Please, Jays, make some news. I’m begging.
Next on the list is David Wright.
Wright played for the Mets for 14 seasons, hitting .296/.376/.491 with 242 home runs (and 196 steals) in 1585 games, with 1777 total hits.
Baseball-Reference has him at a 49.2 WAR.
He made seven All-Star teams and received MVP votes six times (finishing as high as fourth). He also won two Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers.
Wright had four seasons with bWARs over 5 and three more in the 4s, topping at an 8.3.
He was on his way to what would have been easily a Hall of Fame career until injuries slowed him down. Spinal stenosis and shoulder issues cost him parts of his last five or six seasons, and he ended his career at 35. From age 32 on, he played just 77 games. After his age 30-year season, he only had 20 home runs.
Sometimes, I think the need for bulk numbers is overrated. Wright was a top player for several years. But then several guys looked like Hall of Famers for 6-10 seasons but didn’t get there.
Wright is still close to what I’d consider a Hall of Famer. I guess we’ll see what everyone else thinks. I might like him better if they didn’t call him Captain America.