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The following is today’s MetsBlog Minute, during which I talk about reaction to last night’s win, and David Wright in the clutch:
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Maybe if Wright got on base earlier in the game, we’d score more runs early and have more wins.
clucth :(
Spelchek duznt work in the title bar.
I have no xcuse for the rest of the post.
hahaha
So you mean early in the game you are unable to come through, whereas later on you get it done nearly half the time? (hehe, just teasing)
Hey Matt, I’m sure you don’t care, but can we get more Metsblog Minutes and less baseball today, I want less Yankee news and more Met news. Plus I feel mlb.com writers don’t follow all the teams as closely as the bloggers here follow the Mets.
What does he have to say about Wright in the clutch? I can’t listen to this stuff at work.
He uses his .288 late and close BA to essentially say he’s fine.
I wish you would have mentioned he has the highest number of plate appearances in the major leagues with runners in scoring position this year, so his RBI total has a lot to do with luck.
I’m one of David’s biggest supporters, but he’s been a let down this year. His complete change in approach and desire to hit every ball 600 feet is a serious problem.
Thanks man I appreciate that
Watching Wright this weekend, I couldn’t help but think of A-Rod and all the times he’s failed in clutch situations. The good thing is that Wright is still young and that he seemed to be more clutch just 2-3 years ago. Maybe the pressure of being a leader is getting to him? This is pressure he didn’t have to deal with when he first broke in. Or, maybe he’s just trying to do too much and needs to start hitting the other way more? He used to be great with a 2-strike count, but these days he’s simply toast when it gets that far.
I hope he snaps out of it soon or this unflattering A-Rod rep will soon stick.
ummm….he batted over three hundred with RISP last year….this is recent…lately…ummm its a SLUMP PEOPLE!!!!
The thing that really gets me are his many failures to get a run in with a man on third and less than 2 out. Heck, even Endy came through with that the other day but it seems like ages since David’s had a SF.
It’s a slump. Nothing to do with clutch or not clutch. His swing is long and he’s not hitting the outside pitch to right field. We’ve seen this before from him (2nd half of ‘06, beginning of ‘07); hopefully he’ll be able to figure it out a little quicker this time, like, in time for a postseason streak.
I disagree. Maybe it’s a slump, which means his “unclutchness” will be temporary. But he’s been unclutch.
And you must be joking about 2006. Even though he had a power outage the second half, he hit w-RISP. His BA w-RISP that year was a whopping .365 :!:
In 2007, his BA W-RISP was over .300.
This is the only year in his career in which his BA w-RISP is so dismal.
You probably won’t read this since it’s an old post, but your stats from 2006 show exactly what I mean, as expressed in your first sentence: ” . . . it’s a slump, which means his ‘unclutchness’ will be temporary.”
There is nothing in either his stat history or any empirical analysis of his game to suggest that he wilts in big spots by nature. His Gold Glove-caliber play in the field in the face of his batting woes should be evidence enough that he’s big-time.
I’d attribute his slump to failure to recognize pitches. He’s been chasing everything and anything.
OPS by count:
0-1: .742 OPS
1-0: 1.044 OPS
0-2: .672 OPS
2-0: 1.252 OPS
1-2: .594 OPS
2-1: 1.081 OPS
Pretty much says everything you need to know. He’s chasing bad pitches, which puts him in a unfavorable count. Part of this could be his adjusted approach (pull happy, with a huge uppercut). He needs to be more patient and go back to his RF approach.
Perception isn’t always reality, but man, how many times in the last ten games or so have we looked for Wright to come through with men on base (even early in games, Matt) and seen him waving at the ball? It seems like in the absolute most critical situations, he is able to focus, but one level down, with men on, eager to blast a hole in the scoreboard, he K’s.
It seems counterintuitive to say a guy with 105 RBI’s isn’t hitting with runners in scoring position, but I’ve been noticing Wright’s failures in these situations for a couple of months. My impression was that he was striking out a lot with bases loaded or runners in scoring position and 2 outs.
Bases Loaded: 3/15 (0.200) with 10 rbi and 3 k’s
RISP w/2 out: 16/69 (0.232) with 27 rbi and 11 k’s
I wonder what the league norms are.
He’s had a few good at bats over the last few games – fouling off tough pitches with 2 strikes.
Can anyone hear a hint of Christopher Walken in Cerone’s voice? It’s very subtle, but it leaks through at certain times. Maybe its more the way he talks, rather than the voice itself.
The whole clutch conversation is a waste of time.
The real question is what happened to Wright against right-handed pitching.
2008: .264/.338/.458 .786 OPS
05-07: .310/.388/.518 .906 OPS
The whole “clutch” thing is not a waste of time.
And part what you just wrote his inability to hit righties this year has a lot to do with it.
Wright has been weak in the past 30 days with RISP but I was shocked to hear last night that David Wright has had more at bats and more runners in scoring position than any other hitter in baseball this year.
the whole cluth thing IS a waste of time….he has been struggling to get it done at the rate that we are used to, which would indicate a down year in that area of his game…but the fact still remains…he is second in the NL and 6th overall in RBI…..i will take that any day of the week and twice on sunday…lets just hope he gets hot again down the stretch
I don’t think it’s time to panic yet. I think primarily this conversation is a way for the radio shows to drum up controversy, which is their sole purpose these days. It’s dangerous to start throwing labels around like “unclutch” for a player like David when it’s a small sample size so early in his career. Besides, we haven’t seen him perform in the post season in two years, and that’s the ultimate measure of “clutch.” This is a case of hyenas who are gnawing on bones wishing they had fresh meat.
It has to be more than a slump because it’s lasted too long. Where did all that negativity from Beltran seem to land? David Wright. For a while, Wright went less noticed. Reyes was the guy to blame last year and Delgado early on. I think what Wright needs is to be taken out of the 3 hole to get the message that he has to do more. He knows he can be doing better. On the other hand, he can be doing much worse as well.
If you take him out of the 3 spot, you take much of the burden off of his shoulders. I’d bat him 5th or 6th to see what that does. Bat Beltran 3rd, Delgado 4th, Wright 5th and Church 6th.