Wright nominated for Hank Aaron Award

Marty Noble at Mets.com writes about The Hank Aaron Award and the nomination of David Wright:

Since 1999, the 25th anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Major League Baseball has recognized the best offensive performer from each league with the Hank Aaron Award presented by CENTURY 21. Past recipients include Barry Bonds (three times), Alex Rodriguez (three times), Manny Ramirez (twice), Albert Pujols, Todd Helton, Sammy Sosa and Carlos Delgado. Last year's winners, selected during balloting on MLB.com during the regular season's final month, were Boston's David Ortiz and Atlanta's Andruw Jones.

Wright has been nominated on the strength of four more months of professional hitting and uncommon run production. Through July, he led the Mets in batting average, was second in RBIs and third in home runs. And he was getting better at it each day.

Wright's career production through July -- 329 games -- has exceeded that of Hall of Fame third basemen Mike Schmidt and George Brett at equivalent points of their careers. It has exceeded that of Scott Rolen, the player to whom Wright most often has been compared. And he has exceeded expectations, too.