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Steve Cohen Reportedly Ending Negotiations To Buy Mets

By Steve Adams | February 4, 2020 at 5:09pm CDT

New York billionaire Steve Cohen “has decided to walk away” from his bid to buy an 80 percent share of the Mets from the Wilpon family, Thornton McEnery of the New York Post reports. Rumors of the deal falling through surfaced earlier today on Barstool Radio (Twitter link), and McEnery now reports that Cohen is “deeply unhappy” with the Wilpons’ attempt to make late changes to their agreement.

The Mets have yet to comment directly on the matter, although ownership did release the following statement in response to today’s rumors:

The parties are subject to confidentiality obligations, including a mutual non-disclosure agreement, and therefore cannot comment.

It was reported back in early December that Cohen, already a minority owner, was in talks with Fred Wilpon about a five-year sale plan that would see Cohen assume an 80 percent share of the team beginning with the 2025 season. The proposed arrangement would’ve seen Fred Wilpon remain the Mets’ control person and CEO for the next five years, with his son, Jeff Wilpon, staying on board as the COO for that same period of time. Although that’s a ways into the future, the very notion of a sale brought about hope for a Mets fan base that has long been infuriated with one of the game’s most widely criticized ownership groups. Now, it seems as though the status quo will be maintained indefinitely.

There’s no formal word yet that the deal has been laid to rest, but Joe Pantorno of amNewYork Metro writes that an official announcement could come later this week. If the deal does indeed crash and burn, it’ll be just the latest step in yet another drama-filled Mets offseason.

The Mets fired manager Mickey Callaway after the season ended and dragged out the interview/hiring process longer than nearly any other club, ultimately hiring Carlos Beltran to replace him. However, when Beltran was named in commissioner Rob Manfred’s report on the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal, the Mets took their time deliberating before eventually announcing a “mutual” decision to part ways with Beltran before he even managed a game. Quality control coach Luis Rojas was then named Beltran’s replacement. Beyond the sale that wasn’t to be and the hiring of two managers in a single offseason, the Mets also restructured the final year of Yoenis Cespedes’ $110MM contract after he was injured in what was reported to be an incident involving a wild boar on his ranch.

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  1. All American Johnsonville Dogs

    12 months ago

    No please don’t. Please save the Mets from the wilpons! The Mets need you!!!!

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    • mstrchef13

      12 months ago

      It’s absolutely perfect that the Mets ownership sabotaged the sale to one of their own. Very Wilpon-like to assume that he kept trying to get one more extra thing and couldn’t just leave a successful deal alone.

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      • aloop

        12 months ago

        Mets gonna Met yo.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Phillies going to Phillies
          Marlin going marlins
          Reds going reds
          Pirates going pirates
          Brewers going to brewers
          Cubs going cubs
          Padres going to Padres
          Dbacks going to dback
          Rockies going to Rockies

          Should I do some from AL now???

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        • vtadave

          12 months ago

          No, you shouldn’t.

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        • Vizionaire

          12 months ago

          Thanks!

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        • chesteraarthur

          12 months ago

          If the deflection makes you feel better about the mets being horribly run, go for it!

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        • nymetsking

          12 months ago

          oh oh oh, do the Astros.

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        • Daynlokki

          12 months ago

          Astros gonna Asterisk

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      • dugmet

        12 months ago

        very mets-fan like to make assumptions

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        • aloop

          12 months ago

          Lol. I’m a Dodgers fan. I just love watching Fred Coupon consistently screw up.

          Another successful Metting from old Fred.

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      • Juan g

        12 months ago

        They are Jewish what you expect

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        • stevewpants

          12 months ago

          Ummm, what was that Juan?

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        • aloop

          12 months ago

          Found the anti-Semite. How about you just screw off ok?

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        • Dan Hunter

          12 months ago

          yes indeedy

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        • trout27

          12 months ago

          Ban this person immediately. Their is no need for racism and anti Semitism on here. F$&k off Juan

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        • JackStrawb

          12 months ago

          If it bothers you, flag the post and explain why.

          It probably violates the site’s Terms of Service.

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        • Met-Jet2020

          12 months ago

          You are reported.

