Steve Cohen hyped for Mets to acquire All-Star…
Where there was smoke got here fire. It just took a few further days for the Mets.
Six days after Steve Cohen took to X to make a joke about the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes — invoking a papal conclave joke that set social media ablaze — before the Dodgers finally beat out New York for his companies, the Mets proprietor took to the platform again on Wednesday evening to show his pleasure over the game-changing occasions that transpired over the last 24 hours.
After making the Bo Bichette signing official and trading for White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. on Tuesday evening, the Mets continued a big week on Wednesday by agreeing to a deal with hard-throwing reliever Luis Garcia and then trading for Brewers right-handers Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers.
“What an incredible week. Let’s go Mets !” Cohen wrote on X in the moments after the group made the commerce with Milwaukee official.
Last Thursday, Cohen gave social media lots of fodder when he posted “Let me know when you see smoke,” as the Tucker proceedings got here to a head shortly before he signed a four-year, $240 million contract with Los Angeles.
About 12 hours after the Mets’ $220 million bid fell short, they poached infielder Bo Bichette on a three-year pact — proper as it appeared just like the Phillies had been going to land him on a long-term dedication.
Freddy Peralta is heading to the Mets as half of a blockbuster deal. Getty Images
The trades have come fast and livid this week, with the group getting Roberts — a 2023 All-Star outfielder — along with Peralta and Myers in offers sooner or later aside.
Peralta, 29, offers the Mets a bona fide ace and is coming off a profession 12 months with a 2.70 ERA and National League-leading 17 wins. He has thrown at least 165 innings in each of the last three seasons and over 173 in the past two.
Steve Cohen confirmed his pleasure in a social media post on Wednesday evening. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
With the 2 trades, the Mets have despatched away 4 younger gamers, three of whom are still prospects.
Utilityman Luisangel Acuña and minor league pitcher Truman Pauley went to the White Sox, while pitcher Brandon Sproat and infielder/outfielder Jett Williams obtained dealt to Milwaukee.
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