David Wright misses the old Shea Stadium more than I do. He leads the majors with 57 strikeouts and is on pace to strike out 222 times.
222!
What makes that even more alarming is that Wright has fallen off a cliff in terms of power production. It hasn’t been feast or famine with him at the plate. Just famine.
This weekend will be a huge statement for the Mets as they tilt with their crosstown rivals from the Bronx. Wright’s troubles made the manager decide to give him a forced day off this week. The Met’s malaise might cause the owners to give their manager some rest too. Something like the rest of the season.
You can’t carry a mega payroll in a brand new stadium and suck this bad. Someone is gonna have to die.
I think I have to shit on David Wright on the daily…
RBI single in the 1st inning
(then thrown out trying to get to third on Pagan’s hit – wamp, wamp)
Wright had a good looking boxscore today as did Jason Bay.
Let’s see if Mantana gets the same stick support [ll] tonite.