MLB execs aren’t sold on Brodie Van Wagenen’s bold Mets vision

Brodie Van WagenenBrodie Van Wagenen arrived at the podium for his first press conference as Mets general manager last October vowing “boldness and creativity” as he looked to jumpstart a franchise desperate for both.

As much as 2015, and the team’s unlikely World Series appearance — and a subsequent wild-card berth that put the Mets in the postseason in consecutive seasons for just the second time in franchise history — are celebrated, it’s hard to obscure the ugly truth: The Mets have played far more meaningless games after the All-Star break than meaningful over the past decade.

Last year’s 77-85 fourth-place finish in the NL East gave the Mets eight losing seasons in their past 10, a mark…