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        • Met-Jet2020

          12 months ago

          You are reported.

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        • Met-Jet2020

          12 months ago

          You are reported.

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        • Garboy

          12 months ago

          You are sick

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  2. juanpursuit

    12 months ago

    Lol

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    • mistry gm

      12 months ago

      I am NOT a Mets fan but I really do feel sorry for those of you who are. For a while there I thought you had a prayer. Not now.

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      • MrMet62

        12 months ago

        Thanks friend

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      • Darryl Rose

        12 months ago

        I’m a Yankees fan and don’t get the Mets hatred. I feel bad for them now. With a new owner they had a shot at turning the organization around.
        And I would not be laughing at the Braves. They have young talent and a deep farm. They will be strong again.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Don’t feel bad. They’ll be playing baseball when yankees aren’t this year

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    • Freddy H

      11 months ago

      As a Pirates fan, I have no sympathy for a team with 2 top line SPs and traded for hundreds of millions of dollars of Cano and Diaz last offseason.

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  3. wright4seaver

    12 months ago

    #lolmets

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  4. newpony13

    12 months ago

    And the Wilpon nightmare continues…

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  5. scottymo17

    12 months ago

    PLEASE WILPONS JUST WALK AWAY

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  6. goldenmisfit

    12 months ago

    Only the Wilpon Family could screw this up. This is one of the main reasons why this franchise has been and will continue to be the laughingstock of major-league baseball and all of sports.

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Marlins pirates and orioles are far more laughable dude..

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      • mstrchef13

        12 months ago

        Orioles not so anymore. Glad to be an O’s fan right now. The on field product at the major league level will be awful again, but the old man hasn’t been heard from in a year, the minor leagues are stockpiling actual prospects once again, there is investment in Latin America for the first time in decades, and the front office led by Elias has a good plan and they are sticking with it.

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        • kahnkobra

          12 months ago

          maybe drum banging?

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      • vtncsc

        12 months ago

        Not really.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          A Braves fan is saying not really lol… y’all haven’t done anything in forever

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        • gdbyers

          12 months ago

          Besides making the playoffs last year and having multiple MVP candidates…

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          One true MVP candidate and he wasn’t even top 3…. you guys haven’t done anything for the longest time.. it was great having you guys win the division and lose right away. Lol. It won’t be as easy this year.

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        • chesteraarthur

          12 months ago

          I’m not a Braves fan (though I don’t get why that matters) – not really.

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        • michael serra

          12 months ago

          Metsfan22 – After reading most of your comments, you appear to be a bragging, delusional jerk who thinks no one else’s opinion is in the same stratosphere as yours. Keep talking smack and disrespecting other people’s opinions…it suits you. I pull for the Mets and you embarrass me for doing that. The Mets may be good this year…then again, they may suck.

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      • Ry.the.Stunner

        12 months ago

        The Marlins have only been around for 27 years and have as many WS titles at the Mets. The Pirates and Orioles have more.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Would you like to bet which team does better for the next 10 years???? Don’t tell marlins have a top 10 farm. They will always mess it up.. marlins are a joke about to have back to back 100 loss seasons and you’re comparing them to the Mets??? You’re showing your knowledge..

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        • stevecohenMVP

          12 months ago

          Mets have had 13 losing seasons since 1990. That’s a 17 seasons over 30 years of having a .500 record or better. That’s ehhh for a New York franchise. Marlins have 6 winning seasons out of 27, had probably the worst owner in baseball history in Loria and still won 2 titles. Marlins are trash. So are the mets. Mets do have promise this year though. I will give it to Sandy for his drafts. They’d be cooked if he hadn’t drafted half this squad.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Yes the past the Mets weren’t the best.. but I’m talking about present and recent years. Like 5 years max. And future. Mets are a better of one those 3 catergories than most team.. yet the LOL Mets phrase somehow still exist.

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        • vtncsc

          12 months ago

          I’d take the Marlins of the last 20 years vs the Mets of the last 20. 2 rings > 0 rings.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          So you’ll take the marlins over Braves the last 20 too?? Lol

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        • Boogaloo

          12 months ago

          This guy talks about the Mets like they are the Dodgers, lol.

