Dragon Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax 4 Prez Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 He's defiantly deserving of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorillaNJ Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I dont know.... he is not top 5 in any category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 True, but no one else in the NL is running away with the MVP race. David Wright is the only player that's been consistently good for us throughout the season. Why not David Wright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorillaNJ Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 True, but no one else in the NL is running away with the MVP race. David Wright is the only player that's been consistently good for us throughout the season. Why not David Wright? Other then the anti-New York Bias there is no reason why he shouldn't be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jeans Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 d wright owns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax 4 Prez Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Other then the anti-New York Bias there is no reason why he shouldn't be.... To ESPN he's top 3. Also in this column:* Zambrano needs to zip it* Betancourt overtakes Jeter* A Drew-for-Burrell swap?* More news and notes For the first time in 52 years and only the third time in baseball history, both league MVPs may play the same position in the same city. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has a hammerlock on his third American League MVP award. Let's face facts: This is one race that's already over. A-Rod probably would have to finish the season 0-for-100 (or thereabouts) to not win it. Meanwhile, Mets third baseman David Wright is quickly gaining steam in a wide-open NL derby, thanks to go-ahead homers in back-to-back games to put the Queens team back in a commanding position in the playoff picture -- not to mention fine across-the-board numbers, a superb all-around game and a leadership role on the NL's best team. If the vote were held today, he'd get my support in a narrow call over Brewers slugger Prince Fielder and Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins -- though, of course, a lot can still happen. Anyway, it's surely no stretch to think Rodriguez and Wright could repeat the same-city, same-position MVP feat previously accomplished only by Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella twice in the 1950s. Berra and Campanella, catchers for the Yankees and Dodgers, both won MVPs in 1951 and '55. It's often imprudent to call an MVP race in early September, but while the Tigers' Magglio Ordonez and the Mariners' Ichiro are having superb seasons in the AL, there's no realistic reason to think someone other than A-Rod could or should win the award. He has 45 homers and on Monday notched his 130th RBI (the same as Mickey Mantle in his Triple Crown season of 1956). Plus, he has been terrific in the clutch and in the field in a season where the pressure of his contractual situation and last year's oft-dissected failures increased his burden. Meanwhile, playing across town without the same microscope (not to mention anything approaching the same sort of fanfare), Wright has worked his way toward the top of a very crowded field by playing an exemplary all-around game (he's now hitting .320 with 26 homers, 91 RBIs, 94 runs and 30 stolen bases) and by heating up as things got hotter. Wright went from .244 at the end of April to .271 by the end of May, then kept going up, month by month, to .288, .300 and .319 through August. While a few VORP devotees and other statistical mavens may support Hanley Ramirez, in my estimation Wright's main competition should come from the Brewers' Fielder and Ryan Braun, the Phillies' Rollins and Chase Utley, the Rockies' Matt Holliday, the Dodgers' Russell Martin and Wright's teammate Jose Reyes. But as of today, of all those players, only Wright and Reyes would be in the playoffs, something else that could put Wright over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I dont know.... he is not top 5 in any category. But he's in the top 10 of more than any player, I believe, and he's leading the Mets' charge to close out the division. The case for Wright will be made stronger as soon as he becomes 30/30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 But he's in the top 10 of more than any player, I believe, and he's leading the Mets' charge to close out the division. The case for Wright will be made stronger as soon as he becomes 30/30. 2 HRs away now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 2 HRs away now. We need Wright to hit like this in the postseason. He is coming up clutch time and time again. It will be awesome for him to get that 30th HR in the presence of Hojo, his baseball mentor and last 30/30 NY Met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-cal dub Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yes. Wright NL MVP...Arod AL MVP. Bring it home New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax 4 Prez Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yes. Wright NL MVP...Arod AL MVP. Bring it home New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 if the rockies make the playoffs holliday is winning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeMeSomeFoodHo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 if the rockies make the playoffs holliday is winning it I agree. Also, I believe Eric Byrnes should get some consideration. He's lead his team in every offensive category for the majority of the season....and his team is in first place. Speaking of the Rockies, how good is Troy Tulowitzski? Hands down the best defender in all of baseball, he is sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 29... and counting. 1 HR and Wright has a 30/30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax 4 Prez Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 29... and counting. 1 HR and Wright has a 30/30. The rate he's going he'll get it, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I would love for David Wright to be named MVP but I'll doubt that will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I would love for David Wright to be named MVP but I'll doubt that will happen. He has two weeks to put this team on his back and take it, along with the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 David Wright's numbers through September 16, 2007 (Third Base Comparisons Only) AVG. .313 (League Average .273) HR: 30 (League Average 9) SB: 31 (League Average 4) RBI: 98 (League Average 38) RUNS: 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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