Jeff Pearlman highlights a startling statistic: the Mets’ David Murphy leads the team in home runs this season...with 12. This is due in part to Carlos Delgado’s injury and David Wright’s off-year, but for a team with a payroll this high to lack a single significant home run guy...that’s all kinds of strange.
The Mets Had a Bad Year. Time to Trade David Wright!
↵↵I think—in my hearts of hearts—the Mets need to seriously consider trading David Wright this offseason. I know he’s the face of the franchise; I know he’s a good guy; I know teammates like him. But something changed this year—a sapping of the confidence that might never return. He’s still got high value, despite a very odd statistical output. Hmm …
↵↵Are you serious, writer who isn’t reading this as I type? Wright has only hit ten home runs this year, true, but some of it can probably be attributed to the concussion he suffered. He’s still manage to stay right near his league average in most other stats, and has posted an OPS+ of 121 this year, which is still pretty good. Getting rid of Wright at this point would be even more ridiculous than anything else the team has experienced over the last couple of years. Which is saying a whole lot.
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