The engaged couple is worth a reported $700 million. That is well short of the $2.6 billion the Mets were valued at in a previous deal.
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez’s reported interest in buying the New York Mets has reportedly taken a step forward.
The Wilpon family’s controlling interest in the Mets have been very publicly up for grabs since the deal to sell as much as 80 percent of the team to hedge fund magnate and Mets minority owner Steve Cohen fell through. The Mets’ valuation in the Cohen deal easily dwarfs the pair’s net worth, so they are going to need some very big partners to follow them into this if they want to pull it off. Of course, convincing billionaires to give you a sum larger than the GDP of some countries to buy a baseball team is easier said than done.
— Jon Heyman April 21, 2020 Rodriguez grew up as a Mets fan in Miami and was previously reported in February to be interested in buying a stake in the team.
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