I have asked Mets officials on and off the record about payroll, off-field drama and fan reaction dozens of times during the last eight years and the answer is always more or less the same.
"It all comes down to wins and loses, because winning cures all," the person will essentially respond. In other words, regardless of how much the team is spending or how fans feel about it, everything will work out if the Mets win.
The problem with this has always centered around the word, 'if,' and it continued yesterday when COO Jeff Wilpon and GM Sandy Alderson hosted team reporters for their annual offseason lunch at Citi Field.