The New York Mets have a new pair of admirers with awfully deep pockets. As exciting as that prospect is for this beleaguered fan base, we’ve heard this one before and should hold off on counting any chickens before they hatch.

That being said, if anyone’s going to swoop in and save this franchise from decades of getting in its own way, the current owners of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devil are as solid as candidates as any since billionaire Steve Cohen’s failed bid in January (it’s been five months, but you could tell me it’s been two years and I wouldn’t argue).

Shall we delve into their track record? We shall.

Joshua Harris, currently worth $3.5 billion, and David Blitzer were the lead investors in the group that purchased the Sixers for $287 million from Comcast in 2011. Two years later, another group headed up by Harris and Blitzer purchased a majority stake in the Devils, as well as the operating rights to the Prudential Center in Newark, for $320 million.

Today, the Sixers are worth $2 billion and the Devils are valued at $550 million. I’ll have to check my math but that seems like a pretty solid investment. And, as moguls do, the group also owns an 18 percent stake in Crystal Palace FC of the English Premier League.

For a franchise that reportedly loses close to $50 million per season, the Mets — simply as a brand — have to be salivating at the possibilities of tangible growth and progress as an organization.

For a brief moment in time, the current ownership group here in Queens actually acted like professional sports owners; they spent money and everything. That ship has since sailed, though. And it’s mostly been a rough ride for Mets fans ever since.

Long gone are the days of multi-million dollar spending sprees on Pedro Martinez, Carlos Beltran, Billy Wagner, and Johan Santana. And there’s no saying new owners would necessarily change that. But it can’t get much worse than this, right?

Lifelong Mets fan and minted gazillionaire Steve Cohen was undoubtedly the hero we were all waiting for, but the dynamic (and nearly just as loaded) duo of Josh Harris and David Blitzer could very well be the heroes this ballclub actually needs.

Again, now is not the time to let our imaginations get carried away. The potential sale of a professional sports franchise is an uphill process and usually a lengthy one, at that. But if anyone’s going to take over this team, it might as well be a couple of guys who know what they’re doing.

Let’s just hope for the best. We deserve it.