SAN DIEGO — Steve Cohen’s transition to Mets majority owner is on the right track from MLB’s perspective.
At the winter meetings, commissioner Rob Manfred indicated he is satisfied with the manner in which team owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are proceeding on the sale that would give Cohen up to 80 percent of the team. Cohen has been a Mets minority owner since 2012.
Under terms of the agreement, Wilpon would remain the control person in the organization for five years and retain the title CEO. Wilpon’s son, Jeff, would remain COO for five years.