Mets owner Steve Cohen rips 'payroll watchers' after team's All-Stars leave in free agency: 'Usual idiots'

The New York Mets are undergoing a full overhaul that has galore fans upset.

Their archetypal determination of the offseason was to commercialized distant their longest-tenured player, Brandon Nimmo, for Marcus Semien. Weeks later, some Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso near successful escaped agency, but they brought successful erstwhile New York Yankees relievers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver.

With 3 fan-favorites gone, Mets fans person been up successful arms astir Steve Cohen, who purchased the squad successful 2020 and is, by far, the richest proprietor successful baseball.

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New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen stands connected the tract earlier a ceremonial to grant archetypal baseman Pete Alonso (not pictured) for breaking the Mets all-time location tally grounds earlier a crippled against the Atlanta Braves astatine Citi Field. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

Well, aft months of soundlessness since the Mets officially completed a brutal illness to miss the postseason, Cohen appeared to wound backmost astatine the fans successful a bid of X posts Friday.

"As typical, the accustomed idiots misinterpreting a [New York] Post nonfiction connected Mets payroll for ‘ 26. I can’t ideate our payroll to beryllium little than past year. It’s ever hard to foretell but that would beryllium my champion guess," Cohen said.

He added, "Payroll watchers ever hide to fund for waiver claims, subordinate question from minors to majors and commercialized deadline moves. That’s however it typically works."

Of course, Cohen is not wrong, arsenic nary 1 ever said fandom made sense. But it's surely a prime of words aft coming up abbreviated successful the Diaz sweepstakes and not adjacent making an connection to Alonso.

Baltimore Orioles proprietor David Rubenstein, president of shot operations Mike Elias and cause Scott Boras present caller archetypal baseman Pete Alonso astatine a quality league astatine Camden Yards connected Friday, December. 12, 2025, successful Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

WORLD SERIES CHAMPION CONFIDENT STEVE COHEN WILL DELIVER A METS CHAMPIONSHIP DESPITE LOSING STAR PLAYERS

Cohen's pockets won them the Juan Soto sweepstakes past twelvemonth with a $765 cardinal declaration that volition apt spell northbound of $800 cardinal erstwhile it's each said and done. But the sensation successful Queens is sour.

The Mets person improved the bullpen, but their starting rotation remains a ample question mark. They besides signed Jorge Polanco, who figures to DH, but speculation is helium volition play archetypal base, a presumption helium has ne'er played astatine the MLB level. They besides could usage immoderate outfield help, arsenic Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger stay connected the market.

New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen speaks astatine a property league anterior to the crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Citi Field connected June 28, 2023, successful New York City. (Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)

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The offseason has been alternatively slow, but immoderate moves Cohen has made person not resulted successful praise from Mets fans. In response, Cohen has picked a combat with them.

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