Wow, Cohen paints a bleak picture. Admits farm system has regressed this yr. Points to top-heavy payroll that offers little room for spending next off-season. Concludes by saying, "This is where I'll look to my FO to be creative. It'll be a good test to see how creative we are."
not only does he care but he was fully transparent and didn’t give BS answers he admitted and agreed with how we all feel and was honest about things going forward. Cohen is in a lose/lose situation right now dealing with fans, nothing he does will satisfy them
Cohen spoke as many wanted, takeaways are:
1)Stearns is staying as expected, can’t keep flipping FO as you need stability for any type of consistency.
2)Admitted Stearns knows mistakes were made, expectation is he learns from it
3)CBA rules won’t be effective until 28, so 27 can be built before 12/1
4)Mendoza contract up at end of yr, they were gonna move in a dif direction, so let him go now to basically let him relax
5) Lindor/Soto issue is dead,neither guy
Is being traded
6)payroll for next yr is at $300 if everyone opts in, flexibility won’t be there until 28
7) He lets Stearns do his thing, stays hands off, however he is asking a lot of questions now & evaluating everything
-Bottom line he didn’t have to do this, he cares, if you think he doesn’t that’s on you. If you want to be mad, do so, he gets it. If You are saying you’re ending your fandom, go, but don’t come back!! Season has sucked,but as fans we have been through much worse. As always #LGM
#Mets fans were all fooled by Stearns. I truly believed he knew what he was doing and now i don’t trust him at all. Cohen needs to force him to hire a GM. #metstwitter
we waited years for Stearns, believed as a guy who grew up a #Mets fan he understood what needed to be done. We saw what he did with the brewers and assumed he would be great with the bigger payroll but WE WERE ALL WRONG! Once again we are the joke of the league #metstwitter
@AlexDBriggs@KFCBarstool actually it’s not, when you’ve watched every pitch for the last 30+ years with this team you’ve earned the right to come and go as you please.