The New York Mets are a joke. And it’s a joke that’s not funny anymore.
With the news coming that they’ve decided to hire CAA super-agent Brodie Van Wagenen over the infinitely more-qualified, Tampa Bay Rays Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations, Chaim Bloom, the Mets have solidified themselves as a joke of a franchise. Fred and Jeff Wilpon have long been ridiculed by Mets fans as being clueless, and this will do nothing to dispel that notion.
I have to say, when I first heard about Van Wagenen’s candidacy, I was amused. I figured the Mets did it as a courtesy, since Van Wagenen represented quite a few of their players.