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Mets sale could be in weeks

The Mets are a few weeks from choosing a winning bidder for its minority stake sale, The Post has learned.

Several suitors are conducting extensive due diligence, a source close to the Mets said. Major League Baseball’s owners meeting is May 12, and Commissioner Bud Selig would likely be very relieved if the Mets’ situation were resolved by that time.

This week MLB took control of the cash-strapped Los Angeles Dodgers, raising questions on why it is not doing the same with the Mets.

Team owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are not letting all eight suitors from the second round of the auction see the team’s full financials, which is what would typically happen at this stage in an auction.

These suitors, as a result, would likely not be able to make a binding offer in a few weeks should the Mets’ preferred bidders fall through, sources said.

Sources close to some suitors suspect that the Mets’ auction may not be going as well as advertised, although the Mets maintain it is.

Suitors who made it past the first round include: former Glencore commodity trader Ray Bartoszek; hedge fund honcho Steve Cohen; a group led by Steve Starker, co-founder of trading firm BTIG; and hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci.