Sandy Alderson in his previous stint with the Mets wanted the team to expand its analytics departmentGETTY IMAGES
Technology is just "one of several improvements to the infrastructure" potentially headed to the Mets should Steve Cohen's $2.475B "purchase of the club from Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz be approved by MLB owners in the coming weeks," according to Mike Puma of the N.Y. POST. Cohen is "seen as a savior to the Mets for more than his resources to pursue top free agents." Behind the scenes, the Mets are "expected to become more analytically driven." Sources said that Cohen has told associates that he "expects to lose about $400 million on the team in his first two years as the new owner." Sandy Alderson, Cohen's handpicked team President, "pushed heavily for technological upgrades and a bigger analytics staff during his tenure as Mets general manager, but resources allotted to him were often scarce." When Alderson departed the organization in '18, citing "recurring health problems," the Mets' analytics staff "consisted of three employees." That number "grew to six" following GM Brodie Van Wagenen's hiring four months later. The doubling of the analytics staff "still left the Mets well behind much of the competition." Cohen's infusion of capital "won't be all about technology and analytics, spending on free agents aside." Cohen could place the organization, "long removed as serious players on the international market, on the path to securing premier talent outside the amateur draft" (N.Y. POST, 10/13).
