David Wright decided to call it a career, and the Mets will give him one more chance to play.
“Physically, the way I feel right now and everything the doctors have told me, there’s not going to be any improvement,” he said.
Note that he is not retiring:
Wright never used the word retirement on Thursday, nor did Wilpon and John Ricco, the Mets’ assistant general manager, who flanked him at the news conference. If Wright retired, he would forfeit the $27 million left for the final two seasons of his contract.
Wright posted an impressive career .376 OBP with a high slugging percentage. Even as he fought injuries in the late stages of his career, he managed to keep getting on base. He was part of the greatest generation of third basemen in the game, from Adrian Beltre on down. I’m glad he’s getting at least one more game.
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