          Most people are picking them for 3rd or 4th in the division.

          Outside of a little run in 15 and 16 the team has been a disaster for a long time.

          They have no depth and a depleted system that won’t help with trade upgrades or fill in as injuries hit.

          And now they can’t even say, but cohens money is coming.

          The wilpons were never selling, they pulled this same trick years ago, can’t believe you idiots fell for it again

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        • costergaard2

          12 months ago

          Mets have a 120 loss season. What’s your point ? Also, Marlins actually beat the Yankees in the WS when they play them…

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        • Eatdust666

          12 months ago

          Going by that logic he’d take the Marlins over the Dodgers the last 20 years as well.

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        • jimthegoat

          12 months ago

          Marlins have 1 ring in the last 20 years

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      • TJECK109

        12 months ago

        When was the last time the Mets made the playoffs?

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        • stevecohenMVP

          12 months ago

          2016

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        • kahnkobra

          12 months ago

          2016

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          2016 and in 2015 they made WS.

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        • nymetsking

          12 months ago

          The year between 2015 & 2017

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      • SheaGoodbye

        12 months ago

        As a fellow Mets fan, all I can say is that your desperate attempts to defend this often-underachieving and embarrassing organization are sad. In a way, you two are a match made in heaven: incompetence and delusion.

        To be clear, I think the Mets are overly hated on as an organization when there are, indeed, worse organizations out there in sports, but you take that feeling to the opposite extreme in attempting to wash away decades of mismanagement and meddling.on the part of the Wilpons.

        Or maybe you’re just okay with merely not being the worst. Makes you wonder why you’re a sports fan in the first place.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          No I agree before 2015

          But lately this organization is far better than most. That’s what I’m trying to say. It’s not that hard

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      • bigjonliljon

        12 months ago

        Until the fans stop going to the games, buying merchandise., etc… the Wilpon Family has no reason to do a darned thing. They will continue to rake in the cash and screw over it’s fans. Sure glad I am not a Mets fan!!!

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      • Commonsenseslapsyou

        12 months ago

        They aren’t in New York

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      • axisofhonor25

        11 months ago

        Marlins got something with Jeter cleaning house. It’s taking time but they are better for it.

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  7. drewski912

    12 months ago

    Only the Mets!

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Yet lots of teams which they had their roster

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      • DVail1979

        12 months ago

        You mean wish?

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      • chesteraarthur

        12 months ago

        Does that include their incompetent ownership? If not…don’t get what that has to do with anything.

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  8. scottymo17

    12 months ago

    SELL JUST SELL AND MAKE US ALL HAPPY

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    • crumpy24

      12 months ago

      At this rate if I were the MLB, I would just force them to sell the team

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      • dynamite drop in monty

        12 months ago

        Break the damn! Release the river!

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        • BobSacamano

          12 months ago

          When the levee breaks.. Ahh, sweet serenity

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        • stevewpants

          12 months ago

          Speaking of Seinfeld

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  9. MetsFan22

    12 months ago

    It’s bc the wilpons are old people stuck with 10 yr old minds. Nevertheless shouldn’t stop Mets from competing this year

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    • stevewpants

      12 months ago

      See what I mean?

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  10. baseballlifer

    12 months ago

    Death,Taxes and the Wilpon’s incompetence.

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Lol

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    • Eatdust666

      12 months ago

      Also Clayton Kershaw choking in the playoffs.

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  11. crumpy24

    12 months ago

    This just made my day

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  12. stevewpants

    12 months ago

    Mets news like this always reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry ends up talking Mets baseball with a large naked man on the subway. After all the bemoaning and complaining they do, it ends with them both agreeing that “you gotta like their chances.”

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    • dynamite drop in monty

      12 months ago

      Lol heck yeah. Same dude who played Mr Carosi on Saved By The Bell when the gang all somehow worked at the same beach resort and Zach macked it to teenage Leah Remini

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      • stevewpants

        12 months ago

        The Turtle family belonged to the resort and Lisa got them the jobs, if I recall correctly.

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        • dynamite drop in monty

          12 months ago

          Screech, you can’t elope!

