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Steve Cohen: Francisco Lindor contract 'Looking pretty freakin' good right now'

Steve Cohen was in the Mets locker room popping champagne with his team after they punched their ticket to the NLCS for the first time in nine years, and he was all praise for his biggest expense since taking over the team.

Soaking in the first series-clinching win in the history of Citi Field, the richest owner in baseball praised Francisco Lindor after his go-ahead grand slam, and the record contract Cohen signed him to as his first big move after taking over the team.


"That 341 [million] is looking pretty freakin good right now," Cohen said, via Mike Puma of the New York Post.

Lindor signed his contract as the richest ever for a shortstop at the time, eclipsing Fernando Tatis Jr.'s contract by $1 million. It was also the longest contract the Mets ever doled out in their history. The contract was maligned over the first couple years as Lindor and the team underperformed, and some of that criticism continued to start this year, before the shortstop went on a tear that put him firmly in the MVP conversation.

Now, he owns two of the biggest home runs in Mets history, one being the go-ahead blast against the Braves in game 161, and the other being the grand slam he hit on Wednesday to send New York to the NLCS.

As for Cohen, he goes from committing the highest payroll in baseball history last year and being sellers at the deadline, to nearing the pinnacle he originally anticipated his group reaching at this point when he first bought the club.

And he has his biggest financial commitment to thank for that.

"In that situation, he just comes through over and over again," Cohen said. "It's amazing."

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