The internal war brewing over Mets’ GM search

Fred Wilpon (l.) stands with won Jeff.A civil war of sorts of could be unfolding at the Mets’ highest level, with team owner Fred Wilpon and COO Jeff Wilpon disagreeing on a path to follow in hiring Sandy Alderson’s replacement to lead the front office.

As The Post reported last month, the elder Wilpon favors an experienced baseball person with roots in scouting and player development over the industry trend of hiring younger executives with a slant toward analytics. The younger Wilpon would prefer a more analytics-savvy general manager, according to sources.

It’s this disconnect that has led to the Mets compiling separate lists of candidates based on baseball ideology.

An organizational…