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        • EverlastingDave

          12 months ago

          This thread was the highlight of my day. I’m off to SBTBRumors for the rest of the night.

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        • dynamite drop in monty

          12 months ago

          Haha

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      • HalosHeavenJJ

        12 months ago

        Nice work, complete with time appropriate “macked it” terminology and Leah Remini.. Take a thumbs up.

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    • DVail1979

      12 months ago

      lol … simply lol

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  13. Dorothy_Mantooth

    12 months ago

    Gotta love the Mets & the Jets. They continue to provide years and years of entertainment to the public…the Knicks are right there with them too!

    Or would think these NYC-based teams would have the best & brightest ownership and leadership given their financial resources and market size. Such an embarrassment for NYC and the entire state as well!

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      This is so wrong tho.

      Mets will end a 5 year period where that make World Series once and playoffs twice(2020) and will be in a position to continue for years with their talent..

      The fact that you compared them to the jets and knicks shows your knowledge.

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      • VonPurpleHayes

        12 months ago

        Exactly. It’s overblown nonsense. Mets actually have a decent track record in recent years.

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        • DVail1979

          12 months ago

          yes the majority believes the Mets will make the WS in 2020 … oh wait no .. I, as a Braves fan, actually expect them to be good … but WS ..
          no

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          I’m not saying I expect them there but they have the same chance to make as Braves. You guys probably have a better regular season team but if Mets get in they have a better chance..

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Yup

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        • chesteraarthur

          12 months ago

          No, they don’t. Go look at any betting site.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Just bc your favorite doesn’t mean you’ll win division… I’m not saying Mets are favorite to win the division.. but the 100% could that’s how tight the NL east is

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      • Commonsenseslapsyou

        12 months ago

        The joke is they could have been a helluva lot better with competent owners, but instead are mediocre with an occasional first round exit

        And an OFer who wrestles pigs instead of playing baseball. Among the other 15 laughable headlines in the last 5 years

        Now thats… the joke

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      This is so wrong tho.

      Mets will end a 5 year period where that make World Series once and playoffs twice(2020) and will be in a position to continue for years with their talent..

      The fact that you compared them to the jets and knicks shows your knowledge.

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      • SheaGoodbye

        12 months ago

        And what happens if we stretch that 5-year period out a bit further, hmm? Perhaps 20 years or so?

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    • SheaGoodbye

      12 months ago

      The Knicks and Jets are on their own separate tier of awfulness. The Wilpons suck, but this organization isn’t nearly the mess that they are. The Mets are merely mediocre versus disastrous.

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  14. dynamite drop in monty

    12 months ago

    Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars–era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He was later the subject of films, radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated a definitive biography.

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  15. cofan17

    12 months ago

    Please buy the Rockies instead!

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    • hiflew

      12 months ago

      1000% yes. But the Monforts won’t sell.

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  16. vtncsc

    12 months ago

    Hahaha this is the most Met thing of 2020 so far.

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Hey it could be worse.. we could be owned by a corporation that never spends a lot of money.

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      • DarkSide830

        12 months ago

        and which team are you talking about. it better not be Liberty, who threw around loads of money this offseason.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Braves did on a lot of one year deals and still has a lower payroll than Mets.. you don’t think Mets would’ve spent If they started with a lower payroll?? We also didn’t go crazy bc we have to spend on some of our players soon.. don’t act like the Braves spend money.

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        • averagejoe15

          12 months ago

          Loads of money? I mean it’s all relative and they’ve topped $100m in total spending on free agents, but I wouldn’t call it loads of money. Especially not when they had room for a more substantial addition but played it safe.

          Hamels and Ozuna are essentially replacing the money spent on Donaldson and Keuchel. Will Smith is a substantial bullpen addition and he and Darnaud are really the only additional FA money added over last season.

          Liberty is spending but I think the point is a traditional ownership group may be willing to take more risks.

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  17. VonPurpleHayes

    12 months ago

    Offt. I’m sorry Mets fans. That stings.

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  18. ksbywaino

    12 months ago

    This has happened before…
    Those Wilpons are something else

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  19. HalosHeavenJJ

    12 months ago

    What a punch to the gut for Mets fans. That sucks.

