David Wright: We're Coming Back

In one of the more open and subtly angst filled interviews that David Wright has ever done, the Mets third baseman talks with Mike Lupica about the frustrations of the past season and his general distaste for ever having to experience that again.

Wright is quoted as saying that he "doesn't ever want to go through that again...We're coming back." I'm pleased to the leader of the Mets take a position like this. Coming from Wright, I don't think it's puffery or just a line you feed the press. I honestly believes he feels this way.

The tough part is Wright's not the problem. He has to rely on on the other players to hold up their end of things in order for the Mets to be successful. I'm confident Wright will be back to true form. It's everyone not named Santana that takes the mound that I'm concerned about.

It's good for the Mets, and their fans, to hear statements like this from our prize player. I just hope his words can impact some other arms and bats in the Mets clubhouse.

Predicting the Mets Record for the 2009 Season

According to my calculations, the Mets will finish the 2009 season with a record of 79-83.It will be the first time in 5 seasons that the Mets will finish under .500.

I took a very conservative approach to these calculations and I can't find a real opening for the Mets to go on a 8+ winning streak. In my estimation the longest streak the Mets have the potential of making is a 4-5 game win streak from when they leave Arizona leading into the home series against the Giants.

Here's my breakdown of the remaining series:

Series	Wins	Losses
Cardinals	1	1
San Diego	2	2
Arizona	2	1
San Fran	3	1
Atlanta	2	1
Philly	1	3
Florida	1	2
Chicago	1	2
Colorado	2	1
Chicago	1	2
Florida	2	1
Philly	1	3
Atlanta	1	2
Washington	3	0
Atlanta	1	2
Florida	1	2
Washington	2	1
Houston	2	1
Total	29	28

Not exactly the year we all had planned for this team, but injuries, disappointment and some questionable roster moves can change the scope of a season.

For those still hoping that the Mets can make a run at the Wild Card, I'd estimate that the Mets have to win 91 games in order to do that. Here's the type of schedule the Mets would have to have to accomplish that:

Series	Wins	Losses
Cardinals	2	0
San Diego	3	1
Arizona	3	0
San Fran	3	1
Atlanta	2	1
Philly	2	2
Florida	2	1
Chicago	1	2
Colorado	2	1
Chicago	2	1
Florida	2	1
Philly	2	2
Atlanta	2	1
Washington	3	0
Atlanta	2	1
Florida	2	1
Washington	3	0
Houston	3	0
Totals	41	16

Basically the Mets would have to win every series but one and then split the two series against the Phillies. As you can see that's a pretty tough scenario to consider realistic.