Read: Wright Clutch or Not
Joey Mayo at NY Baseball Digest dispells the myths that Mike Francesa of WFAN has been perpetuating regarding David Wright not being a clutch player.
Myth #3 on his list is that Evan Longoria is better than David Wright:
“Could he be in the future? Sure. Is that guaranteed? Nope. So why would Mike call me ridiculous when I said I wouldn’t trade Wright for Longoria? Because Mike probably doesn’t know that when David Wright was 22 he was putting up a .911 OPS in the majors, compared with Longoria this year putting up an .875. Once again this might be lost on the math challenged Mike.”
“Than again Mike might just think Wright has been 25 since he broke into the major leagues. I also enjoy the notion that Mike Francesa is a connoisseur of young talent…yes the man who once asked “Who’s David Wright?” when he was the Mets top prospect, the man who laughed at Dustin Pedroia being anything more than average, the man who said the Rays would never win the division, would like you to take him seriously when he says he can see Longoria has the tools to be better than David Wright.”
…i pretty much stopped listening to francesca when it was him and the mad dog…they understand the medium of talk radio, which has become getting listeners riled up so they can debate their opinions…i just don’t feel like playing their game…
