I don't think they'll do it but the Mets could still win the WS (if DeGrom and Scherzer pitch like they are capable of doing). Or, they could be swept by the Padres this weekend.
Let's face it, in terms of ownership, roster, manager, farm system, etc., the Mets might as well be on another planet from the Nats. When today's loss is final, we're finishing 46 games behind them. There's a lot of uber-wealthy people who aren't household names out there. All potential unicorns. How many here had even heard of Steve Cohen before the Mets were sold to him?
The extreme competitiveness of the NL East is yet another reason we should hope for a Steve Cohen-like owner. Bezos owns the Post and the DC area "won" his nationwide competition for Amazon expansion so I'd say he clearly has an affinity for the area. He also seems to have interest in owning a team. His type of businessman/billionaire would seem so competitive that he wouldn't be satisfied fielding anything but an annually competitive team.
Mets blew a 10 game lead and have "won" a WC spot. Talk to me when they win a pennant. Or even have sustained success in the division.
Bezos grew up in Houston and Miami. He currently lives in Washington state but has homes everywhere. He bought the Post because it was the largest, most respected news outlet available, not because he likes DC. The DC area became a focal point of HQ2 largely to handle all the cloud computing that the Federal government is expected to adopt over the next decade.
All reports are that Bezos wants an NFL team. If he wanted the Nationals, he would have been in on them.
Of the billionaires that would be DC natives, only Jacqueline Mars has the money to compete with Steve Cohen.
Leonsis is the closest you're going to get to a DC sports fan billionaire.
Like I said, Cohen is a unicorn in sports. The vast majority of teams are run like businesses by people who view them as a hobby or status symbol