Front Office Sports reports the Mets have
… laid off about 25 members of its business operations staff Tuesday, sources confirmed to Front Office Sports.
The personnel moves mark the latest in an extended series of dramatic events for the team in the last eight months as Steve Cohen (above) has poured unprecedented resources into the franchise, but he has yet to see the full returns of that expenditure and ambition.
The layoffs are not a direct result of New York’s 75–87 finish in 2023 that was far below the World Series expectations of many pundits, were not dictated by Cohen, and do not extend to baseball operations. Rather, the moves were led by M. Scott Havens, the Mets’ new head of business operations, who, after arriving in January, conducted an extensive review of the team’s staff and then made the cuts. The layoffs represent a single-digit percentage of the Mets’ overall business-side personnel.
“Over the last several years, many of our departments have grown well beyond sustainable levels, and larger than our peer group with Major League Baseball,” Havens said in a staff memo obtained by FOS. “While I understand this type of change is difficult and impacts all of us, these decisions were a necessary step in helping us evolve as an organization, and more importantly, to set us up for long-term growth and success.” (Via Front Office Sports)
Oh, just one more thing. If the Wilpons didn’t sign Ohtani, laid off 25 people, were clearly rebuilding but not admitting it, and were mainly focused on building a casino on parkland, how would that go over?
Also, don’t solely blame Steve here. Most press release refer to Mets owners Steve & Alex Cohen, so she’s on the clock too.
