The New York Mets have produced a lot of chicanery lately, and that train won’t stop anytime soon.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mets owner Steven Cohen took to Twitter to make an announcement: Cohen planned to do a press conference before the Mets’ next game.
“I will be doing a press conference tomorrow before the game,” Cohen announced, before promising his followers and the MLB world, “you will get it from me straight.”
I will be doing a press conference tomorrow before the game. You will get it from me straight.
— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) June 27, 2023
Since the calendar turned to June, the Mets have won just six games. They are a dismal 6-16 this month and have fallen down to fourth place in the competitive National League East. Monday night’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers sent them down to 16.0 games behind first-place Atlanta.
Buck Showalter and his managing prowess have come under fire. Showalter has faced heavy scrutiny for the way he’s used his pitchers and built his lineup. At the end of the day, the manager will get heat, and fans have called for Cohen to make some kind of move.
Whether that’s pulling a George Steinbrenner and firing the manager or just doing something, fans have voiced their displeasure with Cohen and his direction. After saying he wasn’t going to overreact to anything, it now appears that he’ll have to at least react to the team’s disappointing season.
The MLB world reacted to the Mets’ massive announcement.
Funniest possible outcomes:
Buck Showalter extension
Pete Alonso named captainThat’s all I can think of rn https://t.co/hD9iqycRAB
— Explaining The Phillies (@ExplainingPhils) June 27, 2023
The record-setting spending is failing hard as the Mets still sputter below .500. But this kind of responsiveness was a rare sight during the Wilpon days. https://t.co/fKb0rffxgr
— Eric Fisher (@AEricFisher) June 27, 2023
A rare planned in-season news conference for Steve Cohen https://t.co/kgaR7lAKh0
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) June 27, 2023
announcing this with a game in between is INCREDIBLY funny https://t.co/aC6VwIHiNU
— Jarrett Seidler (@jaseidler) June 27, 2023
Give it to us straight, sir: Is #athletics owner John Fisher the kind of guy who orders chicken tenders at every restaurant, then snaps his fingers to get the server's attention that s/he forgot his ketchup? https://t.co/gJMgXqF3c3
— Aaron Cameron (@ThatBootlegGuy) June 27, 2023
Give Cohen credit for this. Wilpons would’ve forced the GM to do this. https://t.co/jTqLndYiSZ
— Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) June 27, 2023
My GUESS is that this will be a “State of the Union” type thing.
Cohen will explain that he hears the fans and can feel their frustration because he feels it too etc etc.
I highly doubt he announces anyone is getting fired at the press conference.#Mets https://t.co/761VJR2aNB
— Matt Williams (@MattWi77iams) June 27, 2023
Steve Cohen gonna announce he bought tickets to the Barbie premiere. https://t.co/e5rNROD6wA
— Vas Drimalitis (@vasdrimalitis) June 27, 2023
Bro wants to be the modern day George Steinbrenner so bad https://t.co/uEiH2PEoul
— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) June 27, 2023
If I was employed by the Mets this would give me so much anxiety. Why not before today’s game?? https://t.co/9dNUK6h7su
— Cara Jeffrey (@cara_jeffrey) June 27, 2023
Bob Nutting would literally never https://t.co/zFQdmUXWb4
— Mitchell Nagy ⚾️ (@mryannagy) June 27, 2023
Colin Rea forced a press conference https://t.co/ksFDuiMbby
— Josh Waldoch (@joshwaldoch) June 27, 2023
