Juan Soto does a deep dive on the seven-pitch epic at-bat that sent the Yankees to the 2024 World Series — and sealed the Mets and owner Steve Cohen’s desire to sign him.

While Steve Cohen doesn't want to spend recklessly, he reiterated that winning supersedes payroll limits while speaking at Mets spring training.

Reaching the postseason will be considered the barometer of success, and if the Mets reach the October tournament enough, Cohen is taking the approach that his will eventually be the last team standing. Juan Soto is the top attraction, with Pete Alonso back to provide lineup protection for the Mets’ newest star.

If they want to avoid being knocked out again by the impossibly good Dodgers, the Mets rotation needs a serious upgrade.

At some point, Steve Cohen says, he will cease spending at this level. He’s also well aware that he said the same thing last year, when the Mets blew past the $300 million mark (and the so-called “Cohen Tax,

After turning the New York Mets into baseball’s biggest spender, owner Steve Cohen would like to see his team build more economically through its farm system

Steve Cohen has significantly transformed the New York Mets, securing talents like Juan Soto and Pete Alonso for the upcoming season. Cohen emphasizes

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.

The Mets are what he does for fun, and being the richest man in baseball definitely helps in the pursuit of that happiness.

Cohen would like to get under that threshold at some point, but not now. Not when the Mets have momentum and not when they have a lineup deep enough to compete with the one out west. The Mets simply aren’t ready to compete with a lower payroll yet. They don’t have a farm system regularly churning out big-league players.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — At the dawn of a new baseball season, Mets owner Steve Cohen feels at the precipice of reaching his World Series goal. He got a taste of reasonable success in 2024 ...