So forgive me if I don’t believe a word of what I am being told from the ownership and front office of the New York Mets these days.
I’ve heard it all before.
‘We need to rebuild through the minor league system.”
“Those decisions are made by the baseball department.”
“I can’t think of a single time we said no to any of our people when they asked about adding to the budget.”
“We need to get younger, faster, more athletic.”
“We need to rely more on our scouting department.”
All of those quotes have come from a Wilpon, a Wilpon-hired GM or any number of Mets executives over the years. Yet, I am supposed to trust a Mets chief executive who tells me his intention is to build a winner, yet isn’t going to make his 28-year old All-Star caliber shortstop and leadoff hitter his first priority?