Last night, Wright had three hits and raised is league leading average to .416 against left handed pitching.

…as Matt said on Thursday, David is the least of my concerns going into 2010, and despite the power outage, the figure above should be comforting…

David Lennon, in today’s Newsday, spoke with hitting coach Howard Johnson earlier this week and he says  both he and Wright watched video and pointed out instances where he was flinching at the plate.

Johnson told Lennon:

“I think it’s important that he sees it and he can go from there…he’s going to be OK. I think a lot of it is subconscious and those things take time to go away. But they do go away. I just keep putting the thought in his mind – be aggressive, swing the bat and be the hunter up there. Let it go.”

…its important to note that as the end of the season looms and questions are arising as to which coach will be retained and which one will not, that Johnson and Wright have a very close relationship and they are expected to work closely together in the offseason…in addition, the offense, outside of the power, has been good this year as the team is hitting .270 which is the best in the league…they are eighth in the league in on base percentage at .334, but for the most part, the hitting has been good…what happens after they get on base is another story…

In addition to Wright, Jeff Francoeur hit his 15th home run of the season last night and since last Sunday he is 7 for 20 with two home runs and four RBI.

Since joining the Mets in July, Francoeur has hit .313 with 10 home runs and 41 RBI in 74 games.

…i think Jeff has been a great story as he tries to bounce back from a terrible 2008…he has turned his season around since leaving Atlanta and i would expect that he is a part of the Mets plans in 2010 as a very strong complimentary player with tremendous potential to be a force in the lineup as well as the field…

After he apologized, Wright addressed reporters as he normally does, saying:

“It’s been tough because we’re playing, as far as the standings go, in pretty meaningless games…That’s the tough part. I knew it was going to be a challenge for me coming off the DL and just right away feeling good at the plate. I wish personally I would have had a little more success coming off the DL, but that’s not the case and you have to work your way through it.”

…part of what makes a bad team bad is the attitude of a team, because the attitude of a team dictates mental preparedness, and for a player to admit that a game is meaningless, whether there are 30 days left or one day left, is a testament to the manager…i don’t think any game is meaningless and with 89 losses and seven days to go in the season, I still want my team to win, and if the players themselves aren’t into it mentally, why should we as fans invest our time in them…

Wright did break his 0 for 10 streak with an RBI double in the fifth inning, but he promptly struck out two times after that.

Despite his struggles, Wright would like to work on what Jerry Manuel calls a “loop” in his swing which makes him susceptable to inside pitches, telling reporters:

“You still take a lot of pride in each at-bat, so you want to try to fix things…By no means am I just looking ahead to next week. I want to try to correct whatever I’m doing wrong mechanically and go from there.”

…so i guess these games aren’t meaningless…

Wright will not be in today’s starting lineup.

Wright has also struck out a career-high 135 times, exceeding his prior high of 118 from last season.

Jerry Manuel told reporters that Wright will have tonight off.

…i have said it all year long that it has been a bizarre season for David but if you take his stats prior to his stint on the disabled list…he was in the top five in hitting all year despite missing some key pieces as protection in the lineup…that said, the strikeouts have been alarming this year and the injury didn’t cause his power outage…

Wright admits that he and the rest of his teammates are disappointed in the way 2009 turned out, telling reporters:

“”There’s not many positives we can take away from this year as a whole…It’s not a learning process dealing with failure. I’m ready after that last out to turn the page and get ready for next year, because this hasn’t been fun for anybody. In fact, it’s been very disappointing.”

Despite that disappointment, Wright is not mailing the rest of the season in, telling reporters that he takes a lot of pride in his at bats and is out there playing to win.

“I think that it’s always going to be there…I don’t think that’s something where you get a couple at-bats and all of a sudden it goes away. I’m aware, it’s in the back of my head, but you get in the box and you get locked in and it’s just muscle memory from doing this so many times that your body just does it.”

…i can’t say i blame the guy…i think we would all be just a little worried after something like that…

Since returning from the disabled list, Wright is hitting .258 with two home runs and 13 RBI.

Wright says that he is symptom free and is hoping that his worries vanishes as he gets more at-bats.

For more on this, check out Rieber’s article.

Wright had been in a 3 for 27 slump which included 11 strikeouts, one of which matched his career high at 118.

Since his return from the disabled list, Wright is hitting .250 with two home runs and 11 RBI, with 13 strikeouts.

…it has been an unbelievable roller coaster for David this year…

Lifetime, Wright is a .261 lifetime hitter, with 11 home runs and 36 RBI in 176 career at bats in Citizens Bank Park.

Wright has just one extra base hit and five RBI, and has struck out 12 times over that span.

…its hard to determine what is actually the cause of the slump, but i’d have to figure that its a combination of rust and the result of being hit by a 95 mph fastball in the head…not to mention the fact that he has been as streaky as a hitter can get this season…

…it has most certainly been a strange season for Wright…i have heard a lot of people say it has been a “bad” season for him, but it is hard for me to say that simply because he has hit, just not for power…

Through Sunday, Wright is hitting .323 and is in fifth place behind Pablo Sandoval, who is hitting .324 for the Giants.

In addition, Castillo is hitting .311, and he is tied for sixth place with Ryan Braun of the Brewers.

…i know that average alone doesn’t tell the entire story as Wright in particular has had a year long power outage...his slugging percentage is down almost 70 points from 2008 and almost 60 points for his career…and Castillo has had a bizarre year defensively as well…

After the game, Parnell told reporters:

“It was a good feeling out there.”

…i’d have to agree…i have to say i was charged up for the first time in a long time when he was able to induce that comebacker to end the inning…

Despite the positive performance, David Wright wants Parnell to be able to find some consistency, telling reporters:

“He’s got to find that middle ground…where the highs aren’t so high and the lows aren’t so low.”

Jerry Manuel praised Parnell’s ability to get out of that bases loaded jam in the seventh inning, saying:

“I thought he had a pretty good chance because I thought he was still throwing the ball pretty well…That’s part of his maturation process. That was huge for us.”

In addition, Manuel had this to say about Parnell in general:

“He’s a guy that has a tremendous, tremendous arm…And they’re very rare.”

…he does have a great arm and it was really exciting to see him strikeout Kosuke Fukudome on a 97 mph fastball in the seventh inning, as he was around the 100-pitch mark…

…what i think the club needs to determine is whether or not he has the ability to mature, and that comes down to his mental makeup…i don’t think anyone has ever questioned the physical talent, but like a lot of players, what’s going on in his head and therefore would he be part of the solution…

Wright told Tara Sullivan of the Bergen Record:

“I feel good. It’s been a slow, gradual process, meeting with a lot of doctors and doing a lot of tests…It’s been a gradual process, but in the end I’m thankful they kind of did it this way because it took it out of my hands and allowed me to recuperate the way I should, and not on my schedule, which probably was the wrong way.”

Wright is eligible to return from the disabled list on Tuesday when the Mets are in Denver.

For more check out Sullivan’s article.

Update, 8:17 pm:

David Wright has suffered a concussion, and will remained hospitalized overnight at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

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David Wright was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Matt Cain in the bottom of the fourth inning during today’s game.

Wright walked off the field under his own power, and Fernando Tatis replaced him as a pinch runner.

…it was a scary sight and I hope he is ok…he was down for about two minutes but it was a great sign to see him walk off the field under his own power…