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He may have sold the New York Mets for a record price last year, but Fred Wilpon is striking out when it comes to selling SNY, the sports channel behind the MLB team, The Post has learned.

Even though Fred Wilpon’s short speech suggested that happier days were ahead for the New York Mets, his facial expression and that of his brother-in-law Saul Katz told a different story.

The money from Fred Wilpon, a businessman and former Mets owner, and his wife will fund scholarships and other support services for students who are the first in their families to attend college.

Fred Wilpon is an American real estate developer. Wilpon is the co-founder and chairman of Sterling Equities, a real estate company that serves in building projects across the US. Alongside Saul Katz, he established the company back in 1972. Since the 1980s, Sterling Equities owns New York Mets, where Wilpon is a majority shareholder and chairman.

Fred Wilpon, 83, first acquired a 5 percent share of the Mets in 1980, and six years later bought half the club from Nelson Doubleday.

Fred Wilpon is an American real estate developer and former baseball executive. Fred Wilpon has a net worth of $800 million. From 1987 to 2002, he was part-owner of the New York Mets, and was the...

But Wilpon was more than happy not to question the guaranteed 12-to-15-percent return on his investments each year, something he could count on regardless of the economic climate.

Fred Wilpon liked to watch pitchers throw their bullpen sessions, and sometimes interacted during the process. “Fred knows just enough to be dangerous,” one former pitching coach said.