The Wilpons are currently in the process of selling up to 80 percent of their stake in the Mets to billionaire Steve Cohen, according to reports. While the potential sale has been confirmed by a press release, Bloomberg.com was first to report the 80 percent figure. A potential hint that a sale was coming was dropped by former Giants running back Tiki Barber, of all people, on his show “Tiki and Tierney.”
Cohen, who already owns a portion of the team through Cohen Private Ventures, his family office. In the joint statement released by Cohen Private Ventures and Sterling Partners, the controlling ownership group of the Mets helmed by Fred Wilpon, the two sides are currently in negotiations.