Soaking in the David Wright Deal

The Mets had to re-sign David Wright, I'm just not sure about him.

It's been four days since the New York Mets re-upped a contract with their star third baseman, David Wright, but it's been an uneasy, up-and-down four days for me as a Mets fan. Did the Mets do the right thing? Did they overpay? Are they prepared to build around Wright? Are there any funds anywhere left to sign any other players? Will they ever make the playoffs again?

They had to do this. They absolutely had to do this. There was no way for the organization, who had lost so much credibility in this madoff scandal, so much lost credibility because of three straight, miserable losing seasons, to give up on an immense talent they had nursed since his infant years in pro baseball. It would have been suicide for the Wilpons to let him go; there would have went hundreds and thousands of Mets fans, maybe to the Yankees, maybe to the Red Sox maybe to nowhere. But no worries, David Wright is the New York Mets, simple, real and potentially unfortunate.

I am a huge David Wright fan. The guy is a professional in all facets, playing the game the right way with talent across the board. On the outside, he's the cornerstone of a franchise. He's a once-a-year talent that will find himself on the hall-of-fame ballot at some point. Yet, I'm not so sure what goes on in the interior, what goes on in his head. Wright hasn't always been clutch, hasn't always been consistent and when he struggles, he struggles badly. I often feel as if there's something missing with Wright, something that removes him from the discussion of the Albert Pujols', Robinson Cano's and Miguel Cabrera's. He's got all the talent to be a monster hitter, yet he's only put together two team carrying seasons. Every season there's times when you think he's on the cusp of greatness and then there's times that you're scratch your head. I'm just not 100% confident in David Wright.

Yet, as I said before. There's no way the Mets couldn't have re-signed him. There was a sickening feeling that they weren't going to offer him the type of contract he would sign and I still have that sickening feeling now after he's signed. Maybe it's because I doubt the Mets have any money to spend around him or because I'm scared that R.A. Dickey is a goner (he definitely is gone). Young arms and young bats are abound in the Mets farm system, but you never know if they're going to pan out. You never know if it'll be a quick homegrown turnaround or it'll be a Pittsburgh Pirates situation. Now that Wright is here for seven-years, he's going to want to win and I'm not sure that's going to happen. GM Sandy Alderson must work serious magic to make this team a true contender while Wright's around and if his pockets are forced thin by the Wilpon's financial deficiencies, then it might never happen. David Wright doesn't seem like a guy that gets disgruntled easily, but two or three more losing seasons and I won't blame him if he wants out of Queens.

I'm agreeing with the move to sign Wright, but I'm just uneasy about this whole franchise, this whole next decade in Flushing and how well he'll live up to $138 million dollar expectations, especially with no other stars in the lineup. It's a frightening time to be a Mets fan.