Wright and Jose Reyes, the former Mets shortstop who spent most of his career playing next to Wright, would race one another on the field at the end of practices. “Here’s my two stars, going full-bore on the second day of spring training,

The ironic part about all of this — about the number retirement, about the Mets Hall of Fame induction, about The Captain, the No. 5 becoming immortalized in the left field corner at Citi Field, the entire celebration that unfolded — is that David Wright doesn’t want to be the center of attention.

The New York Mets are set to retire the No. 5 number of David Wright against the Cincinnati Reds on July 19 at Citi Field. The team's former captain remains a fan favorite to this day. Now "Captain America" will be enshrined forever as no one will wear his number again.

Wright, the Mets’ most recent captain and the only player in team history to have his number retired after spending his entire career with the club, expressed his gratitude throughout a speech that capped a half-hour ceremony on Saturday emceed by broadcaster Howie Rose.

Among those teams are the New York Mets, who overhauled their bullpen with two deals on Wednesday night, shipping away prospects to bring in submariner Tyler Rogers and 2024 NL Reliever of the Year Ryan Helsley.

Francisco Lindor raised some eyebrows when he recently acknowledged that it would be "fantastic" and "help us a lot" if the Mets could steal All-Star outfielder Juan Soto from the Yankees in free agency.