New York Mets: Top 10 seasons by position players in the 2010s

4) David Wright in 2010

David Wright kicked off the 2010 season with a spectacular season for the Mets. Even if the team around him wasn’t very good, he remained a star.

Wright hit 29 home runs and drove in 103 runs. It was the last season he would finish with 100+ RBI, but not the final memorable campaign he would put together. Wright’s prime years were in the previous decade. By the 2010s, injuries were taking their toll and his body was beginning to betray him.

This wasn’t the case in 2010 when Wright finished the year with 295 total bases. The one bad note on the year for his individual performance was the 161 strikeouts he amassed. At the time, it became a new franchise record.

The 2010 season was strange for the Mets because by this point, fans knew this franchise was heading in the wrong direction. One constant was the presence of The Captain at third base. Fans always knew they could rely on him to give everything he had.

3) David Wright in 2012

Even though the best years of David Wright’s career took place in the decade prior, he had a few noteworthy years in the Citi Field years. One of his last took place in 2012. Following the 2011 season when his streak of All-Star selections ended, The Captain returned to action for 156 games.

As he often did in his best years, Wright was an All-Star again. In what looked like a complete rebound, he batted .306 while hitting 21 home runs and driving in 93. The performance was strong enough to land him sixth in the MVP vote.

Unfortunately for Wright, this was the final season of his career that we can call complete and productive. Though he found ways to contribute over the next few years, this was the last real taste of his best.

Despite a lack of talent around him for most of the 2010s, Wright still found a way to put together strong offensive campaigns.