NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: Mets owner Steve Cohen at the opening of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site at Citi Field on February 10, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York City. The inoculation site will focus on providing vaccinations to Queens residents, food service workers, and taxi drivers. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
The New York Mets shouldn’t concern New York Yankees fans whatsoever, but that really changed this offseason when Steve Cohen purchased the crosstown “rivals” from the Wilpons.
All anyone heard after that happened was that the Mets were going to rule New York by out-spending every other team in free agency and that they were finally going to buy their way to a World Series.