This off-season, the New York Mets signed Juan Soto to the largest contract in professional sports history. Owner Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns outmaneuvered other big market teams like the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers to ink the super star right fielder.
It hasn't taken Pete Alonso long to remind New York Mets fans why he's one of the most beloved players in the team's recent history. Leading into the Mets' April 7 home game against the Miami Marlins, the Polar Bear (or the Polar Beer, as Juan Soto called him) is hitting .290 with a whopping 1.066 OPS, 3 home runs, and 11 RBIs.
Start spreading the news. New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to build a casino hotel near Citi Field just received substantial support. State Senator John Liu plans to introduce a bill aimed at changing the classification of 50 acres of parking lots around the Mets’ home field from parkland to commercial zoning.
Steve Cohen has cleared a major obstacle in his Metropolitan Park plans. According to Jacob Kaye of the Queens Daily Eagle, New York State Senator John Liu announced at an event surrounding the potential Metropolitan Park that he would permit Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on its grounds.
How many of the last players from every MLB franchise to win an MVP Award can you name in five minutes?
The talk of the baseball world over the past four or so months has centered around the New York Mets winning the Juan Soto sweepstakes by signing him to a 15-year, $765 million deal in December.
On the night before Opening Day, many New York Mets fans across the world might have woken up after dreaming about seeing Juan Soto take the field in their team's uniform for the first time when it really counts.
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen is speaking out about how the team signed Juan Soto. Cohen says a meeting with Soto at Cohen’s California house got the deal done.
The New York Mets have one of the most popular ballparks in the country, as Citi Field has drawn rave reviews for its food and unique baseball atmosphere.
The New York Mets have done a lot of work over the past few years to revitalize their farm system. With owner Steve Cohen vowing to turn his franchise into the East Coast version of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a good minor league pipeline becomes essential to produce cost-effective young talent to plug holes in the lineup.
It now seems that some baseball pundits think the Mets won't be active participants in the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sweepstakes.
The City Council has approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s ambitious plan to transform the Citi Field parking lot into a vibrant casino and entertainment complex.
During a recent chat with Abriendo Sports, Soto interestingly said his choosing the Mets this past offseason was a "collective decision."
The New York Mets once again set a new payroll record, spending $333.3 million during the 2024 season, according to recently finalized figures from MLB obtained by the AP.
The Mets reportedly aren’t planning to add another arm to their rotation.
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen generated headlines when he somewhat controversially complained about the fact that his team finished the 2024 regular season ranked 17th in MLB in average home attendance.
Cohen acknowledged that a winter involving a record-setting Juan Soto contract and retaining Sean Manaea and Pete Alonso pushed spending beyond his initial expectations.
Is Cohen right to call out Mets fans for not showing up in 2024? It's complicated.
Signing Juan Soto was only the start of the budget-shattering spending spree undertaken by Mets owner Steve Cohen in the offseason. Cohen said Tuesday as the Mets continued full squad workouts in Port St.
The New York Mets were largely flying underneath radars roughly 12 months ago after team president of baseball operations David Stearns spent the offseason making what many viewed as underwhelming moves. That isn't the case this time around.
Pete Alonso’s free agency situation has finally come to an end.
The Dodgers aren’t ruining baseball with massive salary deferrals.
The chances of an agreement between the two sides appear diminished.
There hasn’t been much public chatter about Alonso’s free agency.
Steve Cohen provided a masterclass in unintentional comedy this week.
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen doesn't want to rip apart his team and actually views them as a playoff-caliber outfit?
Steve Cohen may have let one slip this week.
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