Steve Cohen Approval Thread

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The Bobby Bo contract we're paying for was acquired in a trade. It was the Marlins contract, traded to Los Angeles (for Piazza), then to the Mets (for the much hated uncle of our current manager, Mel Rojas).

[Frayed Knot]

Any image problems Bobby Bonilla had as a Met were caused by one person ... Bobby Bonilla.

Blaming various media people is a red herring.

[G-Fafif]

Steve Cohen seeks fan input on non-tendered players. You know, like the Wilpons would.

[Edgy MD]

Is he asking about players the Mets didn't tender a contract to, or players non-tendered by other teams and of interest to the Mets?

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Is he asking about players the Mets didn't tender a contract to, or players non-tendered by other teams and of interest to the Mets?

Apparently none of the players non-tendered by other teams are centerfielders, in case Steve and Sandy need me to tell them that.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

Forbes estimates that Steve Cohen is the 36th richest person on the planet.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Is he asking about players the Mets didn't tender a contract to, or players non-tendered by other teams and of interest to the Mets? Apparently none of the players non-tendered by other teams are centerfielders, in case Steve and Sandy need me to tell them that. Later

Dahl can play center, if he ever manages to stay healthy

[Centerfield]

=Centerfield post_id=48516 time=1602682913 user_id=65]
Gotta love everything we are reading so far.



I think to make a good owner, one has to be:



1. Rich enough to fund a big market payroll

2. Smart enough to hire good baseball people to run the team

3. Humble enough to stay out of the way



The Wilpons were 0 for 3.



The rumblings around Cohen suggest he will hit the first two. The third remains to be seen.

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, there's different ways to stay out of the way. If you're front and center at all the baseball fan-friendly stuff and keep your nose mostly out of personnel decisions, then okay.



The Wilpons wanted nothing to do with the paying customers but meddled constantly in personnel decisions. Cohen hopefully is the exact opposite. He seems to love fan interaction, and hopefully stays out of player selection.

[kcmets]

Cohen has a shiny new toy, his tweets and his wife's are fun.



Jeffie thought he was a baseball man, I think we'll see over time that Steve will be (and

knows that he is) just a baseball fan.



The 36th richest fan on the planet as reported above.

[dgwphotography]

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Jeffie thought he was a baseball man, I think we'll see over time that Steve will be (and

knows that he is) just a baseball fan.

[G-Fafif]

Who do you suppose this guy knows to get on the field AND get his name on the board?



https://twitter.com/alexmomof5/status/1337818462496968705?s=21https://twitter.com/alexmomof5/status/1337818462496968705?s=21

[G-Fafif]

Steve and Alex were handing out previously undistributed 2020 bobbleheads to season ticket holders today. Quite the surprise, apparently.

[bmfc1]

If you need another reason to be happy that Steve Cohen is the owner of the Mets, read about A. Rodriguez's vision for the Mets as part of his entertainment empire:

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/12/ex-yankees-slugger-alex-rodriguez-explains-his-failed-vision-for-the-mets-baseball-was-just-a-small-part-of-it.html?outputType=amphttps://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/12/ex-yankees-slugger-alex-rodriguez-explains-his-failed-vision-for-the-mets-baseball-was-just-a-small-part-of-it.html?outputType=amp

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, that sounded awful.

[nymr83]

Arod is a cheater and NYY Scum. So glad he is not the new owner.

[Fman99]

I mean, the Cohen purchase means less opportunities to see J-Lo's big juicy hiney on TV. But that's just a sacrifice Mets fans will have to make.

[nymr83]

Steve Cohen, asked about the luxury tax threshold:

“I think at some point we will [exceed it], but maybe not this season,'' Cohen said. “I'm not afraid to go over it, but you want to have flexibility on our payroll. Long-term contracts can limit a team's ability going forward.''

Nice. Sounds like he is more afraid to have some albatross Cano deal locking down a position than he is to pay up for a short term deal. I like that line of thinking. 3 years and tons of millions for Bauer please!

[LWFS]

His thinking re: payroll bugaboos does appear to be less "Let's not overspend," so much as it is, "Let's not do anything stupid."



It's getting really hard not to like this multi-billionaire.

[Edgy MD]

CoCo has apparently been punched with an https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2925650-mets-owner-steve-cohen-subject-of-gender-discrimination-complaintugly little gender discrimination suit.

[Centerfield]

I wonder if the complaint alleges more than that one incident. I would guess you need more than that to be actionable.



I kinda have this bias that this type of thing happens, like, a lot at those types of places.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, agreed. But the difference is how much evidence you compile on your way out the door.

[Centerfield]

Gun to my head I'd guess this wasn't the first time, and that she had figured out a way to get some sort of recording or other evidence to arm herself with before filing an action.



Likely this settles out of court and we'll never know.

[MFS62]

Cohen just saved the team $50 million over the next three years by debt refinancing.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/steve-cohen-makes-mets-fans-173627682.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/steve-cohen-makes-mets-fans-173627682.html



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