{"id":375167,"date":"2021-12-02T04:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-steven-cohen-finally-sounding-like-george-steinbrenner\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T04:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:13:34","slug":"mets-steven-cohen-finally-sounding-like-george-steinbrenner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-steven-cohen-finally-sounding-like-george-steinbrenner\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets&#8217; Steven Cohen finally sounding like George Steinbrenner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mets&#8217; Steven Cohen finally sounding like George Steinbrenner<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Ken Davidoff\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The most telling moment in Wednesday\u2019s virtual introduction of Max the Met came at a time you wouldn\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n<p>It confirmed for the public record that Steve Cohen, after a year of playing nice, is ready to take on one of George Steinbrenner\u2019s more entertaining qualities: not particularly caring about his standing in the greater Major League Baseball community.<\/p>\n<p>For when Steve Gelbs, SNY\u2019s field reporter during Mets telecasts, asked his fellow Steve what he thought his record-shattering investment of $130 million over three years to Max Scherzer signaled to the rest of the industry, the Mets\u2019 owner reacted with the nonchalance of Rodney Dangerfield blasting music throughout the uppity golf course in \u201cCaddyshack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned about the New York Mets,\u201d Cohen said during a Zoom <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference. \u201cI\u2019m concerned about the fan base, and I feel like I made a commitment to them. And I want to deliver on that, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delivery received. As the sport veered headfirst toward a lockout Wednesday at midnight into Thursday, the Mets introduced their four newest players, all acquired in a pre-transaction freeze spending spree: Scherzer, outfielders Starling Marte and Mark Canha and infielder Eduardo Escobar. Just like that, the Mets became exponentially better and far more interesting, not to mention making themselves a threat to post the largest payroll in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/steve-cohen-george-steinbrenner-mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-20340061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/steve-cohen-george-steinbrenner-mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/steve-cohen-george-steinbrenner-mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/steve-cohen-george-steinbrenner-mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Steve Cohen and George Steinbrenner<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP, N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The arrival of Scherzer, the future Hall of Famer, moved the needle the most because of its unexpected nature \u2014 Scherzer revealed on Wednesday the little-known fact that his family intends to stay primarily in Jupiter, Fla., conveniently close to the Mets\u2019 spring-training headquarters in Port St. Lucie \u2014 and its historic dollars. Scherzer\u2019s annual average value of $43.33 million absolutely destroys the previous record of $36 million set by Gerrit Cole, like Scherzer a Scott Boras client, established when the Yankees gave him $324 million over nine years.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe looks at this as he wants to win a championship and he\u2019s going to do whatever it takes to win,\u201d Scherzer, a member of the MLB Players Association\u2019s executive subcommittee, said of Cohen. \u201cYou don\u2019t hear that from owners too often these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ouch. Like The Boss at the outset of free agency over 40 years ago, Cohen, the richest member of his club, finds himself a favorite \u2026 of the players. Which of course is exactly what fans should want of their owner.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen himself played down the 20-plus percent jump upon which he embarked, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s comparable [to Cole\u2019s package],\u201d and sure, George Steinbrener\u2019s son Hal wrote a far larger check to Cole at 29 than Cohen did to Scherzer at 37; these ceilings tend to move incrementally on the ownership side. Cole\u2019s $36 million topped the $35.5 million established by Mike Trout when he signed an extension negotiated by Angels <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Billy Eppler. When Cohen gave Francisco Lindor $341 million earlier this year, the total importantly beat the $340 million deal that the Padres gave their shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/p>\n<p>This figure avoided the increments, Cohen acknowledged, partly because he added \u201ca little bit more for brand-building.\u201d Bully for him, as it did build the Mets\u2019 brand as a club willing to be \u201ca little bit stupid,\u201d a sentiment once voiced by Cohen\u2019s Phillies counterpart John Middleton, to land an elite talent like Scherzer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther players are going to be able to use that number in the future,\u201d a grateful-looking Scherzer noted, and not too long ago, such a reality would\u2019ve prompted commissioner Bud Selig to call his owners and complain about setting such a precedent. Yet Cohen said he hadn\u2019t heard from anyone about this; Selig\u2019s successor, Rob Manfred, not having owned a club as Selig did the Brewers, tends to be far more deferential to his bosses, and besides, he\u2019s pretty busy with the labor talks.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t want Cohen to go full George, firing people left and right (we\u2019ll see if the new GM Eppler and his upcoming managerial hire can provide some much-needed stability), mistreating employees, feuding with players. A little Boss, though, can go a long way toward warming the hearts of a fan base that will embrace a well-intentioned maverick.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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