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  20. StinkyCheese20

    12 months ago

    Classic Wilpon move.

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  21. thorshair

    12 months ago

    F the Wilpons

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  22. mstrchef13

    12 months ago

    Could be worse. Mets could be owned by James Dolan.

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  23. vatp46a

    12 months ago

    As the shitshow train goes off the tracks, it crashes into a raging dumpster fire. Fans remain optimistic that the team will compete for a post season berth.

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  24. DarkSide830

    12 months ago

    man, as much as being a Phillies fan has made Mets failures fun, i really do feel bad for their fans, especially now

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      You’re not going to feel bad when the season starts lol. I’m not saying Mets will win division but will definitely be closer than Phillies lol

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      • Mo4ever

        12 months ago

        What will you do if the Mets don’t finish ahead of Philly? East your hat? Just wondering. Because boastful predictions are cheap and meaningless without some skin in the game.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Probably admit I was wrong. I just don’t see it.

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      • VonPurpleHayes

        12 months ago

        We’ll see. I don’t see how you could say that with absolute confidence.

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      • VonPurpleHayes

        12 months ago

        We’ll see. I don’t see how you could say that with absolute confidence.

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    • SheaGoodbye

      12 months ago

      I feel bad for all fans of incompetent ownership, and there are plenty of them.

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  25. davidk1979

    12 months ago

    Every time you think James Dolan is the worst owner in sports…. if Manfred had any guts he’d step in

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    • DarkSide830

      12 months ago

      the other 29 owners wouldnt agree to such involvement

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  26. whyhayzee

    12 months ago

    MLB and boyfred do such a horrific job of allowing teams to be owned by people like the wilpons and the dolans and the steingrabbers . Just a wasteland of human wealth that has nothing to do with intelligence and leadership. Another one bites the dust.

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    • Mo4ever

      12 months ago

      What about the Henrys 2018 WS buyer?

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  27. john carpenter

    12 months ago

    Now I have no hope as a Mets fan!

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  28. ChiSoxCity

    12 months ago

    You can’t get rid of dysfunctional bloodlines from lucrative cash cows.

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  29. MadThinker

    12 months ago

    Perhaps he can rid himself of the Mets minority ownership and instead replace John Sherman as a partial owner of the Indians with an agreement to take over full ownership in the future…

    Just an idea…

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  30. arinyc

    12 months ago

    According to proposals of the deal before it died, is that the Wilpons would have maintained control for five years before it would have transferred to Cohen. They most likely tried to extend that and get more money. Selfish family. They had the chance to make more than the team is actually worth. Should’ve just taken the money and happily walked away.

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    • Rocket32

      12 months ago

      arinyc That part of the deal was always weird to me. If you sell just get out and let the new owner step in. Them wanting to stick around and maintain control for another 5 years doesn’t seem very appealing for any buyer to agree to. I doubt any buyer would have any interest in those clowns staying involved.

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  31. uncle mike

    12 months ago

    Wishfully—— Steven Cohen might make the same offer to the St. Louis Cardinals. Looks like both the Cardinals Owners and Front Office need a total Overhaul. Steve Cohen is the man who could do just that!!!

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  32. Edenwald21

    12 months ago

    Live my mets, but these wilpons do whatever for publicity and got people to buy season tickets thinking things where going to change..nope

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  33. 377194

    12 months ago

    WILPONS!!!!!!

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    • dynamite drop in monty

      12 months ago

      KHAN!!!!!!

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  34. Oxford Karma

    12 months ago

    It was humorous to hear WFAN when this was first announced, as if the Mets would actually do something correctly.

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  35. metsfan1992

    12 months ago

    Back to LolMets status

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  36. scottaz

    12 months ago

    MetsFan22, you are a true Mets fan, I admire your single handed pursuit here on this thread to make the Mets sound like a decent team with good ownership, we all know you are delusional, but we admire your loyalty to your team. Each of us should be as loyal to our teams as you are to yours. Keep fighting the good fight dude!

