Finally Al-Wright

Personally, I see the first Yankees series as the turnaround for the Mets this year.  Since then, they are 24-10 and haven't lost a series in Citi Field.  I know we had a 9-1 run in there earlier this season, but there were some losing streaks in there and you just didnt feel the same chemistry you feel now.  Since that Yankees series, the Mets have proven a loss will not turn into a downward spiral.  Most of all, I think we've seen that what's happened in the past, is truly in the past.  Injuries, bad luck, and certain players who really weren't up to snuff all contributed to a year or so of failure.  However, now that almost all the parts of this team are functioning together and healthily, we can see each of the parts working as they should - case in point, the turnaround of David Wright.

After being hit in the head by Matt Cain at the end of last season, Wright did not seem himself.  Pitchers were able to pitch him up and in and then beat him low and away for the K.  We are used to Wright flirting with 30-30 and hitting around .310.  Early struggles and strikeouts after last year's disaster made Mets fans start to talk about how Wright couldn't lead this team, his time was over, etc.  There was even talk of trading Wright and Reyes and starting over with a rebuild. 

This season, until May 20, David Wright wasn't having a terrible season offensively, but he was striking out way too much and his average was not up around and above .300 like Mets fans were used to.  His average was at .262 and had a respectable 8 HR and 26 RBI, but he also struck out a league leading 55 times in only 141 ABs.  Since that series,  he's kept up the power to hit 6 more homers, but he's exploded in just 132 ABs to hit 35 more RBIs and hit at a clip of .341 getting his average for the season up to .300.

There is no reason to think this is going to stop, but instead, he could get even better.  I'm not trying to count our chickens before they're hatched here, but it's time to pour a little kool-aid of the David Wright variety.  Right now, David has had only 9 games in June without an RBI.  This is pretty great, but not even as great as the fact that he's had the same number of games with multiple RBIs also with 9!  Carlos Beltran is coming back eventually to provide even more lineup protection for Wright who's only really being protected now by a rookie (who hits bombs) and Jason Bay in somewhat of an off year to this point.

Jose Reyes's re-emergence will also keep runners on the base paths ready for David to knock them in.  Wright is leading the NL and is 2nd in majors in RBIs, is in line to hit 30 home runs, and his average just keeps going up.  Sure, he's in 2nd for NL All-Star voting now, but obviously Philly has made a mockery out of the voting process here and David deserves the start.  Finally, you'll hear it here first...M...V...P.

Starting in 2006, it seemed Wright could fly out and the fans would chant MVP!  Maybe I havent been out to Citi Field in a while, but I haven't heard that at all - and you should.  Look around the league.  There is no one that much better, and like I said, Wright just keeps producing.  If he keeps it up and the Mets continue to do well, there is no reason that he shouldn't be voted MVP.

I love how well this team is doing, but it makes even that much sweeter to see Wright leading the way.  Drink it up.