Wright was a seven-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner with the Mets, playing all of his 14 MLB seasons in Queens.

Kicking off Wright’s big weekend at Citi Field, where the captain’s No. 5 will be retired and he’ll be inducted into the Mets’ Hall of Fame, Collins spoke to reporters on Friday. There, he revealed why he named Wright captain ahead of the 2013 season.

The New York Mets don’t hand out iconic moments lightly—and on Saturday, they delivered one worthy of David Wright’s legacy. […]

Wright missed more than four months of the 2015 season, diagnosed with spinal stenosis, before he returned to the lineup in late August, with the Mets holding a healthy lead in the NL East. Collins recalled Wright telling him he didn’t expect to hit in the middle of the lineup when he came back or disturb the way they were performing.

Kranick joins Griffin Canning (Achilles), A.J. Minter (lat strain), Dedniel Núñez (elbow) and Danny Young (elbow) as the fifth pitcher the Mets have lost to season-ending surgery this season.

David Wright believes Juan Soto's decision to leave the Yankees for the New York Mets could redefine the future of baseball in the Big Apple.

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