There would seem to be reasons to wonder if David Wright is hurt. But the star third baseman insists he’s fully healthy.
“No problem,” Wright told The Post before last night’s 5-4 win over the Dodgers. “There’s nothing wrong with me.”
With just five homers, Wright’s power numbers are down this season. And even beyond the cavernous Citi Field, he has only two homers on the road.
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Before getting two hits last night, scoring twice and driving in a run, Wright was in a 1-for-23 rut.
And there have been subtle things too: Wright is taking longer than he has in the past to appear at his locker after games, making it worth wondering if he’s in the trainer’s room receiving treatment.
There’s also a question of whether Wright would admit if he were hurting. He’s never been on the DL and certainly knows his importance to the team, never more so than now. But Wright swears he’s healthy.
Manager Jerry Manuel thinks Wright’s funk is due to numerous things
“You just see him trying to do too much,” he said.
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The Post’s Joel Sherman reported that if the Blue Jays trade Roy Halladay, the Phillies are the front-runner to land him, according to a sampling a of MLB execs.
That would make the Mets’ archrivals incredibly difficult to beat.
“[Halladay is] a guy that instantly brings a team to a different level . . .
“I’m a tremendous fan of his work. . . . I love supposedly the work ethic and attitude he brings to the table.”
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Asked if there were any people he could look to for help in keeping the players’ and fans’ spirits up, Manuel joked that he needed special counselors.
“I need Gandhi and [Martin Luther] King,” he said, prompting laughter. “They went through some stuff.”
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Mets’ Double-A righty Jenrry Mejia is out of the Futures Game, thanks to a strained right middle finger. The Mets will have only one Futures Game participant — 17-year-old infielder Wilmer Flores. . . . Omir Santos is in a 2-for-24 slump. . . . Manny Ramirez’s ninth-inning homer last night put him into 16th place on the all-time list with 535, one ahead of Jimmie Foxx and one away from Mickey Mantle.