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Steve Cohen Sticking To His Plan For Mets Success

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New York Mets owner and CEO Steve Cohen sat down with SNY’s Steve Gelbs on Wednesday, touching on a number of topics in the Long Island native’s first public one-on-one interview since taking the reins of the organization.

Out of the gate, Cohen remarked on his shock in the process of the team’s fruitless search for a president of baseball operations.

“I’m a little surprised that we haven’t been able to find people for the front office,” Cohen said. “I thought it’d be a little bit easier than it’s been. Baseball’s kind of funny where you have to ask permission and all that stuff, and we’re not getting a lot of permission, whatever the reasons are.”

“We have a Plan B. [Sandy Alderson] will be running the baseball ops and we’re looking for a general manager,” he told Gelbs. “That’s the way it is — ya gotta be flexible. I’m feeling very comfortable with Sandy in that role […] I’m very thankful he’s with me.”

As for the team’s ongoing quest for roster improvements this offseason, Cohen kept his cards hidden but made no qualms about expressing the team’s mentality this winter.

“We’re talking to everybody […] There’s a lot of unknowns, but we’re having conversations with everybody that matters — anybody the fans are excited by — and hopefully, something happens, but I’m not gonna predict it.”

“As I’ve realized in the front office,  you can have all these great plans and want to do something, then you’ve gotta be able to pivot to ‘what if you don’t get it’ […] You gotta be flexible.”

“The goal is to build a great team. We have a great core already, but we have holes. I don’t know if we can fill all our holes in the first year — that might be a lot to ask — but I think we can make significant improvements so that we can get closer to where we want to be.”

The 64-year-old Great Neck, Long Island native reiterated his desire to build a consistent winner, and in no uncertain terms.

“You gotta provide your people with the best resources that you can provide them with so they can have the tools to be successful […] you’ve gotta have talent,” he said. “The whole point is that you want to make New York — the New York Mets — a place that players want to go to. You want them to come for multiple reasons, not just a check.”

With a fully-stocked free-agent market developing slowly, Cohen expressed patience in the process, knowing that ultimately, the team will do all they can to reach their goals.

“I want to stick to my philosophy here. If we have the opportunity to pick up ballplayers that fill our needs in a way that makes sense and doesn’t hamstring us for the next five years, that’s something that we’re going to entertain.”

As for the unfamiliar territory of so many talented players being available this offseason due to the league’s economic downturn in 2020, Cohen seemed confident that the Mets could make that work in their favor.

“I think we can take advantage of the climate that a lot of teams are in where they’re trying to cur their expenses,” he said. “I think we’ll be able to get ballplayers at prices that, maybe in a normal year, we wouldn’t be able to get.”

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