Secondary Source
Harper turned to even more trustworthy sources for his Mets information.
"…sources with knowledge of the Mets’ plans are telling me the front office will do more to improve the team this winter than is being portrayed publicly."
People with knowledge of the Mets plan? Who doesn’t know their plan by now? Seriously, I think Ol’ John was just sitting around the office with the other sportswriters/sources and just asked them what they thought.
How else would he get this kind of Deep Throat level of inside information:
"However, sources make the case that it’s more about seeing potential value in a free-agent market moving so slowly that players will eventually sign for significantly less than they were asking at the start."
So, highly placed officials with intricate knowledge of the team’s long-term plans, locked deep in a vault in Queens, have informed Mr. Harper that the Mets secret plan is to wait out the free agent market?
Damn, that Andre is good. And the pizza is delicious, too.