{"id":428354,"date":"2023-06-29T19:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=428354"},"modified":"2023-06-29T19:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:10:16","slug":"mets-owner-steven-cohen-threatened-his-team-with-trade-deadline-selloff-at-the-recent-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mets-owner-steven-cohen-threatened-his-team-with-trade-deadline-selloff-at-the-recent-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Owner Steven Cohen Threatened His Team With Trade Deadline Selloff At The Recent Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mets\">New York Mets<\/a> Steve Cohen issued a warning on Wednesday in reaction to his team&#8217;s subpar play, saying that if they don&#8217;t improve, there&#8217;s a chance of a player selloff before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<h2>Mets Owner Steven Cohen Threatened His Team With Trade Deadline Selloff At The Recent Press Conference<\/h2>\n<p>He agrees that there is still time to turn the season around and points to the most recent victory over the Milwaukee Brewers as cause for optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen agrees that tough choices could need to be made if the team&#8217;s performance doesn&#8217;t improve.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;ll take responsibility. I&#39;m the owner.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cohen is asked who should bear responsibility for the Mets&#39; struggles this season: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enm9GtcjXM\">pic.twitter.com\/enm9GtcjXM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY (@SNYtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1674152764769746945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Front Office Sports claims that Cohen is dissatisfied with the way the 2023 season is developing. In an effort to increase the Mets&#8217; chances, he is so concerned that he is considering making some changes at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been incredibly frustrating. If we don\u2019t get better, we have decisions to make at the trade deadline. It\u2019s on the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Cohen when asked on management: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I\u2019m a patient guy. Everybody wants me to fire this person, fire that person, but I don\u2019t see that as a way to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to attract good people to this organization, the worst thing you can do is be impulsive.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wxauJBiEkm\">pic.twitter.com\/wxauJBiEkm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bartels (@DanBartels2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanBartels2\/status\/1674149772872015874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Owner of the Mets Steven Cohen promised manager Buck Showalter and general manager Billy Eppler job security through the end of the season while threatening his failing team with a trade deadline selloff unless New York returns to the playoff race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Cohen says Buck Showalter and Billy Eppler&#39;s jobs are safe for the remainder of the season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RAIL8mMH6P\">pic.twitter.com\/RAIL8mMH6P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY (@SNYtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1674151235446878211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll is not lost yet, but it\u2019s getting late,\u201d Cohen said during a news conference Wednesday with the Mets in fourth place in the NL East. \u201cI\u2019m preparing my management team for all possibilities. If we don\u2019t get better, we have decisions to make at the trade deadline, and that\u2019s not my preferred end result but I\u2019m preparing all contingencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;If I&#39;m in this position, I&#39;m not adding. I think that would be pretty silly. I&#39;d probably do very little.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Steve Cohen on the trade deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FYrlLkal8i\">pic.twitter.com\/FYrlLkal8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY (@SNYtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1674151979168268288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ll see where it goes. It\u2019s on the players, right?\u201d Cohen continued. \u201cThey\u2019re veterans. They\u2019ve been there before. These are players who have done it, and we\u2019ll see if they can get their act together and string together some wins. I can\u2019t pitch and I can\u2019t hit. That\u2019s the way it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Cohen:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m preparing my management team for all possibilities. If we don&#39;t get better we have decisions to make at the trade deadline. That&#39;s not my preferred end result but I&#39;m preparing all contingencies.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQE6qtXAPh\">pic.twitter.com\/KQE6qtXAPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1674150026853883911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This gives the impression that the Mets owner could be willing to punt on this campaign rather than take extreme action with no certainty of reward. The worst thing you can do if you want to recruit good individuals to your company, Cohen said, is to be impulsive. your is why he is stressing loyalty to his workers at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wilpon Mets vs Steve Cohen Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/80WIaJLqbu\">pic.twitter.com\/80WIaJLqbu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin\ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f\ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f (@KevStar30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevStar30\/status\/1673132628227026944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since the deadline for this year&#8217;s trades is August 1, a poor season can prompt the organization to give player moves more thought.<\/p>\n<p>With a record of 36-43, the New York Mets are now 16.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place in the NL East. 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Mets Owner Steven Cohen Threatened His Team With Trade Deadline Selloff At The Recent Press Conference He agrees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":426695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[4997,10424,9327,2221,1615,10425],"class_list":["post-428354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-mets","tag-mets-news","tag-mets-owner-steven-cohen","tag-mets-performance","tag-mlb-news","tag-steven-cohen","tag-steven-cohen-press-conference"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}