What if I were to tell you that the future of David Wright could be determined by Josh Smoker’s success as a Pittsburgh Pirate?
Apologies. That’s a tad apocryphal. But a correlation does exist there. Most important, it helps construct a roadmap for what to expect as Wright and the Mets continue their awkward dance that looks more likely to end with a retirement news conference than with a triumphant return to the playing field.
Even Wright, the longtime optimist, seems to appreciate the gravity of his situation as a myriad of injuries and conditions, most prominently spinal stenosis, has kept him out of action since May 27, 2016 and has limited him to 75 games since the start of 2015.