Yankees ghosts of players past haunt Mets owner Fred Wilpon

What do Doctors know that Players Don’t?

“S: But it’s also how you’re treating your plaaaaaaaayers. The Yankees seem to take a cautious approach to medical issues and take control of their players’ recoveries. That will never work.

Owner of the Millennium Fred Wilpon has made it clear that it is the players who should decide what is best for themselves.

After all, as Fred Wilpon must clearly know the answer to, who is better to decide what is best for the franchise, the team doctors or the saving-themselves-for-free-agency players?

H: I, uh…whoa.

S: Now that’s a sustainable model for success!

Oh, and see how you let your players develop before deciding on their futures. Sad, sad Yankees. The Wilpons know you should give up on players prematurely and then watch them go on to become All-Stars on other teams, a philosophy your father shared.

That’s the real path to glory! And it makes sense for a club that wants to save money: Give up on players then replace them with lesser free agents, like Neil Waaaaaaalker.

H: Uuuuuuhhhh…..

Who Needs Justin Turner?

S: And now you’re making the same mistake with Giancarlo Stanton and his contract! Fred and other brilliant baseball minds know this will be exactly, 100% like the A-Rod yeeeeeeeaaaarrrrrsss!

H: Uh, okay, maybe. But Stanton might be more like Reggie, or Tino or Paul O’Neill. Plus, he’s only 28, whereas A-Rod was 32. And it is doubtful he is hiding a debilitating PED secret that will cause him massive psychological drama, and act like a total tool, for the next decade.

Oh, and if his signing results in even one World Series, it will be one more than we have won in the last eight years.

S: Hal, oh Hal, just listen to yourself. Still focusing on the short term. This is completely unsustainable! And no fan of the Mets would settle for one World Series in the next decade…wait, what am I saying? That can’t be right.”