Wright ‘really confident’ neck, back will be healthy

NEW YORK — A small scar is still visible on David Wright’s neck, the product of the cervical discectomy and fusion he underwent June 16. In every other way, Wright appears in normal health.

But because Wright missed roughly four months of the season for the second consecutive year, questions linger about his ability to be productive for the Mets again. He will enter next Spring Training at age 34, having played 75 games over the past two seasons combined.

“It’s a fair question, and I think my mindset is to go out there and do what I’m capable of doing,” Wright said in the aftermath of the Mets’ 3-0 loss to the Giants in the National League Wild Card Game on Wednesday night at Citi Field. “We’ll see when things start up. I can do as much in the offseason to get ready for Spring Training as I can.

“Once Spring Training comes, you start getting in those live situations, those game situations, you just don’t know how things are going to react. But I’m really positive and I’m really confident that this neck surgery’s going to hold up. I’m confident that my back’s going to hold up. And we go from there.”

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Wright, who has limited his physical activity to walking since the surgery, still …

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