Steve Cohen recently reached an agreement to buy the New York Mets from the Wilpon family. However, for the transaction to be 100% official, the MLB board of owners would need to approve the billionaire hedge funder, which isn’t expected to be an issue according to several outlets.
To be more precise, for Cohen to acquire the New York Mets, he needs 23 of the 29 remaining ownership groups to give their blessing. The New York Yankees, according to SNY’s Andy Martino, aren’t expected to stand in the way.
Martino recently reported that the Yankees are “not expected to be one of the no votes on Cohen.