David Wright was great at many things...but this part of his game was UNDERRATED!

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00:00When you look at Wright, though, Brian, what's the most underrated or overlooked aspect of his legacy with this franchise?

00:07Because I think there's a lot of things you could think about with him.

00:09But what do you think that people may overlook when it comes to David Wright and his legacy with the Mets?

00:15Base stealing, especially early in his career.

00:18I think the 30-30 season in 2007 gets a little bit forgotten, relatively speaking, with all the other accolades.

00:26The hitting, of course, everyone remembers, you know, won a couple gold gloves.

00:31But it might be a little bit harder for him.

00:33Many might not immediately look at David Wright and think of him as a great base runner.

00:37But he was pretty good, especially early on.

00:40During that 2007 season, he stole 34 bases, and he was only caught five times.

00:45So very selective, and I think it goes a lot.

00:48And this was a different era when there was not a lot of base stealing.

00:51So 34 was a pretty prolific number.

00:54But he was selective and effective when he did go.

00:58And that really went away after 2009, and the injuries began to pile up.

01:02So I always think about that in that 2007 season, which I think is his best season.

01:07The stolen bases really stand out.

01:09And like I said, he did it pretty effectively up for the first few years of his career.