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PHILADELPHIA — The first significant decision for the new Mets boss-in-waiting will be deciding who should oversee baseball operations. Steve Cohen’s transition to Mets owner won’t become official until next month at the earliest, when MLB owners vote on the $2.4 billion transaction that would leave the hedge fund billionaire as the franchise’s control person. …
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Many tests await Steve Cohen once he assumes control of the Mets, and for the purpose of this column, let’s assume that he’ll pass the entry exam of the approval vote by other owners. After that, before the really heavy lifting, the first test looks easy: Sign J.T. Realmuto. “Wow,” Joe Girardi said Tuesday afternoon, …
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Mets fans aren’t the only ones who see Steve Cohen as a messiah. “I think that a change in ownership at the Mets is an opportunity to make that franchise as strong as it can possibly be, and I think over the long haul it’ll be something that will be good for the game,” commissioner …
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Steve Cohen is worth $14 billion. That makes him a most unlikely candidate to earn recognition as “the people’s choice.” But, then, we are talking about the New York Mets. And as Cohen, a lifelong fan, can surely expound on: the Mets are always a little bit different. In almost every way. And now, pending …
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Now it is up to the 29 other major league owners to decide whether Steve Cohen will be the next owner of the Mets. The hedge fund billionaire reached a deal Monday to buy the Mets for between $2.4 billion and $2.45 billion, the highest price ever paid for a North American sports team. “I …
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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez continue to try to improve their offer to buy the Mets. But is the game over — or not? Because according to two sources the Wilpons are not listening to the latest pitch. The Mets are still in exclusive sales talks with hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen and that is …
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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have not seen the dry ink on a deal that makes Steve Cohen the primary owner of the Mets. So, they refuse to surrender in their desire to purchase the club even at the eleventh hour. “It ain’t over until it is over,” Lopez told The Post. “We are New …
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It’s war, Hollywood style. CAA is exploring legal action against the new Steve Cohen-backed management firm that last month poached some of CAA’s top agents, sources exclusively told Page Six over the weekend. The potential move would come after the Cohen-backed Range Media Partners lured away CAA agents including David Bugliari, Michael Cooper, Mick Sullivan …
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Alex Rodriguez is fuming over losing the Mets to billionaire Steve Cohen and griping that the process was rigged, multiple sources tell The Post. Sources close to the former Yankees slugger say they lost the Queens team on Friday, Aug. 28 after the Mets’ banker — Steve Greenberg of Allen & Co. — reached out …
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Think of buying a sports team like purchasing art. It is an analogy offered to me by a few folks involved with Major League Baseball. The value is essentially a moving target, often fueled by rarity. If there are just two available Rembrandts, that is it, and it is not like he is going to …
PHILADELPHIA — The first significant decision for the new Mets boss-in-waiting will be deciding who should oversee baseball operations. Steve Cohen’s transition to Mets owner won’t become official until next month at the earliest, when MLB owners vote on the $2.4 billion transaction that would leave the hedge fund billionaire as the franchise’s control person. …
