The first offseason under the ownership of Steve Cohen didn’t go the way many New York Mets faithful had expected. The club didn’t spend wildly in free agency. By far their biggest signing took place when they gave Francisco Lindor a franchise record extension before Opening Day.
A sign of some future deals to come, it’s not these big splashes I want to talk about. Those are too easy. Convince the owner to spend money, spend it, and hope it all works out.
This strategy of buying a winner is the simplest way to a championship—although it doesn’t guarantee a thing.