So part of new owner Steve Cohen’s allure was not just the promise of the future, but the fumigation of the past. For does anyone see Mets title roots in the next three to five years, on or off the field? As worrisome as anything is that the play and health of their positional group raises concerns about just who will be the cornerstone of that near-term title team Cohen forecast. On truth serum, would the Mets’ leadership reverse the 10-year deal they gave Francisco Lindor — or perhaps not even acquire him? For now — as painful as that notion may seem to Mets loyalists — it is once more the organizational goal.

Source: Fox News August 22, 2021 18:45 UTC