Fantasy Baseball: Will David Wright Ever Stay Healthy?

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After a great start to the 2015 season, New York Mets third baseman David Wright injured his hamstring on April 14^th against the Phillies. Wright was promptly placed on the 15-day DL. This injury shouldn’t derail his entire season, and he is expected to be back within the month. However, this trend of injury after injury does not bode well for the 32-year-old’s durability.

During his younger days, David Wright was consistently healthy, missing fewer than 8 games in every season from 2005-2010, aside from 2009 when he took a pitch to the head from Matt Cain and got a concussion. He was a fantasy monster during these years, and showed signs of the same guy many times after this period as well.

Apr 9, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; New York Mets third baseman David Wright (5) at third base against the Washington Nationals during the second at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

Sadly, age appears to be affecting players more than in decades past (definitely no relation to steroids), and David Wright hasn’t been immune. In 2011, Wright missed two months because of a stress fracture in his back, and in 2013 he missed time for hamstring injury. The injury bug continued in 2014 when he had a shoulder injury that came and went throughout the season. Although he wasn’t put on the disabled list, his production declined on offense and defense.David Wright was ranked as around the 10^th third baseman going into the year, a realistic expectation for an aging superstar, if he plays enough games to make it count. Through 8 games, he recorded a .333 batting average with 4 RBIs and 3 runs, including a homer before his latest injury. It goes without saying that if you have him on your team, you hold onto him. Even if he misses more than the expected three weeks, his production when he’s healthy is worth it. But as he’s aged, the injuries have become more frequent.

If you can trade him away for another more reliable player, I would pull the trigger. However, unless you play with some die-hard Mets fans, no one else will want to deal with the potential headache of David Wright if he continues to be nagged by this hamstring injury or injures something else. The best option is to put him in your DL spot if you can and hope for the best for the rest of the season. If he looks like he did in the start of the year, you will get some good weeks out of him.

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