Steve Cohen deletes post seemingly hinting at Mets’ plans for trade deadline

Sep 11, 2021; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets majority owner Steve Cohen and his wife Alexandra Cohen at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

Steve Cohen may have let one slip this week.

The New York Mets owner Cohen raised eyebrows on Wednesday with his post to X. Cohen reacted to a fan blog post calling for the Mets to blow it up. In his reply, Cohen seemingly hinted that the Mets would indeed be sellers at the trade deadline.

“All in the future,” Cohen wrote. “not much we can do until trade deadline.”

Here is the post, which Cohen sent in the middle of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, no less. Minutes later, Cohen had deleted the post.

Steve Cohen hinted at the Mets being big sellers at the trade deadline. He quickly deleted his post pic.twitter.com/flxplgVoQa

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The Mets currently have the highest payroll in Major League Baseball at a shade under $308 million. That was also the case for them last year, and they ended up selling several major pieces at the trade deadline (like Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, David Robertson, and others) as the season slipped away from them.

This season, the Mets are 19-23 but just one game out of the NL Wild Card race. Thus, it is too early to start entertaining the idea of blowing it up in the middle of May. Should the Mets indeed decide to have another fire sale at the trade deadline though, one particular big name may be likeliest to go.