Exciting Things You May Not Have Known About Jamey Wright
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 15, 2010 12:16 PM PDT
in Seattle Mariners Transactions
- Jamey Wright is a Seattle Mariner!
- Despite his adorable baby face, Jamey Wright is 35 years old!
- Jamey Wright led the league in hit batsmen in both 2000 and 2001, and is 31st all-time!
- Jamey Wright ranks tenth among active pitchers in career wild pitches!
- Jamey Wright ranks eighth among active pitchers in career walks!
- Jamey Wright was Seattle Mariner property in 2003 from January 28th to March 18th!
- Jamey Wright has signed with the Royals as a free agent three separate times this decade!
- Jamey Wright was once part of a trade involving Jeff Cirillo!
- Jamey Wright has a daughter named Preston and two sons named Jett Allen and Kingston Cash!
- Jamey Wright attended Westmoore High School in Oklahoma, which also graduated Billy Bajema!
- Over his 15-year career, Jamey Wright has never pitched in the playoffs!
- Out of 443 pitchers to throw at least 100 innings over the past three years, Jamey Wright's 59% groundball rate ranks 15th!
- Jamey Wright is not the same pitcher as Jaret Wright, who was never actually particularly good at all!
He can finish that cup of coffee now!
lemonverbena - July 15, 2010
Jamey Wright has had so many cups of coffee that his toilet broke
Jeff Sullivan - July 15, 2010
Rob Johnson's new best friend
Alexander Calloway - July 15, 2010
Jamey Wright has the whitest-named family ever.
Eyebrows - July 15, 2010 via mobile
I like Jett with 2 ts
ignacio - July 15, 2010
Yes, yes he does.
morrow - July 15, 2010
Jamey Wright isn't good
That hasn’t stopped three teams from signing him at least twice.
Gihyou - July 15, 2010
Chris Seddon, David Pauley, Jamey Wright, and Brian Sweeney are all on a major league roster.
The same major league roster.
Fuckmikereilly - July 15, 2010
First Place Rainier Fever!
ThundaPC - July 15, 2010
I remember a major league roster with Sean White, Chad Cordero, Ian Snell and Jesus Colome
lemonverbena - July 15, 2010
Athletics Nation:
Jamey Was Ours And You CAN Have Him.
Cuz, you know, we’re nice that way.
iglew - July 15, 2010
I did not know any of these things about Jamey Wright.
But know I do.
Thanks Jeff. Theff.
ThomasG - July 15, 2010
I will be upset if Wright's innings played:days on roster ratio is higher than Langerhans'
Bearskin Rugburn - July 15, 2010
Woooooo flotsam!
chaney - July 15, 2010
I keep hoping for some jetsam but I'm always disappointed
pdb - July 15, 2010
There's no jetsam because that comes from a ship that has intentionally sunk itself
We had a chance with the Expos, but no dice.
chaney - July 15, 2010
14. Wright has had just two winning seasons in 15 years
4-3 and 8-7. Not that W-L says a lot about pitchers, but it does say something about the teams that think he can pitch.
morrow - July 15, 2010
Cue jokes about it being the Wright move for the Mariner's to get rid of Cordero and the Wright time to buy.
Or some shit like that
beastwarking - July 15, 2010
Well at least we didn't dump Shawn Kelley for Jamey Wright, I guess
seattlebruin - July 15, 2010
That's probably what they meant to do
tootthekazoo - July 15, 2010
Aw man we almost took him instead of Meche in 2003
Poochie - July 15, 2010
We are now officially playing for next year and we sign Jamey Wright?
This does not paint a rosy picture of what next year is going to look like. Losing Sean White and Chad Cordero is good. Getting a look at Chris Seddon is better but not exciting. Having a bullpen that Jamey Wright is a supposed improvement to is just depressing.
Droid Rage - July 15, 2010
Just because we are playing for next year doesn't mean we don't have to field a team this year.
If we can get better this year at absolutely no cost, why not? I’m not sure Jamey Wright over Chad Cordero is much of an improvement but Chad Cordero is terrible so why not see if Wright can give us some okay innings and win us some games? It hurts no one…except Chad Cordero.
Fuckmikereilly - July 15, 2010
Fucking brevity.
marc w - July 15, 2010
We are playing for next year, but meanwhile, the 2010 season drags on. We need people to pitch.
That’s why Tacoma’s churning through every single player who pitched or almost pitched in the majors over the past 7 years, and the big club’s doing the same thing. Every once in a while, you get a Brendan Donnelly or at least a Brian Sweeney, but more often than not, you get a bunch of Corderos, Colomes and Olsons.
There’s no problem in cycling through journeymen/indie-league/MiLB guys for the 12th spot on the staff in 2010, and it doesn’t prevent the team from focusing on 2011. On the contrary, it signifies that they understand that the back of the ‘pen isn’t good enough for 2011; that Cordero wasn’t magically an all-star anymore, and whatever Adair taught Colome didn’t make Colome a great pitcher all of the sudden.
marc w - July 15, 2010
Fucking verbosity.
Fuckmikereilly - July 15, 2010
Yeah, I get all that.
I still find it depressing that Jamey Wright might be an improvement for the Mariner/s bullpen. Why did they get themselves into a situation where this is true? How can this not be depressing?
Droid Rage - July 15, 2010
Well, first there was the Pilots
A car dealer named Bud Selig bought the team and moved them to Milwaukee after just one year. Then Seattle sued the American League, got another team, yada yada now we’re here.
lemonverbena - July 15, 2010
Relievers are by and large failed starters.
You should probably not be surprised when they suck, no matter how much they were expected to do well.
CapSea - July 15, 2010
I agree, we should have signed John Parrish and Rick White
Corco - July 15, 2010
Dan Meyer and Nelson Figueroa were both DFA'd.
Quick! Fungible relievers! They’re everywhere! Grab them all!
Fuckmikereilly - July 15, 2010
Jamey Wright spells his name J-a-m-e-y, which helps eliminate those humorous Jaime typos.
msb - July 15, 2010
Groundballs!!!
tait644 - July 15, 2010
This post made me realize that
exclamation points can make anything sound awesome!
skwid206 - July 15, 2010
Add a big smiley face and you are correct.
Rabies! =D
War! =D
Decay! =D
Spiders! =D
Flatulance! =D
Deforestation! =D
Sean White! =D
CapSea - July 15, 2010
The last one still doesn't sound awesome.
el pato - July 15, 2010
And flatulence is offended by the insinuation.
morrow - July 15, 2010
Another one...
A couple of seasons ago, Rangers pitching coach Mark Connor said Wright’s stuff was electric, so his nickname at Lone Star Ball became “the electrician.” He was actually decent the first half of that season but the Rangers rode that horse until it fell down.
Inkara1 - July 15, 2010
With Rob Johnson catching
And Jamey Wright’s history of wild pitching……
level - July 15, 2010
Sounds like Wak has been wanting to get Wright in, based on his time in Texas-- for what he does on and off the field
msb - July 15, 2010
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