NYC radio host rips Mets owner Steve Cohen after homegrown star leaves: 'Sold us a bill of goods'

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The New York Mets have officially entered a new era.

After seven seasons, both Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz left the Mets for other teams on back-to-back days. Alonso is reportedly headed to the Baltimore Orioles, while Diaz will be joining the back-to-back reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

It’s a hard reality for Mets fans to accept, especially after Steve Cohen, by far the richest owner in the sport and a lifelong Mets fan, took control of the team five years ago. Yet the front office decided to let a homegrown talent and another fan favorite walk.

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New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) watches his solo home run against the Miami Marlins in the third inning at loanDepot Park.  (Jim Rassol/Imagn Images)

That prompted longtime New York radio host Joe Beningo to call into his old station, WFAN, to rip ownership and president of baseball operations David Stearns.

"You know I can't stand David Stearns. He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. We're gonna find out now how freaking smart David Stearns is. We're gonna find out how brilliant that Harvard education serves David Stearns. We'll see. 

"But the guy that's the real culprit is the owner. The owner sold us a bill of goods. We all thought, we were all sucked in, 'Uncle Stevie's big money, it's never going to be the same like it was with the Wilpons,' and he spent money. [Justin] Verlander, [Max] Scherzer, he went on and got [Juan] Soto. But where is this guy? He's supposed to be like Mr. Met, I gotta see him courtside at the Garden at the playoff games with the Met hat on. What kind of Met fan are you? You telling me