The Francisco Lindor-to-the-Mets trade is being finalized, sources tell ESPN. This is going to happen. The first mega-move of the Steve Cohen era gives the team its new face.
Mets owner Steve Cohen just laid down the gauntlet: “If I don’t win a World Series in the next three to five years — I’d like to make it sooner — I would consider that slightly disappointing.”
As his first act as Mets owner, Steve Cohen says in a statement that he plans to donate $17.5 million to NYC small businesses, and "dramatically increase the giving of the Mets Foundation in the coming years."
He is also reinstituting all pre-pandemic salaries for Mets workers.
And this seals it.
A historic day for the New York Mets. On the eve of free agency beginning, they now have the richest owner in baseball -- by a significant margin -- and Steve Cohen is intent on building the East Coast version of the Los Angeles Dodgers, an total juggernaut.