In search of their first World Series title since 1986, the Mets lost to the Dodgers in last year’s NL Championship Series. After signing Juan Soto and others, Cohen estimated his team’s payroll at $325 million.

Days before Pete Alonso agreed to return to the Mets, he met at a Tampa social club with his agent, Scott Boras, Mets owner Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns. The agenda was simple.

After signing Juan Soto to a record $765 million, 15-year contract and reaching deals with Pete Alonso, Sean Manaea, Clay Holmes, Frankie Montas, and others, Cohen estimated his team’s payroll at $325 million.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen wasn't planning on spending as much on the 2025 roster as he has. Speaking to The Athletic's Tim Britton, Cohen explained he "blew through" the original payroll projections in part because free agency proved more expensive than he thought it would be.

"I've always wanted to be a little more measured in payroll growth, and then we get there and it's never quite there,” Cohen said Tuesday.

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is having problems hearing that it takes money to win games. Jonathan Daniel/ Share Mets owner Steve Cohen isn’t particularly happy that he’s piling $325 million into his team’s payroll this season,

Mets owner Steve Cohen once again revealed that he’d eventually like to see his team stay below the “Cohen Tax.” The competitive balance tax (CBT) negotiated in the 2022 collective bargaining agreement was intended to curb spending for teams like the Mets,

Mets' major-league salaries are at about $325 million, which Cohen said is significantly higher than what he wanted

Among the areas Steve Cohen badly wants the Mets to improve in 2025: fans showing up. The Mets ranked 18th in the majors in attendance last season with an average of 28,757 people per game. That was worse than the Brewers and Diamondbacks and just ahead of the Orioles and Guardians.

Cohen, Point72 Asset Management founder, didn’t hold back during an appearance at the Future Investment Initiative Institute’s summit in Miami Beach

Pete Alonso appeared to bring Steve Cohen’s TGL team a stroke of good luck Tuesday night after he led the New York Golf Club out into the arena for its match against Jupiter Links Golf Club. Alonso, along with Cohen and Mets stars Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo,

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