Overview
- Representatives of the four remaining bidder groups met this week with team officials in Peoria, and those groups have been asked to submit final offers by mid-April.
- Reporting indicates the valuation is expected to top roughly $3 billion, which would surpass the Mets’ $2.4 billion sale in 2020 as MLB’s highest price.
- Potential finalists identified in reports include Joe Lacob, Dan Friedkin and José E. Feliciano, though the full list of four groups has not been disclosed.
- The Seidler family put the club on the market in November; their investor group bought the Padres in 2012 for about $800 million and the family is now moving toward a transfer of control.
- Separately, Joe Musgrove is trending toward opening on the injured list as his return is managed conservatively, and infielders Sung Mun Song and Will Wagner are dealing with oblique issues that could affect Opening Day roster choices.