In what is arguably the worst news Mets fans have heard since "Hey, Tom Seaver got traded!", Joel Sherman of the New York Post says that in order for the Wilpons to remain owners of the New York Mets, they may fire sale under the guise of salary control. Now, their financial disaster has been well documented (and the Wilpons flagrantly lied to the public about their financial state) but turning the Mets into the Royals is such a disgusting proposition I cannot even begin to vent my frustration toward these inept and dangerously incompetent human beings.

Who would go you ask? Wright most certainly. His under market value contract would be highly desirable and would receive a decent return. Reyes and Beltran would both go during the trading deadline. Bay would be dumped for pennies on the dollar unless he proves that 2010 was a fluke. In order to keep the team and return a hefty profit, the Wilpons will sell the soul of the Mets.

I suppose everyone saw this coming after all the news came out but I am shocked by the lack of fan anger in regards to this news. Mets fans, although arguably suffering from some sort of clinical depression or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, are so shell shocked that nothing phases them anymore. Perhaps lost in all of this is that the Mets potential dynasty is gone. 2006 appears more and more to be a fever dream than actual reality. Due to poor planning, owner cheapness, incompetent management, and injuries the Mets allowed the Phillies to walk all over them for years now and let the Mets turn from upstart powerhouse into laughingstock.

The one fact that most definitely bothers me is the following: the New York Mets were, as of 2009, the second or third most valuable franchise in baseball (depending on who you ask). How can Bud Selig allow the Wilpons to continue their disastrous reign of terror? How can MLB sit by and allow the second most valuable franchise to cut and cut and cut in the name of the financial insecurity that they themselves created in their own negligence and stupidity?

There will be dark days upcoming at CitiField. It's going to be a very tough couple of months.