The Citi Discipline ceremony to retire David Wright’s No. 5 eliminated the final apparent retired participant for the Mets to provide such a distinction.
As a result of retiring a quantity has, through the years, turn into a extra widespread occasion, it might be no shock if the Mets had another person be a part of Wright, Gil Hodges (No. 14), Dwight Gooden (No. 16), Keith Hernandez (No. 17), Darryl Strawberry (No. 18), Willie Mays (24), Mike Piazza (31), Jerry Koosman (No. 36), Casey Stengel (No. 37), Tom Seaver (No. 41) and the league-wide No. 42 of Jackie Robinson.
The obvious subsequent in line are most likely Gary Carter’s No. 8 and Jose Reyes’ No. 7. Carter solely spent 5 seasons as a Met and doesn’t maintain a lot resonance within the crew’s document books. It could be about recognizing the Corridor of Famer’s impression because the final piece to the historic 1986 champions and his significance on essentially the most sustained interval of excellence (1985-88) up to now in franchise historical past.
Reyes stays beloved by Mets followers and is arguably (and maybe there isn’t a argument) essentially the most electrical participant in franchise historical past.
