One of the best ideas Major League Baseball has had in quite a while is Player’s Weekend. It’s a fun way to let fans see a bit of each player’s personality, which is just great marketing.

Really, in the end, baseball does stuff like this to market the game to young fans.

To a certain extent, it does work as I know my son wanted a Noah Syndergaard “Thor” shirsey. As a parent, whenever my son shows the slightest interest in both baseball and the Mets, I try to cultivate it (within reason).

With that in mind, I went to both MLB.com and Fanatics to try to get the jersey. No dice.

The best I could do is $21.99 plus shipping for a Player’s Weekend hat, which is an absurd price to pay for a specialty hat for a kid.

Sure, some of the other teams, emphasis on some, had player shirseys available. Notably, the Yankees had Didi Gregorious, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Gary Sanchez available.

And no, the off logo shirsey does not really count. If you can recreate the shirsey for the other teams, you could’ve for the Mets.

What makes it all the more absurd is the Mets are wearing the Player’s Weekend uniforms in the Little League Classic.

Basically, they want kids to go see these players, but under no circumstances do they want them to be able to get their favorite player’s shirsey.

There’s not even a personalization option.

This is just bad business, and it’s an unforced error. Ultimately, if you’re going to do promotions like this to partially generate interest from younger fans, allow them to get the shirsey.