Way back in the 2003-2004 off-season, Omar Minaya, just named Mets general manager, somehow convinced Mets ownership to spend a lot of money in the hopes of building a winner. The scheme worked (for a few years, anyway). Fast forward 15 years and we have a new Mets GM. Will Brodie Van Wagenen be able to get the Wilpons to open their wallets again for another spending spree? Don’t count on it.
It is very difficult to compare the situations from 15 years ago to today. After all, the Wilpons were then rolling in Bernie Madoff’s inexplicably incredible returns that promised to keep them knee-deep in money for decades to come.