda, yadda, yadda.

metirish Mar 29 2017 02:04 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Expecting nothing from him .....

Frayed Knot Mar 29 2017 02:14 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

All I know is that I couldn't stretch my legs into those positions and I don't have either spinal stenosis or fused discs.

Ceetar Mar 29 2017 02:29 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

On and off, managed heavily. But does manage, somehow, 78 games. And they're _good_. This is a Hall of Fame caliber player, even if he'll almost definitely not have the longevity needed now. .303/.410/.520 139 wRC+ 2.9 fWAR He gets 48 of the games before the break, and gets named to the All-Star Game again. Announces Molly's second pregnancy during the ASG break. 15 HR. 15 Doubles. Is active for the postseason. Wins the World Series MVP, helped by getting to DH the final three games. Has the go-ahead HR in the 5th game. He misses the parade for the birth of his son, Cliff.

Ashie62 Mar 29 2017 02:40 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Expect nothing and hope he has a healthy post baseball life. He can start a new career with resources most dont have.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2017 02:43 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Ceetar wrote: Announces Molly's second pregnancy during the ASG break. Second pregnancy? I didn't know he was a dad.

Edgy MD Mar 29 2017 02:54 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

His first child was and is Olivia Shea Wright, born July 23, 2016.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2017 02:56 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

I guess I missed that! I was traveling in New England at the time and not getting many news updates. Congratulations! Is her middle name a tribute to Chipper Jones' kid?

d'Kong76 Mar 29 2017 04:23 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Sadly, nothing much Metly in 2017. I hope he retires, and the number gets retired in 2018.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 29 2017 07:09 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Hope to see him again cuz I like David Wright. Hard to say this but seems like the last thing the Mets need is an unreliable RH hitting infielder. 5-26 270/330/410, 200 PA, I don't when or how

Edgy MD Mar 30 2017 12:13 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Hey man, that was 60 threads by me, all with a compelling first-person narrative and handsomely arrayed eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was and stuff. Wright gets back on the field. His best remaining asset is his on-base tool. .255 / .378 / .431 // .809. 341 plate appearances.

Edgy MD Mar 30 2017 09:10 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Fake David Wright wrote: Nobody but me will ever wear #5 again on the field for this team. The question, I guess, before us is ... will I? Looks like somebubby spoke a day too soon. [tweet]https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/847523404982996992[/tweet]

Edgy MD Aug 22 2017 07:52 PM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Starting at DH tonight for St. Lucie. You read it here first.

Nymr83 Aug 23 2017 04:07 AM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

I'm actually surprised the Mets would risk the insurance money by letting him play. all it takes is one "team doctor" related to Jeff Wilpon who insists he isn't healthy enough yet...

Edgy MD Aug 23 2017 05:20 AM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Nobody should know better than the Wilpons, but a conspiracy of fraud with tens of millions of dollars on the line is very serious business. Presumably, one has to be acting in good faith to collect on a high-value insurance policy.

Edgy MD Aug 26 2017 02:27 AM Re: The Edge of Seventeen: David Wright

Wright surprisingly played third today. In the second, he successfully fielded his first grounder, throwing out Palm Beach second baseman Edmundo Sosa. Two batters later, he made his first error, but it was fielding. In the fifth inning, he successfully corralled a popup, and his day was over defensively as Colby Woodmansee came on for him in the sixth. Offensively, he got his first hit of the year, going 1-3 with two strikeouts, one of which featured strike three getting away from the catcher and Wright getting to first.