I guess it makes sense, in this 2012 season that has been so much about R.A. Dickey and David Wright, that the final 10 games of the season come down to little more than the two of them.
There’s Dickey, who will go for 20 wins on Thursday. Incidentally, this is being treated as his final chance to do it, but I don’t think that’s remotely true. He’d be on five days rest for Wednesday, October 3, the season finale in Miami. And the Mets could obviously use him in relief in a tie game to try and get him win number 20 in between, on his throw day, for instance. So he should have several opportunities to bag win 20, the first Met to do so since Frank Viola back in 1990.
Then there’s David Wright, who is three hits from tying Ed Kranepool for the franchise lead in career hits. I wrote a piece several years ago pointing out how easily Wright and Jose Reyes would take over virtually every leaderboard the team ever had. As it stands now, Wright can take the lead in hits this week, while owning the lead in walks, doubles, R.B.I. and other categories. Reyes leads in, naturally, triples, stolen bases, and thrills. But they’ll fall short of owning basically every franchise record there is, due to the… unpleasantness.
The Mets aren’t going to catch the Phillies for third; they’re probably safely ahead of the Marlins for fifth. They’re not even in position to affect their draft pick much, with only the Boston Red Sox near them.
So a final ten games rooting for the best possible statistical finish for Dickey and Wright is what we’ve got. It could be worse; how much worse, we’ll find out once the offseason negotiations with Dickey and Wright for extensions are concluded.
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I wonder if the wilpons root against dickey/wright b/c it would affect their contract negotiations…
I mean when u think about it…the mets moved in the fences specifically for David Wright…and David still has not hit 20 HR this year…Scott Hairston…who was a pt player for most of the year…has more HR in less AB.
now DW’s avg is dwindling towards .299…RBI’s are down tremendously….
this does affect his value in a trade…but also affects his value on the fa market…
if they trade Dickey on the other hand, I think the mets have a better chance of getting more value for him than David and there is a WIDER market for him than DW…
U can trade Dickey to almost any team in baseball…
Ur not gonna trade Wright to Washington, Texas or Boston or anyplace that has an established 3B already…but aside from Tampa…there is no team in baseball that cant use an extra ace…
Say goodbye to both. I think Dickey likes NY, but he has never had an opportunity like this and won’t again. Same might be said of David. Kranepool’s record would be nice but hardly meaningful unless he stays.