Huzzah for David Wright

You know, in this sort of season you've got to take your triumphs where you can get them.

Like with David Wright, who all of a sudden is going to end this season with (some of) the kind of numbers we're comfortable with.

It was a drag for me as a fan to have to defend/talk about Wright's horrid 2009, when, amazingly, he hit only 10 home runs and drove in 72 runs.

Coming into 2010, Wright had all of a sudden become a bit of a question mark. Could he hit at Citi Field? Was he happy as a Met? And, worst of all, had he been a juicer? Just a lot of uncomfortable questions all around.

Yesterday, Wright put a few of those questions to bed by socking his 28th home run (11th at home), and collecting his 100th RBI.

Those numbers at least are a reminder of the early D-Wright, the guy from 2005-2006 who was coming into his own. Maybe he needed a year like that again to get back to the 2007-2008 vintage.

Indeed, while the HR and RBI numbers are back where we want them, other numbers are not. Everyone knows about the franchise-record number of strikeouts, and his slugging percentage (.504) and OBP (.356) are also far off from his career norms.

On another player that might not be alarming, but Wright was the kind of talent that you expected to only get better through his prime years (beginning next year).

But here's to optimism! I'm saying he just needed a year to collect himself, a year to dust himself off after the horrible 2009 campaign. I'm expecting big things from him in 2011. I think he's back.

- A.F.O.M.G.