When do you take Wright out of games that he is already in?

[Mex17]

This might be a part of managing the back as well. I'm talking about blowouts on either side when the outcome of the game is clearly already decided and you can shave a few innings of fatigue off of him.

The question is when do you pull the plug in those scenarios. Five runs up or down after eight innings? Ten runs up or down after seven? Something more or less earlier or later?

[Frayed Knot]

You make those decisions as they come up absent of any specific pre-set rules or guidelines.
No one, not even Dabid himself, knows in advance how he'll hold up to the rigors of a full(-ish) season - something he hasn't had since 2012 at this point.

[Ceetar]

if he bats in the 6th of a game the Mets are up at least 3, I'd pull him. Also if he bats in the 7th or 8th or 9th of a game the Mets are winning by that much in. I wouldn't pull him down 3 in the 6th or 7th, because I"d want him to get up again. even down 4-5 in the 6th I probably don't.

I also don't pull him two days in a row for this. While I want to minimize fatigue, I also don't want him to get used to 6 inning games. The minimal benefit to his back isn't worth the sap in endurance and whatnot that routinely not playing full games can bring.

I also would me more apt to pull him night game before day game. Especially because in my eye I'm sitting him for the day game with the distinct possibility of him batting in the 5th or 6th and staying in the last few innings.

I know David Wright doesn't need conscious motivation, but sometimes unconscious motivation can work on the brain sorta like a placebo. Things like "David, you're batting here in the 6th against the reliever down 3-2 with the bases juiced cause you're the best and we need you. But if you homer to make it 6-3, you get to rest and it's only PH, make an out and you play out the game. "

[Guest d'Kong76]

I don't think there will be a plan or a chart to limit innings in any fashion.
The best plan in my mind is common-sense days off; day game after a
night game, a game before a day off, Sunday night game before travel.
That's not to say sitting him on a cold night in April up by eight run isn't
going to happen, but imagining there will be a set plan seems silly.

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"Announcing your plans is a good way to hear god laugh."

[ashie62]

Depends his his ability to stay off the DL

[Edgy MD]

What if he's got a no-hitter going?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Would you spell him in the box?
Would you skip those games on Fox?

[Centerfield]

I would pull him if we're down by eight
Or leading big, and the pen looks great
But for those games that fall between
I do not know Mex17

[MFS62]

Until he shows us that when he is in the game, he can be the old Wright we knew and loved, when the winning run is on third, for either team.

Later