For the first two months of this season, the posture emitted from Queens has been about winning -- about contending for the postseason in 2024.
"I believe in this team," Cohen told SNY just 10 days ago. "I fully expect to make the playoffs."
David Stearns, Cohen's head of baseball operations, expressed similar sentiments. "I think we're a good team," he told reporters. "I think we have a talented group that has a run in it and we probably haven't played our best baseball yet."
Since then, though, the New York Mets have gone 3-7, falling to 22-30 on the season.