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| Wright ends his 2014 season .Photo Credit: Evan Habeeb/USA Today |
The New York Mets had to unfortunately end their star David Wright's season by a few weeks with an injury that has plagued him all season long.
By: Michael Hanley
The Mets announced last night that they were ending Wright's season early because of soreness and rotator cuff inflammation in his left shoulder. This has been something that the third baseman has been trying to play through all season long. The plan is for him to rest for a period of time then begin a rehab program that would have him on track to be 100% healthy for the start of the 2015 season.
Though it is admiral of him to want to continue to be there for his teammates and for the franchise itself, it was doing more harm than good. That was bearing out in the type of season he was having this year.
David Wright has always been a consistent .300 hitter throughout his career, showcasing his power and ability to be a reliable RBI bat in the Mets lineup. This season has been completely different though. Coming into today, Wright was batting a very pedestrian .269 with only 8 home runs and 63 RBIs, He has struck out 113 times this season as well which also can be attributed right to his sore shoulder he has been dealing with.
You could see his swing was not the sound, solid one we had grown accustom to seeing over the years. Wright was out in front on allot of pitches in his at bats, chasing after bad pitches that he had not gone after on a consistent basis since his rookie year.
On a team that was offensively challenged from the very start of the season, Wright was being counted on to deliver another big offensive season and at times carry the team through stretches. This year though he could not and it put more pressure on others to step up and try to pick up the slack.
New York will hope to get the old version of David Wright back next season especially with how many more years they have invested in him. Wright still is owed $107 million and has six years left on his contract, which will take him to age 37 when it expires. That is a significant amount of years and money to put into one player but in past seasons, Wright has proven to be a durable and reliable player for the Mets and their is no reason why he cannot return to that next season.
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