Steven Cohen Sets High Expectations for the Mets. Very High.

Francisco Lindor agreed to a 10-year $341 million contract extension that will keep him with the Mets until 2031.Credit...Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesNo one yet knows what kind of baseball team owner Steven Cohen will be once games have been played and performances can be measured along with wins and losses.

In Cohen’s first off-season at the helm, Mets fans have gotten a taste that their new owner, when properly motivated, can spend like George Steinbrenner. But will a bombastic and impatient side suddenly appear at the first sign of a losing streak? Or will he demonstrate a hands-off patience, the way Nelson Doubleday once did as the Mets’ owner?

It will take time to learn Cohen’s in-season…