Mets' Steve Cohen makes big admission, promise amid woeful season

While speaking with MLB insiders Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on the latest edition of "The Show" podcast, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen had plenty to say about the state of his club amid a woeful season for just about everybody involved. 

Cohen also shared a brutal assessment of what he thus far hasn't been able to accomplish while running the Mets. 

Steve Cohen knows he's "failing" Mets fans

"When you're watching the team lose, it's just like any fan. I'm a fan, too," Cohen said. "We're feeling the same thing our fans are feeling. The weight of responsibility on my shoulders is, you know, because I came in. What did I say? I wanted to do something great for New York, and I'm failing. I'm failing, OK? We're six years in, and I want a sustainable success. We've had moments, but just not enough of them. And that's troubling to me, and I'm not used to being in a position where, you know, usually I like to fix things and try to figure out how to make things better."

Cohen presumably was referencing how he made it known shortly after he assumed ownership of the Mets in the fall of 2020 that he would consider it "slightly disappointing" if the franchise didn't win a World Series "in the next three to five years." Of course, the closest the Mets have come to achieving such a goal during Cohen's tenure was when the club completed a run to the 2024 National League Championship Series. 

Since last summer, the Mets have been arguably the most disappointing team in all of MLB. They endured a brutal collapse in the second half of the 2025 campaign en route to missing the playoffs, and they began July 3 of this year at 36-51 for the ongoing season. 

Steve Cohen makes a promise to frustrated Mets fans

This past February, Cohen admitted that he was "absolutely annoyed" he hadn't yet ended the championship drought that began after the Mets won the 1986 World Series. During "The Show," he made a promise to Mets fans who are currently struggling to see any light at the end of the figurative tunnel. 

"That doesn't mean I'm not going to keep at it," Cohen continued. "Just because you have a little adversity...that gets me focused, and I'm focused now. Not that I wasn't before, but, you know, I give a lot of rope, and, you know, now I've got to pull in some rope and try to figure out how to improve things."

For now, part of improving the overall state of the Mets will likely involve Cohen signing off on a fire sale ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.