We sadly by no means acquired to look at George Steinbrenner within the social media period, however Mets proprietor Steve Cohen is our comfort prize.
Cohen, the hedge fund titan, favored a tweet by a Royals blogger named David Lesky, which learn, “Possibly I’m method off right here however I don’t assume MLB would ever settle for a suggestion from the MLBPA. They wish to have the higher hand. They need their supply accepted or denied.”
Cohen’s social media exercise comes amid information that MLB owners are pushing for an extra tier on the competitive balance tax (CBT) to implement on franchises that engaged in “runaway spending.”
The Mets and maybe the Dodgers are the franchises proper now whom this potential CBT tier would apply to.
This offseason, earlier than the MLB lockout, the Mets dedicated over $200 million whole to pitcher Max Scherzer, outfielder Starling Marte and infielder Eduardo Escobar. As of December it was possible that they were barreling toward a $300 million payroll — a quantity unprecedented in baseball historical past.
Cohen’s estimated $16 billion web price dwarfs that of all other MLB owners. The subsequent highest is Blue Jays proprietor Edward Rogers III at $11.5 billion; the overwhelming majority of the 28 others are price under $5 billion.
Cohen told The Post’s Joel Sherman that the like was “completely unintentional,” and that “he doesn’t even know find out how to retweet.”