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      This is really funny….. you’re just a hater..
      We do have horrible owners!
      Nobody is saying we don’t.
      We don’t have the best organization buts it’s far from the worst… marlins and pirates are some I could name more
      And if you don’t think this Mets team could compete you’re just following a stupid narrative. But nice try.. now please don’t write back. I don’t want to lose brain cells

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      • SheaGoodbye

        12 months ago

        You cannot compare the Marlins of all organizations to the Mets, as the latter has vastly more resources and support available to it. It’s like comparing apples to Nazi oranges.

        What makes this organization, and the other crappy NY organizations, so disappointing is that they should be much better than they are due to their inherent advantages, yet they are somehow still terrible (Knicks/Jets) or merely mediocre (Mets, even with the current upswing).

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Yes I agree with you. But I’m saying rn the Mets aren’t as bad as people think organizational wise bc they are about good for years to come with the young players they have and have made WS recently

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  37. joefriday14

    12 months ago

    Howard Simon of Buffalo is a perfect owner. Objective, kind and funny.

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  38. SheaGoodbye

    12 months ago

    Eh, not the end of the world. Good riddance to him.

    …who am I kidding? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

    I always figured this might fall through because Wilpons but come on.

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  39. vacommish

    12 months ago

    Come buy the Braves!

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  40. bobtillman

    12 months ago

    The Mets remind me so much of the New York FOOTBALL Giants of the 70s and early 80s. A supposed “paragon” franchise (because of market size) that was so messed up, it was hard to fathom.

    So Pete Rozelle told the two owners (brothers who didn’t talk to each other) that (a) George Young would make all the decisions and (b) the two brothers could go to the office to pick up the money, that’s it. Young hired Parcells, and the rest is history.

    BUT nobody said Robby Manfred (serf to the owners) is Pete Rozelle…..

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      12 months ago

      The Mets are essentially the NY Jets and the NY Knicks of MLB.

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      • MetsFan22

        12 months ago

        Horrible stupid take.

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        • MarlinsFanBase

          12 months ago

          Take off the Mets homer goggles and you’ll see it.

          If it wasn’t for a Red Sox implosion in Game 6 in 1986, the Mets would be in as long a championship drought as those two franchises as well.

          The Mets are very similar to those other two franchises in so many ways.

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        • MetsFan22

          12 months ago

          Those two teams have no shot of winning championship this year. Like or not mets do.

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  41. brian214

    12 months ago

    I’m a Philly guy with the obligatory hate for the Mets, but… MLB needs to step in and force this sale immediately. Wilpons have disgraced that franchise long enough.

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    • alexmiller6677

      12 months ago

      Thumbs up. Totally agree.

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      12 months ago

      As a Marlins fan that endured many rough years of the snake oil salesman John Henry and then the the anti-King Midas in Jeffery Loria, I also agree that the Wilpons need to be gone. MLB is better when every team has ownership that actually cares about the sport and doesn’t use their franchise solely as a cash cow.

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  42. dugmet

    12 months ago

    Mets organization is actually in excellent shape, but fans still cry.

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Exactly

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  43. carlos15

    12 months ago

    Why even own a team when you’re universally hated by your fan base. Not sure what the draw is to that situation.

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      12 months ago

      Misery loves company sometimes…see the Wilpons and see Jeffrey Loria in both Montreal and Miami.

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  44. Airstud69

    12 months ago

    The McCourts should bye the Mets!!!

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  45. Airstud69

    12 months ago

    What’s the Deal with New York team ownership??? The Dooan’s are the Worst in the NBA and The Wilpons are the worst in the MLB!!! Can’t get any worst if the McCourts if they bought the Mets!!!

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    • norcalbluenorcalblue

      12 months ago

      Trust me the McCheaps are far, far worse. There is a reason why MLB stepped in and forced that sale.

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    • realgone2

      12 months ago

      Angelos is a close 2nd in MLB>

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  46. alexmiller6677

    12 months ago

    The commissioner needs to take the team from the Wilpons. It’s a disgrace that a team in a prime market like NY is run by such incompetent fools. And I am a Boston fan.

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  47. blackstain

    12 months ago

    mets fans should be very disappointed. wilpons are a joke.

