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Palladino: Time Has Come For David Wright To Step Aside

Related Topics: Sandy Alderson, David Wright, Neck

By Ernie Palladino
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The time has come for David Wright to have an honest talk with himself, and then an equally honest talk with general manager Sandy Alderson.

As the bell on Wright’s career tolled another level louder Tuesday with his trip to New York to investigate a shoulder impingement, it has come time for the captain to voluntarily remove himself from the roster and allow the Mets to move on without him.

It’s the right thing to do.

They have treated him more than fairly, as they should have considering the classy and competitive way Wright represented the franchise until his body above the waist turned into a medical compendium.