As Wednesday’s trade deadline approaches, Mets fans might want to borrow Leslie Nielsen’s line from the classic movie “Airplane,” when an inexperienced pilot is charged with landing the jetliner.
Three times, Nielsen — who plays a doctor on board — opens the cockpit door and blurts out “Good luck, we’re all counting on you.”
In this case, Mets fans are Nielsen, begging general manager Brodie Van Wagenen to get it right. All that hangs in the balance is the organization’s future as the GM considers trading Noah Syndergaard, in particular.
As The Post’s Joel Sherman reported Friday, Van Wagenen is working hard to trade Syndergaard, with the Braves, Padres and Astros among the teams that are most heavily involved.