Either the Mets were faking it or they are fully prepared to go on without their captain.
Rap music blared as the clubhouse doors opened, and while the atmosphere wasn’t boisterous following Tuesday night’s 6-5 win over the Phillies at Citi Field in which David Wright likely was lost for the immediate future with a right hamstring injury, it was far from solemn.
Wright suffered what the team termed a hamstring pull while stealing second base in the eighth inning and will undergo an MRI exam on Wednesday. Third baseman Eric Campbell was en route from Triple-A Las Vegas the team announced in case Wright goes on the disabled list.