Jeff Wilpon departed cliche island to explain the scenario in which the Mets would deal Noah Syndergaard.
Forget the standard about a trade working for both sides. Instead, last week the Mets owner explained: “It all depends on what Brodie [Van Wagenen] thinks he can get back [in a trade]. If he thinks the return is outsized from what the value of Noah is, then I guess he’ll suggest it and we’ll move on and do that. But it takes two [teams] to make a trade and it would [have to be] pretty lopsided.’’
Was that posturing to extract huge bids from the outset?