Despite a 10-21 start to the 2026 season, their third-worst record through 31 games in franchise history, the New York Mets don’t seem ready to rock the boat. According to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, the club does not intend on firing manager Carlos Mendoza and continues to support the third-year skipper in hopes that a turnaround is on the horizon. “We know our record is not what we...
Steve Cohen sat down with Howie Rose in an annual interview posted by the New York Mets to discuss why he is excited by this new Mets team and why he believes they are a playoff contender. He said the Mets have not won enough World Series and he wants to bring another to Queens. On Players Who Left He discussed how he can understand when fans get upset when fan favorite players leave the team....
Good morning, Mets fans! One of the last few notable starting pitcher free agents came off the board on Friday, with Zac Gallen re-signing with the Diamondbacks. Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the deal is for one-year, $22.025 million, the same value of the qualifying offer Gallen initially rejected. Gallen struggled to a 4.83 ERA in 2025, but he’s been the ace of the Arizona rotation...
Steve Cohen is spending money. The Mets will be hit with the second-highest luxury tax bill in baseball in 2025 after the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers, according to figures finalized Friday by MLB and the players’ union that were obtained by the Associated Press. New York will pay $91.6 million, raising their total tax owed over the last four years under Cohen to $320.3 million, per...
Amidst a rather eventful offseason for the New York Mets thus far, owner Steve Cohen took to social media to address the club’s payroll for the 2026 campaign. On the morning of Dec. 19, the New York Post’s Mike Puma wrote in an article that the Mets currently estimate that they’ll shell out a grand total of somewhere between $310 million and $320 million to their roster next...
The New York State Gaming Commission officially approved the license for Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park casino next to Citi Field. The Gaming Facility Location Board recommended on December 1 that Hard Rock at Metropolitan Park receive a license from the Gaming Commission, leaving the awardee one final test of passing a “character and fitness test” from the Gaming Commission....
Steve Cohen is going to build it. He hopes many will come. On Monday, the New York State Gambling Facility Location Board met at the Proshansky Auditorium at CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown Manhattan to vote on who would be granted gambling licenses. The board recommended a gaming license for the Cohen and Hard Rock International’s $8 billion Metropolitan Park project. The board also voted...
The Mets posted a new financial high in 2025. The organization recorded a $308 million total revenue and $195 million net income last season, according to their latest unaudited statement from Queens Ballpark Company LLC. The statement covered a nine-month period from the beginning of the season to September 30, 2025, and was obtained by the Sports Business Journal. The financial figures from...
Steve Cohen, Owner Age: 69 2025 net worth: $23 billion, per Forbes Grade: B 2025 Review Steve Cohen opened the checkbook up wide last offseason, signing Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract. It was the largest deal in sports history in total value at the time. (Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two-year extension worth up to $936 million with Al-Nassr FC in July. Francisco Lindor’s...
One of the first questions many Mets fans have about the proposed Metropolitan Park project is simple. Where will I park? The $8 billion project is planned to cover 50 acres of asphalt parking lots around Citi Field. Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International submitted a 366-page preliminary proposal Tuesday that answers that question, with renderings of three multi-level parking structures that...
The 2025 season will go down as one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the New York Mets. It will also go down as one of the most embarrassing collapses in franchise history, too. Forget 2007—the Mets didn’t have a great team chasing them down this time around. They just flat-out blew it. Consider this: New York owned the best record in all of baseball on the morning of June...
Steve Cohen has something to celebrate. A community advisory council voted Tuesday to approve a gambling license for his $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal, sending the project to a state board for final approval. The committee approved the casino with a 6-0 vote. The project, which would dramatically change 50 acres of asphalt parking lots next to Citi Field, faces competition from three...