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  48. captkrunch

    12 months ago

    Slash that payroll $50 million now!

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  49. realgone2

    12 months ago

    Jeeez. Can’t even sell the team without meddling. Stupid Wilpons

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  50. MarlinsFanBase

    12 months ago

    I’d like to once again thank the Mets on behalf of all Marlins, Braves, Phillies, and Nats fans in their continuing efforts to be the laughing stock of the division. When our teams stink, we can always count on the Mets to take away from the attention of that, and give us a good laugh when our teams aren’t doing well.

    Thank you…thank you…thank you to the New York Mets!

    PS: 1986

    Sincerely,

    Marlins fans
    Braves fans
    Phillies fans
    Nats fans

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    • MetsFan22

      12 months ago

      Cheers up to another year with the marlins in the basement!

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      • MarlinsFanBase

        12 months ago

        That’s not a guarantee. Your Mets have the great ability to implode this year and beat us out for last place.

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    • BumpOnAPickle

      12 months ago

      Marlins fanbase? Is that one of them fancy oxymorons folks use?

      Regards,

      The WNBA

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      • MetsFan22

        12 months ago

        Lol

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  51. jorge78

    12 months ago

    Poor Mets fans…..

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  52. bobtillman

    12 months ago

    I have it on the BEST authority (Gloomberg News Service) that Cohen is being replaced as a potential buyer of the Mets by a consortium known as HBET Unlimited.

    Not much is known about HBET except that the “H” stands for Hunter and the “E” stands for Eric………

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  53. MarlinsFanBase

    12 months ago

    I have to say this. There is something wrong when fan bases have to deal with the McCourts as long as they did; Jeffery Loria through two cities of destruction; and the Wilpons as long as they are doing, but MLB has done everything to keep guys like Mark Cuban out, and even a guy like Gustavo Cisneros and Jorge Mas out as well. Cuban, while a unique personality, has shown that he is a competent sports franchise owner. Loria destroyed hurt baseball in two cities. The McCourts used the Dodgers as their child to hurt each other and couldn’t make payroll. The Wilpons are just a fecal storm. This whole ‘Good Ole Boy Network’ that has dictated MLB ownership has hurt the game more than helped it. They need to let new blood in.

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    • 1986wasalongtimeago

      12 months ago

      Jeter should be on the phone with Steve Cohen this morning offering up a chance to stick it to the Wilpons for the next decade as the new owner of the Marlins.

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    • newpony13

      12 months ago

      What does the BMF Jorge Masvidal have to do with this? Did he also try to buy a MLB team?

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      • MarlinsFanBase

        11 months ago

        Yes.

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  54. Ron hansen

    12 months ago

    My grandma was selling our bowling alley to a local car dealership that wanted to tear it down and put a new dealership on the property which was prime. When she didn’t like the terms she went to the paper and told them she was pulling out and it would be business as usual. It was all a ploy to get a better deal. She went so low as to write an open letter to her customers saying we’d still be there for them. A week later she got want she wanted and sold to the dealership. Maybe that is what this guy is doing. Looking to pressure them into agreeing to his terms

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      12 months ago

      I saw a unicorn and he let me ride him to catch a leprechaun who I used Jedi Harry Potter powers on to make him give me his gold just before we went to find Smeagle to get his “precious”, before we later conquered Thanos to decorate the precious with some Infinity Stones.

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  55. twannese

    12 months ago

    But of course the Wilpons screwed this up. Please go away and take Dolan with you so the Knicks can become relevant again too.

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  56. JackStrawb

    12 months ago

    The repulsive Wilpons chisel themselves out of a deal, and screw the fans out of an owner that, at the least, probably is not hopelessly incompetent.

    Fxxx this team.

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  57. Bklyn179

    12 months ago

    ‍♂️

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  58. Eatdust666

    12 months ago

    lolMets

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  59. Eatdust666

    12 months ago

    LMAO

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  60. garywang00

    12 months ago

    Guys, let’s have a productive discussion to come up with a real potential solution here shall we? If we (mets fans) all just boycott the opening week and not show up to the games, or until WIlpons leave the office. How hard is it? Tired of mets fan crying so much but do nothing about it.

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