No one would dispute the baseball ops of the Tampa Bay Rays and their coaching and development staff as they have done an outstanding job of fielding a contending ball club season after season. Steve Cohen took over a franchise that’s was ruined by inept and broke ownership that because of a friendship with Bud Selig was allowed to stay in the game . Cohen has done a masterful job of creating a culture on and off the field this 60+ years Mets hasn’t seen since Joan Whitney Payson founded the franchise
Cohen has stated he wants to build through the farm system and he has said just spending money on free agents is not only unsustainable and really doesn’t work.
Cohen as Mets owner along with a big influence by his wife Alex have totally changed the organization for the better. They have had many obstacles to hurdle the Wilpon’s were not great in the negotiations to sell them the team. The other owners made sure they would not let any of their baseball personnel speak to Cohen about available positions and of course the Cohen tax that punishes an owner from spending money to improve their team.
As our song MEET THE MEST says “We got ourselves a ball club the Mets of New York town”
No one would dispute the baseball ops of the Tampa Bay Rays and their coaching and development staff as they have done an outstanding job of fielding a contending ball club season after season. Steve Cohen took over a franchise that’s was ruined by inept and broke ownership that because of a friendship with Bud Selig was allowed to stay in the game . Cohen has done a masterful job of creating a culture on and off the field this 60+ years Mets hasn’t seen since Joan Whitney Payson founded the franchise
Cohen has stated he wants to build through the farm system and he has said just spending money on free agents is not only unsustainable and really doesn’t work.
Cohen as Mets owner along with a big influence by his wife Alex have totally changed the organization for the better. They have had many obstacles to hurdle the Wilpon’s were not great in the negotiations to sell them the team. The other owners made sure they would not let any of their baseball personnel speak to Cohen about available positions and of course the Cohen tax that punishes an owner from spending money to improve their team.
As our song MEET THE MEST says “We got ourselves a ball club the Mets of New York town”