Mets owner Steve Cohen would like to be more measured in his spending and build champion through farm system
After signing Juan Soto to a record $765 million, 15-year contract and reaching deals with Pete Alonso, Sean Manaea, Clay Holmes, Frankie Montas, and others, Cohen estimated his team’s payroll at $325 million.
Mets’ Steve Cohen still spending despite tax threshold named after him: ‘It always seems like ballplayers are more expensive than I think’
Cohen would like to get under that threshold at some point, but not now. Not when the Mets have momentum and not when they have a lineup deep enough to compete with the one out west. The Mets simply aren’t ready to compete with a lower payroll yet. They don’t have a farm system regularly churning out big-league players.
Steve Cohen talks about the Mets' negotiations with ... the Guardians traded Josh Naylor to the Diamondbacks and acquired Carlos Santana, and the Nationals traded for Nathaniel Lowe.
Steve Cohen looked around Citi Field last season and didn’t like what he saw. The empty seats in August and September were ...
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