Steve Cohen is not afraid of a $300 million payroll, or the cumbersome 80% luxury tax rate that would follow. If the Mets need him to spend more money to win the World Series, their already-a-folk hero owner will do just that at the August 2 trade deadline.
“I’m not ruling out anything,” Cohen told The Post’s Jon Heyman at the MLB owners meeting in Manhattan. “It would be dumb to rule anything out. You always have to keep your optionality.”
That said, this may be the one juncture of the year where Cohen’s checkbook does not resemble a significant competitive advantage.