Comments on: News: Mets sign Livan Hernandez

By: Jaxsonhype

Jaxsonhype — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:42:32 +0000

Just to play devil’s advocate, Wright was pretty bad down the stretch last year with RISP. On the year he hit .243 with RISP and .247 with 2 outs and RISP. On top of that, when it came to hitting with men on base in ‘late inning pressure’ situations (any at-bat in the seventh inning or later where the batter’s team trails by three runs or less) he hit .212. Don’t get me wrong, Wright isn’t the problem, but the Mets don’t have anyone that was able to hit in the clutch and have done nothing to correct that. Abreu would have been nice, for comparison he hit .382 with RISP and 2 outs and .414 in late inning pressure with men on.

By: Airfeet

Airfeet — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:01:04 +0000

Jerry Manuel is an awful manager.

By: GravediggerHebner

GravediggerHebner — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:44:49 +0000

wrightistoopc, I can’t locate any stats regarding LOB so I’ll keep an open mind about that, but I can’t be definitive either way without some concrete evidence.

Offensively, by the fairly straightforward measures of BA, OBP, SLG and OPS, David Wright was the 3rd best 3rd baseman in MLB last year, and the 2 guys with better numbers where the fragile 36 year old Chipper Jones, and the self-acknowledged cheating 32 year old Alex Rodriguez. I think it’s reasonable to expect the 25 year old David Wright to improve and to cut him some slack, while appreciating just how good a hitter he is. But if you prefer to isolate some numbers and use them to hate on him, it’s your prerogative.

I appreciate your debating with me reasonably. It’s nice to be able to disagree without expletives.

By: metsin080910

metsin080910 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:25:40 +0000

This is probably just to motivate Garcia and Redding, I’m sure Omar wants Garcia to be healthy and win the spot, so he is lighting a fire under him.

By: ASod1975

ASod1975 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:01:44 +0000

Straw would know about a poor mental approach in big situations as he struck out just about every other at bat in the 1986 NLCS and World Series. He did slam 3 big homers, though….

By: ASod1975

ASod1975 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:53:40 +0000

I suppose this guy would rather have a stiff like Pedro Feliz manning the hot corner…29 blown saves, enough said. However, do you think Omar is going to do something else to upgrade the bench? The bench needs a righty bat with some pop, some decent options still out there…..

By: wrightistoopc

wrightistoopc — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:44:37 +0000

I used the word girlish to exagerrate his timidness and lack of aggressiveness in those situations. Straw commented on the FAN his inability and poor mental approach in these situations as well….although I didn’t need Straw to tell me that. Harsh words, yes. Fair? Probably not. But, I’m not ready to backtrack either. As the number three hitter he did not come through in SO MANY critical situations last year…too many to count. The infamous Murphy at-bat was very symbolic on his entire season. The stats were much more prolific than the actual contribution. Jose/Church/Murph were on base a ton of times in front of him. I would venture without looking at the stats he led the league or #2 or #3 at the very least in runners LOB. To somewhat detract from my bias of David, I though he played a great 3B.

By: Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26

Brock Landers aka The Original Kingman 26 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:31:44 +0000

Arguing with people like you is ridiculous, and I need to grow up some and realize that…and I am only smarmy when dealing with the unreasonable folks on here, and you have rocketed to the head of the cla*s with impressive speed. I am actually usually pretty upbeat and often try to be funny, but the ignorant and the racist do make me childish and angry pretty quickly.

Last year, Wright hit .302/.390/.534 and was in the top 5–10 in just about every category.

He hit 33 HR, 42 2B.

115 R, 94 BB.

124 RBI.

And won a Gold Glove.

Those are facts, but I know, you seem to remember him hitting .237 in some situation, so yeah, you win the argument.

Have a nice day and enjoy your short time before being banned for the 4th time.

By: GravediggerHebner

GravediggerHebner — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:27:15 +0000

wrightistoopc, you might be surprised but at least on some level I am going to agree with you. David Wright, at least in the context of batting average, is not particularly good in “2 out RISP” situations. His career numbers beginning with his first full season are .227, .358, .200 & .247.

However, in the context of the infamous AB with Murphy on 3rd with no one out, Wright is actually a phenomenal hitter with runners on 3rd and less than 2 out, but he had a bad ’08 in that category. His career numbers “runner on 3rd, less than 2 out” are .500, .485, .559 & .259 last season. So yes, he had an off year. Does that make him “girlish?” I think not, and his career pattern so far suggests that 2008 was an anomaly in that situation.

By: wrightistoopc

wrightistoopc — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:21:35 +0000

Gee, lets bring up a stat from 2006! Talk about twisting the facts to augment your position.

Please verify what he did in this exact scenario in 2008, Einstein. You know, like lkast year which is more relevant. I’m sure you won’t get back to me like you couldn’t dispute the other facts so you took up this little dispute in your smarmy little arrogant way.