A crazy few months for the Mets continues to get crazier.

With hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen’s pursuit to purchase the Mets falling through, the Mets are back on the trading block and a familiar face has emerged as a potential suitor: Alex Rodriguez.

The New York Post is reporting that A-Rod is “kicking the tires” on getting into an auction to purchase the team.

Sources have told the New York Post that Cohen is not giving up on purchasing the team, and is hoping that Fred and Jeff Wilpon come back to him and nix the five years of control beyond the sale that they are seeking as part of the deal.

While it’s a long shot that Rodriguez could purchase the team (he’d likely have to gather a group of investors to put together enough money), his net worth of $350 million and his wife, Jennifer Lopez’s net worth of $400 million are nothing to scoff at.

Rodriguez and Lopez have reportedly been wanting to buy a team ever since Derek Jeter was part of a group that purchased the Miami Marlins several years ago.

“[Rodriguez] genuinely loves the Mets,” said one source familiar with Rodriguez, according to The Post. “He and J-Lo have talked about him buying a team ever since Jeter got the Marlins.”

From The Post:

“Another source cautioned that large ownership groups are not the preferred kind of buyer for MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and his owners these days, but that the idea of putting A-Rod and Jeter in the same division as owners might be too irresistible if the money is right for the Wilpons. The Mets are thought to be alerting prospective buyers of their demands in an auction sale in the coming days, expected to be around $3 billion without the toxic five-year transfer window or the team’s cable TV station SNY.”

Some around the game, however, think Cohen is holding out hope to still purchase the team.

“No chance A-Rod pulls that off, especially with Steve Cohen still out there playing safety on this thing,” one banker familiar with Cohen told The Post. “This auction will not get close to $3 billion, and it will be lucky to get over $2 billion. Steve knows that, he’s talking to people and he’s waiting for the Wilpons to come back begging for $2.6 billion and no five-year window.”

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