The New York Mets are in the process of an ownership change that will see the Wilpon family give way to Steve Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire with a lifelong dream of owning the team at some point in his life.
There is already an agreement between the current owners and Cohen, but to make things official, MLB owners would need to approve the sale.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said during the Big Time Baseball podcast with Jon Heyman and Tony Gwynn Jr. that he expects the process to be fast and swift, even using the words “as quickly as possible.