Quote: The D-Wright Directive
Mets 3B David Wright, speaking with reporters following yesterday’s loss, had the following to say when asked…
…if his team’s offense looks a little lifeless…
“Over the course of a long season,
you’re going to go through your ups and downs…and offensively right now, we’re just not clicking…We just can’t get anything going offensively, and the few times we do we can’t get that big hit and we can’t drive in that big run. So, I’m concerned that we’re not scoring runs and I’m concerned we’ve not been a very good situational hitting team. But, you know, it’s kind of expected at some point, you know, a few times here and there over the course of a long season.”
…if he feels any additional pressure to produce when the team is struggling, as he described above…
“Again, we need the guys at the top of the order to get on base and we need the guys in the middle of the order to drive them in. It’s not one guy or another…I mean, it seems like we have one chance a game to have a big inning and if we don’t take advantage of that one opportunity then we don’t score any runs – and that’s not the way it should be. We’ve got to continue to apply pressure, get guys on base, we’re having way too many one-two-three innings, I think we’re giving some at bats away and we just need to go up there with the game plan that HoJo gives us and executing.”
…if the Mets could hit Jose Reyes leadoff, and then feature 24 other players with wright’s attitude, they’d never lose…unfortunately, that is not physically possible…but, it’s a model that should be considered when building a team…
…he makes a good point, though, in that, outside of those few games last week – when Brian Schneider was in the lineup and Ryan Church was hitting second, which will likely be the case again starting tonight – the Mets only seem to muster one solid rally…after that, it’s a series of double plays, pitcher’s counts and unproductive frustration…
…however, as noted yesterday, with brian back, church hitting second, Luis Castillo batting eighth, and Moises Alou behind Carlos Beltran, and with Carlos Delgado hitting sixth, the lineup has a more balanced, doubles-oriented feel, and so while i want to panic right now, i’m excited to see how things look and feel towards the end of next week…at which point, there will still be 85 percent of the season yet to be played…
