Overview
- Mets owner Steve Cohen told reporters he believes reported problems between Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor in 2025 are a past story and that the two players are getting along much better now.
- Both Soto and Lindor have publicly described an improving relationship and downplayed lingering conflict, saying time together has helped them grow as teammates.
- The 2025 reports of a chilly relationship included team denials at the time and separate accounts that Lindor had confronted teammates and some critics questioned Soto’s hustle; those claims rely on unnamed or limited sources and are less well corroborated.
- The comments come with the Mets still underperforming on the field, a situation that has already led to a managerial change and keeps scrutiny on clubhouse chemistry as one possible factor in the team’s slide.
- Coverage mixes direct quotes from Cohen and the players with reporting based on anonymous sources, so the owner’s public concession is the clearest confirmation to date that there was past tension even as concrete details remain limited.