'I hope it is an aberration because I think there's a lot of good players that are being deprived of getting an opportunity to continue their careers.'
Sale said Monday that he is back to 100 percent, and he deflected questions about the illness that melted even more weight away from his 6-foot-6, 180-pound frame.
Wright was drafted by the Mets and has spent his entire career with them. For years he's been the face of the franchise for a team that often sorely needed the positive image he always portrayed.
The Nationals fell to 64-66 -- they've already lost more games than they dropped last year in going 97-65 to take their second consecutive NL East title.