Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez reportedly looking to buy ownership stake in New York Mets

Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter the moment shared 1 aspect of the infield in the AL East when they ended up teammates on the Yankees. Could they quickly be sharing a piece of the NL East, the two as crew house owners? 

Rodriguez and his fiancee, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, are interested in getting the New York Mets, according to a report from Variety on Monday. The couple has reportedly retained JPMorgan Chase in purchase to assistance raise revenue in an energy to make a bid for the Mets.

The crew has been in a state of limbo because the Wilpon loved ones, which presently owns the Mets, mentioned they ended up wanting to sell a majority share of the crew in December. The Wilpons practically struck a offer with billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen that would have offered Cohen eighty percent of the crew while letting the Wilpons manage command of the club for five several years, but that offer fell aside and has left the Wilpon loved ones wanting for new possible prospective buyers. 

In the proposed offer with Cohen, the Mets ended up valued at $two.six billion. The combined web really worth of Rodriguez and Lopez sits close to $seven-hundred million. 

Rodriguez could be seeking to comply with in the footsteps of Jeter, who became a minority owner of the Miami Marlins when he led an ownership group that properly ordered the crew in 2017. Jeter contributed only $twenty five million to the $1.two billion sale (equating to a 4 percent ownership stake) but has been at the forefront of the business because the crew altered palms. Jeter presently acts as CEO and operates baseball functions.

A-Rod and Lopez working the Mets would be a little something of a bizarre concept considering Rodriguez is closely aligned with the Yankees, who he performed for and has labored with during his post-taking part in job. Meanwhile, Lopez grew up in the Bronx, dwelling of the Yanks.

But it really is unlikely that the Yankees will be out there for sale at any time quickly and the couple would need to have to raise even much more money in purchase to make that bid, so they could be eyeing the Mets prospect as the subsequent-ideal matter.