Designated organization hatchet man John Ricco was nowhere to be seen while David Wright went through a simulated game at Citi Field before the varsity crushed the Phillies 10-5 on Saturday night. This meant that for one day at least, no one in the Mets’ front office was available or willing to besmirch the captain and his attempt to make it back by the end of the season.
As much as possible, then, this was a feel-good day for No. 5, uncomplicated by cold-blooded, clinical analysis offered by the assistant general manager, who presumably had been given his talking points by the Wilpon ownership group before providing a steady drumbeat of doom and gloom.