PORT ST. LUCIE — The debate over who the next Mets captain will be is over, at least for the foreseeable future.
It won’t be anybody.
Mets owner Steve Cohen said Monday that as long as he owns the team, the title “captain” won’t be bestowed on a player.
“There will never be a captain,” Cohen said.
He added the decision is based on how he would like to see the clubhouse run.
“Every year a team is different,” Cohen said. “And let the team figure it out in the locker room rather than have a designation. Having a captain in baseball doesn’t happen often — it’s actually unusual. Whatever previous ownership did, that was their way of doing things. I look at things differently.”
In recent seasons, Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso had emerged as potential captains. Nimmo and Alonso departed the organization after last season, which appeared to clear the way for Lindor to potentially land the title.
David Wright, who played his final game for the Mets in 2018, was the team’s last captain. Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter and John Franco have also worn the title for the Mets.
