Maybe this didn’t mean anything; actions, especially as far as the Mets go, will always mean more than words uttered in the moment. Still, this was a public departure for Jeff Wilpon, the Mets’ COO, the target of so much derision from his team’s disaffected fan base.
Two chronic charges have been lobbed at the Mets corporate leadership across the past decade. One is rooted in fact — the Mets do not spend with the unabashed vigor of other teams who reside in big markets like New York. They don’t go dollar-for-dollar with the Dodgers, with the Cubs, with the Red Sox, with — most notably — the Yankees.