David Wright to retire at final appearance on Sept. 29

[Matt Breen]

The Mets' David Wright will be activated and play in one final game on September 29. Wright, who is 35, hasn't played in the Majors since May 27, 2016. He said that with all the injuries and surgeries he doesn't think he can play anymore.

 

A .296 career hitter, Wright had a chance to be a hall-of-famer until injuries derailed his career.

 

Nice that he can make one final appearance before the home fans.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24664434/mets-david-wright-activated-start-one-more-game-teams-final-homestand

[homer]

Yeah it was too bad about the injuries. That guy was a stud in his hey day.

[AKCheesehead]

I'd been reading about his comeback bid. Hard not to root for a guy who put in that much work, sacrifice and pain to make it back. Even if he is a Met.

[KeithStone53151]

I'd been reading about his comeback bid. Hard not to root for a guy who put in that much work, sacrifice and pain to make it back. Even if he is a Met.

 

I can't see a single baseball fan having animosity towards this guy. Even if he was a cub I'd be somewhat pulling for the guy.

[Outlander]

I wonder if this will be a Prince Fielder type situation where the Mets will have to keep him on the 40 man roster in 2019/2020 still even though he won't play again in order to collect insurance.

[MadScientist]

I hope the Mets fans come out and give him a good send-off, even if he only plays an inning or two.

[MadScientist]

I wonder if this will be a Prince Fielder type situation where the Mets will have to keep him on the 40 man roster in 2019/2020 still even though he won't play again in order to collect insurance.

Yes, during the off-season, unless they make a deal with the insurance company like the Rangers did.

[young guns]

If hes retiring retiring i dont think they will have to. I know people were hoping was it supon or garza(or both) would retire so we wouldnt have to keep paying them.

[JosephC]

If Wright retires then he forfeits his 2019 and 2020 salaries which total 27 million dollars, unless the doctor(s) conclude that a particular injury is career ending. Gil Meche was the last player I can remember that just decided to retire and walk away from a big payday.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/baseball/27meche.html

[Outlander]

Retirement was never mentioned in the press conference so I am pretty positive he will get his money. Just depends how much insurance pays.

[KeithStone53151]

If Wright retires then he forfeits his 2019 and 2020 salaries which total 27 million dollars, unless the doctor(s) conclude that a particular injury is career ending. Gil Meche was the last player I can remember that just decided to retire and walk away from a big payday.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/baseball/27meche.html

 

I can't imagine him forfeiting that money. But even if he does, that guy has made plenty of $. His family should be set up for generations.

[Warning Track Power]

One of my favorite non-Brewers players. Remember around the 2008 timeframe I was dreaming of how we could get Wright to Milwaukee to go with Braun-Fielder-Weeks-Hardy-Hart.