Steve Cohen calls out Mets fans for legitimate concern about the team

A large population of New York City is not happy with the way the NY Mets’ season is going so far, but owner Steve Cohen is telling the masses to lower their pitchforks.

The New York Mets have long been associated with words like “embarrassment,” “shameful,” and “just as pitiful as the Jets.” Every year optimism increases, it wanes shortly after, as is the case of the 2023-24 season when New York fell to the Milwaukee Brewers in a humiliating sweep. Look at all the memes and weep.

Have no fear, though, owner Steve Cohen is here to pay all your troubles to go away. The Mets superfan and head honcho has bankrolled the highest-paid team in MLB history in 2023 only to see his squad get spanked by Milwaukee one week into the season.

Cohen isn’t worried, and he’s telling Mets fans not to worry, either.

Cohen said:

"“In the hedge fund business, I’ll have a bad week and it doesn’t define my year. It doesn’t define my month. This is kind of the same thing. It’s a really small sample. It’s foolish to make conclusions in such a short period of time.”"

Easy for a billionaire to say when he can wipe his tears on hundred-dollar bills. For the average Mets fan, they’re only a handful of losses away from the jersey-burning phase of grief.

Steve Cohen tries to calm down the angry Mets mob in light of disappointing start to season

It just so happened that the Mets beat the Marlins in their home opener, 9-3, on the same day Cohen spoke his piece. New York stars Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, and Pete Alonso all delivered, but it was pitcher Tylor Megill who stole the show, throwing six scoreless innings.

That win helped to cleanse the sour aftertaste of the Brewers’ sweep, yet Cohen would do well to take note of the fact that Mets fans aren’t goldfish. They remember. They remember how poorly the offense played against Milwaukee, getting outscored 19-0 in the first two games of the series. They remember the team kept Eduardo Escobar and Daniel Vogelbach in lieu of Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, two decisions that continue to age poorly.

In just seven games, the fanbase has seen wildly inconsistent results from a $300 million club and have every right to voice their irate opinions. Those opinions nonetheless fall on Cohen’s deaf ears for now as he preaches patience. What else is he going to do? Publicly freak out and hit the red panic button?

Cohen noted there was a “long way to go” and that “we’ll see what happens,” mere platitudes for what any owner would say given a team’s rocky start.

Cohen may just be trying his best to save face this season — let’s hope his investments can save the team from falling back into the all-too-familiar bottomless pit of despair.