Hedge fund billionaire and longtime New York Mets‘ fan Steve Cohen earned the right to exclusively negotiate to acquire the team, and the transaction is all but done already. The only thing separating Cohen from his beloved Mets is the approval of at least 23 of 29 MLB owners, and that is expected to come soon.
As a result, current New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, whose family has been in charge of the team since 2002, is already sending his goodbye messages around the organization. That is another signal that the sale of the club is right around the corner and a matter of days, not weeks.