Five Mets Prospects Who Never Panned Out: Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Give the New York Mets credit for hitting home runs with former prospects such as David Wright, Jose Reyes, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. But, like any other team, the Mets have had their share of swings and misses, too.

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Mets not shocked by departure of All-Star SS Reyes (AP)

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson is hardly shocked that Jose Reyes is leaving. The All-Star shortstop is headed to the Miami Marlins without ever receiving a formal offer from the team he originally signed with at 16 years old. But New York has no plans to give up another homegrown star, third baseman David Wright.

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Mets 3B Wright not worried about trade offers (AP)

David Wright understands why the New York Mets are open to listening to trade offers. After the Mets finished their third straight losing season, general manager Sandy Alderson said he couldn't be certain any player would be back next year but he expected Wright would remain with the Mets. "If he feels like this move could benefit the team in the long run, you at least have to listen.

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Mets 3B Wright not worried about trade offers (AP)

Mets star third baseman David Wright understands why New York is open to listening to trade offers. After three straight losing seasons, general manager Sandy Alderson said this month that no player is untouchable. Wright, who attended the Mets' announcement of their 50th anniversary plans on Wednesday, says he isn't worried.

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Mets’ Wright would really miss his left-hand man (Yahoo! Sports)

Jose Reyes toured the new stadium in Miami on Wednesday and, a few hours earlier, reality was setting in for David Wright. Wright has spent his entire career with Reyes, coming up through the New York Mets' system a year behind Reyes and having him to his left on the diamond...

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Wright isn’t going anywhere unless someone loses their mind (Yahoo! Sports)

The possibility of David Wright opening the 2012 season wearing a different uniform has been an early theme in the hot stove season. The New York Post reported over the weekend that the New York Mets could part with the … Continue reading ?

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David Wright Available, Seattle Mariners Should Pursue: A Fan’s Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

David Wright is officially available as the New York Mets look to re-build, and the Seattle Mariners should pursue him. Confirmation has finally been made that the Mets will consider trading their All-Star third baseman, opening the door for the Mariners front office to at least...

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Mets’ year-end report cards (part 2): Fan’s take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The New York Mets' offense in 2011 wasn't as bad as you may think. The team's best hitters, David Wright, Jose Reyes and Ike Davis, missed a combined 222 games this season, yet New York finished tied for first in doubles and walks and ranked third in stolen bases in the...

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Mets’ season wrapup: Manager, players envision sunnier future (Yahoo! Sports)

David Wright stood next to Terry Collins in the dugout as the New York Mets played out the final game of the season. And he had a message for the first-year manager. "David Wright told me on the bench, 'It will get better,'" Collins said.

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Phillies held hitless until 7th, lose 7th straight (AP)

Even with Ryan Howard back in the lineup, the Philadelphia Phillies fared no better against R.A. Dickey's knuckler Saturday than they have with fastballs and curves lately. Dickey took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, David Wright hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth and the New York Mets beat the slumping Phillies 2-1 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader, sending the NL East...

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