Steve Cohen is already looking past the Mets’ disappointing season and into the kind of front-office changes that could reshape how the organization operates around David Stearns.
During a fourth-inning appearance in the SNY booth on Saturday, the Mets owner said he has been working with the baseball operations staff and sees room for improvement behind the scenes.
“I’ve been working with the front office and I’ve identified some thing that we can do better,” Cohen said. “I think they have really good processes up there, but I thought there were areas of improvement that we can work on. We’re going to try to add certain voices to the front office that I think will be helpful.”
Talk of adding a general manager underneath Stearns has come up before, especially after Stearns was hired in September of 2023. That idea lost steam after the Mets’ surprise run to the NLCS the following season. But this year’s struggles, and the $380 million bust Stearns has had to manage, appear to have revived the conversation around bringing in more help and more perspectives.
“It doesn’t have to be a GM,” Cohen said. “I think the whole point is get more opinions in the front office. People who are pretty good either evaluating talent or people who have been in those positions before in the front office and [can] help David out ... as far as getting different points of view.”
Cohen also addressed the Pete Alonso reaction that turned Citi Field into a full-blown celebration this week, with fans showering Alonso with standing ovations, chants and even a curtain call after his 300th home run.
“You can’t make it up,” Cohen said. “It was so crazy.
Listen, the fans, they’re passionate, and when they feel something, they’re going to let you know and I’m OK with that. Pete hits his 300th home run and it’s sort of poetic.
Sort of amazing that it all occurred at the same time.”
He added that the response didn’t catch him off guard.
“It didn’t surprise me. It’s hard to say goodbye to homegrown players.
Obviously he’s well-liked, and a great Met. Those decisions get made and unfortunately we got to look forward.
Look forward to ’27 and what we’re going to do.”
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